You are a living organism a terribly fragile, temporary creature. You're MADE of the elements of the ground. Perhaps, in our modern societies, of food nicely served on "man-made" plates of fine china we don't like to think of the fact our food is literally composed of so...
and restaurants on each side. I stopped there to get a sim card for phone service for the rest of our trip. That leads right to the Jaffa Gate, which was a half mile from Apartique. The walls of Jerusalem are lit at night and it is nothing like you’ll see anywhere else in the...
Philippians 3:19-Whose end is destruction. 2 Thessalonians 1:9-Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction. Hebrews 10:39-But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition. (Greek: destruction)The great Inter-Varsity Press evangelical author, John R. Stott, (who also left the Trad...
After being diagnosed with and seeking treatment for Hashimoto's thyroiditis, I have noticed a decline in the number of hallucinations, although they are not gone completely. If you have these you should talk to a doctor immediately because it seems that many people have them as a result of ...
James 4:7– “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” Group 1 – Bible Verses About Sin – What is Sin Galatians 5:19-21– “Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife,...
Seek what is above, heavenly, or things of excellence as we read in Philippians 4.8. In essence all of these passages are about setting our mind to something other than the things of the earth. This, I believe, is our first and primary focus: filling the mind with the things of God....
[1] We can extend the characterization to add grace, which is getting something positive you do not deserve, but I will focus my discussion on mercy and justice for simplicity. There are two questions to ask to distinguish justice, mercy, and grace: Is the response deserved? (Yes: justice...
Philippians 4:8 dares us to focus on, meditate on, concentrate on and seek out the good in life. “Whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any vir...
for the cookies in the night. That is, of course, unless you believe so, because believing so manifests the verydaimon. Adaimonis not a real creature in the sense that a lion or a squirrel are real creatures. It's a false certainty, a certainty that has no reason for existing other...
I’ll let you stew over that for now. How are you tempted to hope in man, or a job, or a change of living situation, or relief from physical pain, or whatever very real suffering you are living with? This is a false hope, and rather than trying to destroy our joy, we know that...