One caveat to this 80 percent principle: it depends on what’s in the 20 percent. If a wife likes everything about her husband except the fact that he beats her, that behavior is not something that should be overlooked or ignored. If one friend learned that the other was embezzling his ...
Philippians 4:8 – Dwell on the good things! “Sometimes it just depends on us.” Philippians 1:3-5, 12-14 – Paul was constantly thinking about spiritual things. The example of Joni Tada. You see what you’re looking for. James 1:2 – This is a deliberate decision. ...
In the court system much depends on the truthfulness of the witnesses. But integrity is vital in all areas of life and in all relationships. Yet, too often, a person can be “bribed” by a desire for peace, being liked, or personal gain. We can become “false witnesses” by telling p...
I propose to you that belief is not so much about proof of His existence as is the perceived inconvenience it would cause in our daily lives. But having said all this, let’s continue with the elements to prove either circumstantially or directly His existence. Let me say from the start ...
3. True/False: The age of a rock depends upon its mineral content. (Explain.) 4. True/False: The age of a rock depends upon its placement in the geologic column. 5. The idea that different fossils represent different ages is an assumption of ___. 6. The system of evolution arranges...
Sacred Scripture positions itself as a part—albeit a very important part—of a much bigger picture: Sacred Tradition. At the end of his Gospel, John tells us that not everything taught by Christ was written down: “There are also many other things which Jesus did; were every one of them...
Our hope depends on this fact that Jesus rose a victor over death….that He is alive today and always….that he has power over death. If we want to get out of the locked room called death, Jesus has the keys and will let us out on that great Day of the Lord. Paul knew the imp...
Col. 3:23-24 –“work heartily as serving the Lord, not men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward.” This is another verse used to prove “once saved, always saved.” But the verse says our inheritance depends on “working heartily.” It’s not ...
“All indeed depends on God, but not so that our free-will is hindered. ‘If then it depend on God,’ (one says), ‘why does He blame us?’ On this account I said, ‘so that our free-will is no hindered.’ It depends then on us, and on Him For we must first choose the ...
Sometimes loving our enemies and doing good means being gentle and kind and tender, meeting physical and spiritual needs as they arise, but others times it means speaking strongly, rebuking, and even giving offense.How we behave in love depends on what they need to bring them to God. Love ...