by admin | Feb 16, 2025 | Christian Perfection, Contentment, Discipleship, Faith, Following Christ, Fruit of the Spirit, Holiness, Obedience, Skills and Talents, Teachings of Jesus
In John 15:2, we read, “Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit, He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit, He prunes it so that it may bear more fruit.” This verse ties back to the parable of the talents and teaches us an important lesson. Industriousness...
by admin | Feb 9, 2025 | Christian Perfection, Contentment, Discipleship, Faith, Following Christ, Fruit of the Spirit, Holiness, Obedience, Skills and Talents, Teachings of Jesus
I have been studying the parable of the talents, which is found in Matthew 25:14-30. We will take some time to unpack the meaning of the parable. It is, for me, a guiding principle for 2025 both in my business and personal affairs. The opening description of the...
by admin | Feb 2, 2025 | Christian Perfection, Discipleship, Following Christ, Fruit of the Spirit, Holiness, Idolatry, Obedience
This topic was developed over the 2024 Christmas break. On Christmas morning, our family reads the traditional story from Luke chapter 2 telling the birth of Christ. This Christmas, we decided to do something different and read multiple passages, including the wise...
by admin | Aug 25, 2024 | Culture and Cultural Decay, Discipleship, False Teaching, Following Christ, Obedience
don’t spend much time on Facebook, mostly because I get in trouble for speaking my mind, and there’s just way too much scuzz on social media. You do know what scuzz is, right? It’s the junk which accumulated in a filter within the air conditioning system of our...
by admin | Apr 28, 2024 | Christian Perfection, Discipleship, Faith, Following Christ, Fruit of the Spirit, Love, Teachings of Jesus
Paul provides another expression of meekness in 2 Corinthians 2:1-11. The context here is a transgression of some kind which was disciplined by the church. The object of this set of verses is repentance coupled with forgiveness. Where an individual has committed a...
by admin | Apr 7, 2024 | Christian Perfection, Contentment, Discipleship, Following Christ, Fruit of the Spirit, Holiness, Love, Teachings of Jesus
There is an interesting verse at 1 Corinthians 6:7, “Actually, then, it is already a defeat for you, that you have lawsuits with one another. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded?” The concept is straightforward. It is based on two instructions from...