When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways. (1 Corinthians 13:11) The Apostle Paul in the verse cited above did not have narcissists in mind. He was describing,…
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1Peter 1:6-7 In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, (7) so that the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and…
Read MoreIsa 9:6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. If you are a Christian, then you know that this passage from…
Read More"I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever; that is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him, but you know Him because He abides with you and will…
Read Moreand hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.(Rom 5:5) Tomorrow (Sunday, December 8, 2024) in our 11AM service, I will be reading a sermon by MLJ on this scripture. I am announcing…
Read MorePsa 92:1-4 A Psalm, a Song for the Sabbath day. It is good to give thanks to the LORD And to sing praises to Your name, O Most High; (2) To declare Your lovingkindness in the morning And Your faithfulness by night, (3) With the ten-stringed lute and with the…
Read MoreIf favor is shown to the wicked, he does not learn righteousness; in the land of uprightness he deals corruptly and does not see the majesty of the LORD. (Isaiah 26:10) A normal, non-toxic person responds positively to kindness shown to them. They are thankful. They want to show kindness…
Read More"It is too great arrogancy for any man or church to think that he or they have so sounded the Word of God to its bottom, as precisely to set down the church's discipline without error in substance or circumstances, and to insist that no one may digress or differ…
Read MoreI decided to make a stand-alone post out of an answer that I gave to this excellent question one commenter submitted: "Is there a difference between 'submit' and 'obey'? If I must obey my husband at all times, then I make him my God, which he is not." Excellent question.…
Read MoreA man of this world, exposed only to worldly influences [devoid of the Spirit] - to influences arising from the present sensory things - from 'all that is in the world, the lust of the eye, the lust of the flesh, and the pride of life, which are of the…
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