Christian Living… Spurring Lessons, Part 1 9 Sep 20149 Sep 2014 God wants us to spur one another on toward love and good deeds (Hebrews 10:24). How do we do that? How do we entice and motivate each other toward love…
Christian Living… Love, Good Deeds, and Apple Trees 8 Sep 20148 Sep 2014 One of the ways we show that we are living for God through Christ is by spurring one another toward love and good deeds. Love and deeds are inseparably connected.…
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…
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 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…
Spiritual Formation Serve One Another, Part 3 30 Jul 201430 Jul 2014 Now that we have an understanding of the idea of what it means to serve one another, I want to give some pictures of what serving one another looks like…
Spiritual Formation… Fruits 25 Jul 201425 Jul 2014 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Those who belong to Christ Jesus…
Going Deeper… Lessons from My Girls 13 Jul 20147 Aug 2014 My mentor Charlie "Tremendous" Jones said that he believed that God doesn't give you kids so you can teach them, He gives them so they can teach you. I remember…
Faith The Living Word, Part 3 12 Jul 201412 Jul 2014 So the Bible contains everything that God wants his church in all times and all places to know about Him. The Bible is not simply a history of the Jewish…
Faith The Living Word, Part 2 11 Jul 201411 Jul 2014 Hebrews 4:12-13 says, For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges…