When you try to make your eternal behavior the hub on which you turn, you get stuck. Forward motion must be fueled by love. – Chris Hodges I John 5:2-3 This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and carrying out his commands. In fact, this is love f...
18May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth. 19A loving doe, a graceful deer— may her breasts satisfy you always, may you ever be intoxicated with her love. 20Why, my son, be intoxicated with another man’s wife? Why embrace the bosom of a wayward...
God is a loving Father, and He wants to bless you in so many ways. Sometimes you may go through difficulties first, but there are always blessings on the other side. Remember, you can always rely on His strength to see you through, because He has overcome the world. If you refuse to...
"See, I have set before you today life and prosperity, death and adversity. If you obey the commandments of the Lord your God that I am commanding you today, by loving the Lord your God, walking in his ways, and observing his commandments, decrees, and ordinances, then you shall live....
While most ancient peoples simply accepted that life was short, brutal, and nasty because that’s the way their gods wanted it, the Israelites believed in a good and loving god. So they wrestled with why there was suffering in a world created by a gracious Creator. Week 4 The Babylonian...
It is most certainly true that many places in the New Testament speak plainly concerning the loving Gospel of Grace through Jesus Christ: about His suffering and death on the cross as the only acceptable, and therefore perfect, sacrifice/peace offering to God for sin; about His resurrection and...
The early Lingbao scriptures incorporate pluralistic gender discourses. On the one hand, the early Lingbao scriptures accept the social gender system of “differences between men and women” as the decision of all deities, and incorporate the “chastity” virtue of women advocated by Confucianism. ...
Loving you is painful enough. Beat. Fleabag tries to hold it together but she can’t help but— FLEABAG Ok, sorry…but I really think you should write that down. I know it’s not appropriate, but I really think you should write that down. It’s a really good for your — ...