“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.” — Galatians 5:22-23 NASB Have you ever had a suntan or seen someone with a good suntan? What are some the typical comments you hear? “Ooh, you Read more…
“Oh that my ways may be established To keep Your statutes! Then I shall not be ashamed When I look upon all Your commandments. I shall give thanks to You with uprightness of heart, When I learn Your righteous judgments.” — Psalm 119:5-7 NASB This is a prayer of King Read more…
“For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they render you neither useless nor unfruitful in the true knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. For he who lacks these qualities is blind or short-sighted, having forgotten his purification from his former sins.” — 2 Peter 1:8-9 I love to Read more…
“Though I have become like a wineskin in the smoke, I do not forget Your statutes.” – Psalm 119:83 NASB This is a weird looking phrase. “Wineskin in the smoke.” What does it really mean? What’s a wineskin? In the days we call Bible times, they had two primary ways Read more…
“But even if we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you a gospel contrary to what we have preached to you, he is to be accursed! As we have said before, so I say again now, if any man is preaching to you a gospel contrary to what Read more…
I don’t remember the names but one person, I assume to be a Christian, tweeted the question. “What do atheists use to determine good from bad?” He brought up a valid question, one that I have thought about before, and a point that C.S. Lewis talks about in Mere Christianity. Read more…
“But Peter continued knocking: and when they had opened the door, they saw him and were amazed.” — Acts 12:16 This is a story I’m sure most or all of us are familiar with. The chapter starts off with the Apostle Peter sitting in a Roman prison cell. He was Read more…
“Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord or of me His prisoner, but join with me in suffering for the gospel according to the power of God” – 2 Timothy 1:8 NASB If we know the book of Acts, we know Paul went through quite a Read more…
“Better is open rebuke Than love that is concealed.” — Proverbs 27:5 NASB Some might call it constructive criticism, and it should be delivered as such, but sometimes, even constructive criticism can hurt. People point things out that we don’t see as a problem. I’ve had family members and church Read more…