by admin | Jul 6, 2025 | Christian Perfection, Culture and Cultural Decay, Discipleship, Evangelism, Faith, False Teaching, Following Christ, Fruit of the Spirit, Grace, Holiness, Justification by Faith, Obedience, Personal Responsibility, Salvation, Sin
What is truth? What is knowledge? What is goodness? What is right and wrong? These are all questions which surface in daily life. Some answer that truth, knowledge, goodness, and morality are all determined by each individual person on a case-by-case basis. Others...
by admin | Jun 15, 2025 | Christian Perfection, Culture and Cultural Decay, Discipleship, Evangelism, Faith, False Teaching, Following Christ, Fruit of the Spirit, Grace, Holiness, Justification by Faith, Obedience, Personal Responsibility, Salvation, Sin
While not necessarily using the phrase “moral law” or the word “morality”, it is from God and through His revelation to us in the Bible that we understand moral law and morality. By morality, I mean our pattern of conduct. We can also add character and the intentions...
by admin | Jun 1, 2025 | Christian Perfection, Culture and Cultural Decay, Discipleship, Evangelism, Faith, False Teaching, Following Christ, Fruit of the Spirit, Grace, Holiness, Justification by Faith, Obedience, Personal Responsibility, Salvation, Sin
How should we fill in the blanks? An individual becomes a Christian by ______________ I know I am a Christian because ______________ The distinctive teaching of Christianity is ______________ The core requirements to identify with Christ are ______________ One of the...
by admin | Jan 26, 2025 | Christian Perfection, Evangelism, Following Christ, Fruit of the Spirit, Holiness, Obedience
Paul closes Ephesians in chapter 6:10-24 with an exhortation unto Christian perfection. We are exhorted to “stand firm against the schemes of the devil”, “resist in the evil day”, and “extinguish all the flaming missiles of the evil one”. If we are living victoriously...
by admin | Jan 19, 2025 | Christian Perfection, Evangelism, Following Christ, Fruit of the Spirit, Holiness, Obedience
In Ephesians 4:1-16 and 5:1-22, Paul has been discussing practical subjection in our common relationships. Paul calls us to a similar, practical subjection in our human relationships. Subjection is evident in marriage, children, parenting, and employment. This short...
by admin | Jan 12, 2025 | Christian Perfection, Evangelism, Following Christ, Fruit of the Spirit, Holiness, Obedience
In Ephesians 5:1-21, Paul exhorts us to lay aside the former self which practiced sin and put on the new self which is to practice righteousness. Throughout these verses, notice the subjection to Christ through righteous practices. Sin is self-indulgence, while...