"Whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is gracious, if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things." -Philippians 4:8
Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever things ye shall bind on earth, shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever things ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.Mace New TestamentI declare unto you, "whatever things ye disallow on earth, are disallow'd by heaven: and whatever ye ...
Verse 9. - Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do. St. Paul turns from contemplation to practical life: they must translate into action the lessons which they received from him. The verbs are aorists and refer to the time when he was ...
There are certain things I do “for the Lord” that are a pleasure. They fall within my comfort zone and require effort, but certainly do not cause me to tremble. But then… there are things that the Lord has asked me to do that bring me to my knees and fill me with fear. In ot...
(cough)… I see things a bit differently. This year, first time I remember in my life, I have a REAL Tree in the house. I am NOT having ANY allergic reactions to it!!! Many of my “I have to have them out” Christmas decorations are packed away somewhere as we are still trying...
as it is for the one who takes an oath, so it is for the one who fears an oath.3Among all the things that are done under the sun, this is the worst, that there is one lot for all. Hence the hearts of human beings are filled with evil, and madness is in their hearts during ...
I brewed some coffee and came upstairs to do my morning reading. I was distracted, my mind racing between various things I need to accomplish today and still wondering why I was up so darn early. As I closed my eyes, trying to settle down to pray, this Scripture came to mind: ...
Always go back to scripture for the final word. That’s our north star. Our authority. My final encouragement: DON’T. GIVE. UP. New things are hard. It’s easy to quit. Keep going. It will be worth it. I promise you. There is nothing sweeter than hearing straight from the heart...
Two things were required of Henry's ecclesiological settlement. On the one hand there needed to be established the doctrinal principle that scripture was superior to papal or canon law in interpreting the will of God (the nub of the king's argument being that scripture forbade the very marria...
Similarly, politicians need to stop attempting to legislate scripture into law. Those opposing such attempts are not offended by Christianity, they are offended that someone is attempting to force them to live by another’s religious dictates. ...