Treasury of Scripture Those things, which you have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you. which. Philippians 3:17 Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample. 1 Corin...
Treasury of Scripture Why the rather, brothers, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if you do these things, you shall never fall: give. 2 Peter 1:5 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; ...
I love how there’s a word of the day that helps you focus the scripture. There’s a definition so that even some of the harder or more abstract concepts can be understood. Then they also have a prompt or suggestion for how to reflect on the scripture, which is actually really helpful...
18For Scripture says, “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain,” and “The worker deserves his wages.” 19Do not entertain an accusation against an elder unless it is brought by two or three witnesses. 20But those elders who are sinning you are to reprove before ...
32For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day...
Rather than having to invent each for ourselves, the teaching of Scripture shows how we are given an identity, a set of desires, and a catalog of practices that are normative for a Christian life. A Christian possesses the identity of an adopted child of God (Rom 8:15, Gal. 4:5). ...
8You will be doing well if you truly observe the sovereign law enjoined in Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”9However, if you show partiality, you are committing a sin and stand convicted by the law as lawbreakers.10For whoever observes the whole Law but trips up on...
He really gives us a clear understanding from scripture how we us men should really act towards one another and how to express our love back towards Christ. At the end of each chapter he always gives advice and encouragement to pray that God will and can put these traits on our hearts an...
and actions so that they remain balanced and within the boundaries of wisdom. It involves not merely restraining from forbidden things but learning to manage permissible things responsibly. As Scripture urges, “Let your gentleness be apparent to all. The Lord is near” (Philippians 4:5). This...
Theproblem,he ar-gues, is thatin real lifeall thesethingsare mixed:PracticeTheory683 Byallmeans,theyseemtosay,letusnotmixupknowledge,interest,justiceandpower.Letusnotmixupheavenandearth,theglobalstageandthelocalscene,thehumanandthenonhu-man.‘Buttheseimbrogliosdothemixing’,you’llsay,‘theyweaveour...