Godliness
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MEOLOGY: The Risk of Self-Centered Marriage Advice
Walk into any bookstore, Christian or secular, and you are bound to find hundreds of titles dealing with the topic of marriage. Whatever your difficulty in marriage, you are bound to find the perfect solution to it in one of the books. This type… Continue reading
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Roles We Play
Ephesians 5:1-21 provides general admonitions and warnings to each of us as members of the Body of Christ. Interestingly, the last direction given in this section is to be humble in relationships: “Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear… Continue reading
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The Israel of God
And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God. – Galatians 6:16 The word “Israel” is found 2,576 times in the King James Bible. Of the 2,576 times… Continue reading
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Questions on Application
1. How do we ‘put on’ and ‘put off’ things in our walk as believers?A simple example: A saint who has been walking after the flesh can ‘put off’ the flesh by ‘putting on’ God’s way of thinking, to manifest… Continue reading
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Knowing Verses Applying Grace Doctrine
Rightly dividing saints often understand the basics of grace doctrines. However, toprogress in the walk of faith, do we know the outworking of them in life situations? Forexample, when an old friend or your 21-year-old daughter engages in ungodlybehaviors, how… Continue reading
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The Takeover
What is an idol? It is anything on which we set excessive attachment, usurping God andHis Word. This is the exaltation or elevation of something in our minds and hearts in thehighest position, taking one’s time, thoughts, and affections. There… Continue reading
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The Sanctification Process: Romans 6-8
Our spiritual walk as a believer is affected by our free will choices in circumstances and where we are in our understanding of Romans 6-8’s Sanctification Process. This section is foundational instruction for saints on how to consistently walk after the… Continue reading
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Redeeming the Time
The carnal believer, walks as a man and wastes time on fleeting vanity, but the spiritual man, walks as a son of God and redeems it with the wisdom of Christ. One squanders earthly resources for no gain, while the… Continue reading
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Think On These Things
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think… Continue reading
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Take Off the Training Wheels
Taking a trip down “memory lane” can be quite the trip, indeed. Sometimes that trip can be good. Sometimes bad. We’ve all been down that road before. One such trip is going back to a time of learning how to… Continue reading
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Second Hand News?
The problem with so many “so called” doctrines is that they are based on a single meaning of words which actually have different meanings. Words such as “elect,” “baptism,” and “church” are blindly given one blanket meaning, based on presumptions,… Continue reading
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A Well Worn Path
Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. – Psalm 16:11 A trip down memory lane. My recollection some years later is of a… Continue reading
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Marriage: On the Rock, or On the Rocks?
Marriage between men and women (there is no other way) is an institution which has for it’s establishment God, Himself. He created Eve as a helpmeet for Adam, so that he would not be alone. And the LORD God said,… Continue reading
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THE JUNK DRAWER?
1 Timothy 1:18-20 This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare; 19 Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having… Continue reading
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PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE
There is one thing that will never change. People will always be people – no matter their personal level of sanctification. We have been given by God peculiar (some more peculiar than others) particular personality traits, which often conflict with… Continue reading
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AGREEING TO DISAGREE?
OK, first off, I would like to have a show of hands to demonstrate how many people agree with any other person 100% of the time. OK, do I have any takers at 50%? That is what I thought. You… Continue reading
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People Are People
One of the realities that is often so hard for people to fathom is that each and every person in the world is, in fact, an individual. Individual habits, individual appearances, individual diets, even individual preferences of clothing and automobiles. … Continue reading
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THE “UGOTTA” DISEASE
There is a dreaded disease that strikes at the heart of every person in the world. This disease also is the most devious of all, because it psychologically makes one think they are actually well. This disease, unfortunately, can be… Continue reading
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Tried AND True!
I remember hearing a Christian radio broadcast several years ago. The subject of it was regarding music. The premise of it being that the music leader of a church is one of the most difficult positions there is in the… Continue reading
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Glorious Living?
Auto-play on YouTube can be a wonderful thing. It can also be quite an eye-opening experience, even when listening. A couple of days ago the Sunday message from a local mega-church ended up in the que. The message was the… Continue reading
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