Do you have a verse or two in the Bible that you rather wish was not in there? I think all of us do. Like, maybe, “love your enemies” (Matthew 5:44) or forgiving people “seventy times seven” (Matthew 18:22) or “regard one another as more important than yourselves” (Philippians 2:3)? These verses are like spiritual [...]
I like it when someone “cuts to the chase” giving me the bottom line of what they want to say without including all the details. I am often guilty of helping people finish their sentences so they can more quickly get to the point. I assume some of you might be like that too. So, [...]
The Wisdom Books in the Bible reference a quite unusual occurrence that because it is mentioned multiple times must have at least occasionally happened – a slave becoming a ruler. Here are three references: “Under three things the earth quakes, and under four, it cannot bear up: Under a slave when he becomes king…” (Proverbs [...]
THE BIBLICAL CONCEPT OF STEWARDSHIP It’s not how much of my money will I give to God, but how much of God’s money will I keep for myself. – Oswald Smith Make all you can, save all you can, give all you can. – John Wesley If a person gets his attitude toward money straight, [...]
