Spiritual Formation Do Not Slander One Another, Part 1 31 Aug 20141 Sep 2014 Last week we talked about encouragement and how closely encouragement is tied to love. Where love abounds, encouragement will also abound. I even gave you an assignment in my last…
Christian Living Got Beans? 29 Aug 201429 Aug 2014 I think encouraging one another is important enough to give you an assignment to practice it this week. Your assignment, your mission—if you choose to accept it—is to only speak…
Christian Living Are You Encouraging? 28 Aug 201428 Aug 2014 If there is anything I have been learning lately, it is just how important being encouraging is. So much of the Christian life lies in encouraging one another. So as…
Christian Living Unpacking Encouragement 26 Aug 201426 Aug 2014 The words "encourage" and "encouragement" occur more times in 1 Thessalonians than in any other of Paul's letters. In this short 5 chapter letter it comes up six times. Because…
Christian Living… Encouragement 25 Aug 201425 Aug 2014 What do motivational speakers, self-help books, psychologists, and the Apostle Paul all have in common? They all teach that encouragement is important. Encouragement. If we are honest with ourselves, encouragement…
Spiritual Formation Submit to One Another, Part 3 13 Aug 201413 Aug 2014 I concluded yesterday's post with a summary of what biblical submission means: submitting to one another is not about blind obedience, or being taken advantage of or a weapon by…
Spiritual Formation… Submit to One Another, Part 2 12 Aug 201412 Aug 2014 Living for God through Christ means submitting to one another. Yet I have been learning that if there is any word in the Bible that rivals "predestination" as a word…
Spiritual Formation Submit to One Another, Part 1 11 Aug 201411 Aug 2014 Follow God's example, therefore, as dearly loved children and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering…
Going Deeper… Going Deeper 7 Aug 20147 Aug 2014 As the audience of this little blog of mine continues to grow, I have noticed that the posts which generate the most interest have been the ones that touch on…
Forgiveness… Bear with One Another, Part 3 6 Aug 20146 Aug 2014 What makes a good buttress? How do we need to be growing in order to be bearing with one another in love? In closing post, let me point out four…
Learning To Be Full Of Grace And Truth. 