Love and Obedience
What is the relationship between love and obedience? We can certainly obey someone we don’t love. As a general rule, that obedience is more out of sense of duty or…
What is the relationship between love and obedience? We can certainly obey someone we don’t love. As a general rule, that obedience is more out of sense of duty or…
We all understand the basic transaction of buying and selling. If you are selling a car, you agree on a price with a prospective buyer. You fill out all the…
Have you ever considered how often the Bible links living for Christ to dying to self? When you think about it, this is a very powerful picture of the great…
The greatest challenge to loving God supremely is the constant battle we have with loving ourselves. It is the love of self that leads to innumerable sins. James paints a…
Most Christians are familiar with the greatest commandment. In fact, it is likely that many could quote the great commandment, or at least paraphrase it. Yet, is it possible that…
Within the context of Christian circles, we hear biblical terms, phrases, principles and explanations so often that we mistake our knowledge of this information as a substitute for actually being…
“The grand plan of God’s redemption is displaying His glory in those who have been made like His Son. To view salvation as merely a change of destination (heaven vs.…
Remember when the Lord advised Peter and His disciples of His impending suffering and death? From that time Jesus began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem,…
No doubt most of us long for the day that God’s perfect justice will reign on this earth, and that day will most certainly come. But for now, sin has…
Many years ago I recall visiting with a pastor in Eastern Europe. He made the statement that in the United States we trust in too many things. We trust our…