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 | Apr 20, 2025 | Christian Perfection, Faith, Following Christ, Grace, Holiness, Salvation, Sin
Ezekiel chapters 40 through 48 provide great detail on the temple reconstruction as well as the sacrifices to be offered in the new temple. The verses which struck me are in chapters 40 and 41. Ezekiel is shown a vision of the new temple being measured. Measuring is...
by admin | Mar 9, 2025 | Christian Perfection, Contentment, Discipleship, Faith, Following Christ, Fruit of the Spirit, Holiness, Obedience, Skills and Talents, Teachings of Jesus
Of the many talents entrusted to us from God is the advantage of our own souls and the advantage of the souls of others. We can understand this more plainly through the first and second greatest commandments in Matthew 22:36-40. Understood this way, no part of the...
by admin | Mar 2, 2025 | Christian Perfection, Contentment, Discipleship, Faith, Following Christ, Fruit of the Spirit, Holiness, Obedience, Skills and Talents, Teachings of Jesus
There is one other point about the unfaithful servant we should review before continuing with the parable. Considering that Christ is teaching the parable and that the parable is about the kingdom of heaven, the unfaithful servant’s portrayal of Christ is particularly...
by admin | Feb 23, 2025 | Christian Perfection, Contentment, Discipleship, Faith, Following Christ, Fruit of the Spirit, Holiness, Obedience, Skills and Talents, Teachings of Jesus
Part of the trouble with the unfaithful servant in the parable of the talents is a works-based theology. The servant believed that he could save himself through works. In Matthew 16:25, Jesus said, “For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses...