The concern for believers is that we make progress in the right kind of love. Whitney rightly concludes that we too often find our investment in love to be in the natural affections. In Romans 1:31 and 2 Timothy 3:3 (The ESV translates this heartless, the KJV without natural affections) we find this natural love [...]
One of the most significant marks that Jesus identified about His disciples was that of love. In John 13:34-35, He gives a new command, "Love one another . . ." There are a number of verses in the New Testament that emphasize this priority. See these listed here. John 15:12; John 15:17; Romans 12:10; Romans [...]
In 1 Peter 2:2 there is an often quoted verse that speaks to the importance of God's Word. The word "desire" is used. Some translations use the word "crave." That is a vivid image about how we should depend on the Bible for our Spiritual Health. So what are some key things that can be [...]
We have been considering 10 questions to diagnose spiritual health. This week the focus is on the Word of God, the Bible. Over 20 years of ministry one of my concerns is how we measure maturity of a follower of Christ. There was a time that I remember these check lists when Sunday School class [...]
One of my favorite desserts is a Lemon Apricot Pound Cake. It is probably one of my favorites because of the memories that surround it as much as the flavor. I grew up hearing the story (even heard the story as recently as Christmas) about my Grandmother sending my dad a whole cake in the [...]
Have you ever heard a story about some person or group of people who have been in a tragic accident and had to survive for an extended length of time? Maybe they were stranded in a plane crash, boat accident, or something along those lines. Those stories always seem to intrigue us because there is [...]
So far we have considered our thirst, as well as the idea that God has purposefully created this thirst within us to direct us to Him, the quencher of thirst. There remains and important and essential question which remains. What steps must be taken to quench that thirst in the quest for the sweet waters? [...]