Standing, Sitting and Waiting on the Lord
John 6:10 Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand. Exodus 14:13 But Moses said to the people, “Do not fear! Stand by and see the salvation of the LORD which He will accomplish...
Scriptural Holiness: Part 2
In Part I of Scriptural Holiness, we looked at a Biblical definition of holiness and worked through what it looks like to be holy according to God's standard as we have it in the Bible. In Part II we will be looking at what it means to be holy in today's world by...
Scriptural Holiness: Part 1
For the past few weeks, I have been reading about the work of some of the influential leaders in the formation of the early church in America. Two such leaders are Francis Asbury and Stephen Paxson, and one of the issues they addressed in their ministry was holiness....
1 Corinthians 13: Love
1 Corinthians 13:13 But now faith, hope, love, abide these three; but the greatest of these is love. Love is one of the most difficult words in our vocabulary to define. Paul takes a full chapter in 1 Corinthians to define love, however, the kind of love Paul defines...
1 Corinthians 13: Hope
1 Corinthians 13:13 But now faith, hope, love, abide these three; but the greatest of these is love. “Hope springs eternal,” wrote Alexander Pope. There is good reason for Pope’s statement. Hope is “that in which one confides or to which he flees for refuge;...
1 Corinthians 13: Faith
1 Corinthians 13:13 But now faith, hope, love, abide these three; but the greatest of these is love. 1 Corinthians 13 is often recited in churches, used as sermon texts, preached on, written about, and brought to mind when we try to understand and comprehend love....
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