Remember How You Ought to Speak
Let these biblical exhortations regarding her speech sink into your minds and hearts.
“Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.” (Eph. 4:29)
“Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you all to answer each person.”…
Follow the Leader A children’s game from long ago involved getting all participants in a line, and one individual was selected to be the leader. Every person was to keep watching and doing everything the leader did. If he took … Read More
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Church of God or Church of Christ Why does Paul address the church as “the church of God” rather than “the church of Christ”? (1 Cor. 1:2; 2 Cor. 1:1) In these passages he is speaking to all the saints. … Read More
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Transformed Coming out of Romans Chapter 11 and into chapter 12 is the idea that through God all men can be united. He has made all. He has had mercy upon all. He hasn’t set one man to be of … Read More
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Israel’s conquest of Canaan began with the miraculous fall of Jericho. They marched around the city, the priests blew their trumpets, the people shouted, and the walls fell down—all as God had promised.
But the great victory at Jericho was followed by a humiliating defeat at the city of Ai. Israel’s army was routed; three dozen soldiers died. Seeing this, “the hearts of the people melted and became as water.” Their leader, Joshua, was devastated. With clothes torn and head covered with dust in mourning, he fell on his face before God,…
“And although you were formerly alienated and hostile in mind, engaged in evil deeds, yet He has now reconciled you in His fleshly body through death, in order to present you before Him holy and blameless and beyond reproach” (Colossians 1:21-22).
Christians are people who have been reconciled to God (see also Romans 5:10; 2 Corinthians 5:18-19). As we saw last week, reconciliation means that a relationship that was wrecked is now restored. In the passages above, it is our relationship to God that is in view. Sin estranges each of us…
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Preachers Fishing for Sinners When you are in a foreign country, there are always language mistakes you are going to make. I made a fairly humorous one this year in San Jose, Costa Rica. Myself and a team of others … Read More
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