“And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful.” – Colossians 3:15 Peace is such a hard thing to find these days. In the seemingly everyday calamity of life, where is the calm and where are the assured things? Well, Paul saysContinue reading “Bring it All to Peace”
Monthly Archives: August 2020
Don We Now our Kind Apparel
“…and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator. … Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the LordContinue reading “Don We Now our Kind Apparel”
Ad Imaginem Crucis
“Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry…. But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth.” – Colossians 3:5-8 Let me paint a picture for you, one of Jesus’ death. Jesus recurved thirtyContinue reading “Ad Imaginem Crucis”
Dead to Sin, Alive in It
“For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.” – Colossians 3:3-4 “By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it?” – Romans 6:2 “What then? Are we to sinContinue reading “Dead to Sin, Alive in It”
Things Above
“If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.” – Colossians 3:1-2 All our lives we are told to live well, lead good lives, andContinue reading “Things Above”
A Giving Spirit
“If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing.” – 1 Corinthians 13:3 I’d like to briefly harken back to something I had previously written on Acts 5:1-11, which tells the harrowing story of Ananias and Sapphira, two characters inContinue reading “A Giving Spirit”
Prophetic Fascination
“And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.” – 1 Corinthians 13:2 Today, Paul’s Way of Love (cf. 1 Cor 12:31b) leads us to prophecy. This is a topic many of usContinue reading “Prophetic Fascination”
A Rousing Speech
“If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.” – 1 Corinthians 13:1 Have you ever felt yourself listening to a really good speech, argument, or just someone making a point so flawlessly and with such care and seemingly respectContinue reading “A Rousing Speech”
By Our Love
“‘By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.’” – John 13:35 As Christians it is imperative that our lives be filled and overflowing with love. This love is much like the ἀγάπη, agapē love used through a lot of the New Testament. This ἀγάπη, agapēContinue reading “By Our Love”
His Way IS the Highway
“And a highway shall be there, and it shall be called the Way of Holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it. It shall belong to those who walk on the way; even if they are fools, they shall not go astray.” – Isaiah 35:8 God’s way is the only way. We did traps forContinue reading “His Way IS the Highway”
