Galatians 4:8-9 ESV “Formerly, when you did not know God, you were enslaved to those that by nature are not gods. But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless elementary principles of the world, whose slaves … Continue reading Being Treated as an Enemy
Year: 2023
Don’t Test the Providence of God
Hebrews 12:14-17 ESV “Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord. See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God; that no ‘root of bitterness’ springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled; that no one is sexually immoral … Continue reading Don’t Test the Providence of God
Without Excuse
Video Talk Colossians 2:6-8 ESV “Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving. See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according … Continue reading Without Excuse
Obedience to Authorities
Video Talk 1 Peter 2:13-16 NASB “Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether to a king as the one in authority, or to governors as sent by him for the punishment of evildoers and the praise of those who do right. For such is the will of God, that by doing … Continue reading Obedience to Authorities
The Look on Their Faces
Isaiah 3:8-12 ESV “For Jerusalem has stumbled, and Judah has fallen, because their speech and their deeds are against the Lord, defying his glorious presence. For the look on their faces bears witness against them; they proclaim their sin like Sodom; they do not hide it. Woe to them! For they have brought evil on … Continue reading The Look on Their Faces
So You May Grow Up
Video Talk 1 Peter 2:1-3 ESV “So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation — if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.” When Reading a Scripture such … Continue reading So You May Grow Up
Provoking One Another
I read this meme on social media, which was put out by a local gathering called “church,” but which is a very modern and market-driven institutional “church” (business). The meme said: “We can’t motivate and provoke one another to love and good deeds in the church if we’re not coming together to meet as the … Continue reading Provoking One Another
Faith and Obedience
Hebrews 4:1-3a,11 ESV “Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us fear lest any of you should seem to have failed to reach it. For good news came to us just as to them, but the message they heard did not benefit them, because they were not united by faith with … Continue reading Faith and Obedience
Going from Bad to Worse
2 Timothy 3:1-5 ESV “But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather … Continue reading Going from Bad to Worse
Christ’s True Servants
Video Talk Isaiah 49:5-6 ESV “And now the Lord says, he who formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob back to him; and that Israel might be gathered to him— for I am honored in the eyes of the Lord, and my God has become my strength— he says: ‘It … Continue reading Christ’s True Servants
Run With It 