Category Archives: Practical Christianity
It’s the Doing That Counts
13 (For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified. ~ Ro 2:13 There are days in which I long for normal. It doesn’t usually last very long, though. … Continue reading
Filed under Grace and Law, Practical Christianity
One For the Ladies: Elizabeth George on Proverbs 31
The Bible does not ignore gender differences, but it usually doesn’t concentrate a great deal upon them either. That’s because we are all children of God, and we are all eligible to accept the gift of the forgiveness of sins … Continue reading
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Choose Peace, Choose Joy and Choose Life
“How are you dealing with your wife’s death?” “I keep breathing in and out and putting one foot in front of the other.” ~ Sleepless in Seattle I’ve never watched Sleepless in Seattle, but I think I might. I’m no … Continue reading
Filed under Fruits of the Spirit, Nature of Man, Practical Christianity
Reflections: The Case of the Sloppy King
Do ideas form words, or do words form ideas? OK, class, you know the answer, don’t you? The answer is, “Yes.” Unfortunately, human thought is rather imperfect, which makes human language imperfect, which makes human thought imperfect … Examples of … Continue reading
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Filed under Church History, Practical Christianity
Jesus Brought a Sword and not Peace
34Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. 35For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and … Continue reading
Filed under Practical Christianity, Repentance
Case Study: The Jerusalem Conference
1 While Paul and Barnabas were at Antioch of Syria, some men from Judea arrived and began to teach the believers[a]: “Unless you are circumcised as required by the law of Moses, you cannot be saved.” 2 Paul and Barnabas … Continue reading
Filed under Doctrine, Practical Christianity
Reflections: Simplicity and Downsizing Your Life vs Materialism
3But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. ~ 2Co 11:3 Materialism is a failed philosophy. The idea that the … Continue reading
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Blasphemy
Do you really understand what blasphemy is? Are you sure? 2And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy; Son, be … Continue reading
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God’s Labor Day
If people don’t have to work, then why is it called Labor Day? Doug Larson said, “If all the cars in the United States were placed end to end, it would probably be Labor Day Weekend.” It seems that Labor … Continue reading
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Filed under Kingdom of God, Practical Christianity, Work
Debt Ceilings, Credit Ratings and Fear Not
It seem the past couple of weeks have been filled with fear and panic over the debt situation of the United States government. Some of the talk has come close to hysteria. The political rhetoric is a bit much more … Continue reading
Filed under Current Events, Practical Christianity
