Speaking the Truth in Love

Posts from May 2025

Christian: Label or Life?

The New Testament teaches that the early disciples of the Lord bore the name of their Savior and Master (Acts 11 :26). But, they did much more. They sought to bear His likeness, His image (Rom. 8:29). They walked in His footsteps, and developed His mind (1 Pet. 2:21 ). They “learned Christ” when they…

70×7 – The Formula of Forgiveness

The Lord Jesus Christ commands us to forgive peo~le. And h punctuates it with this statement: “so that your Father in heaven ~a forgive you.” If you forgive, God forgives you. If you don’t forgive, G~ will not forgive you {Matthew 6:14-15).0ne of the more challenging things about forgiveness is that it’s not a once…

Promises, Promises

Promises, Promises The world is full of promises, some broken, some kept. God keeps His. The greatest promise of the Bible is salvation. It’s the greatest promise because it can remove the greatest curse, sin. Jesus canie to take away sin: “he was manifested to take away our sins” (1 John 3:5). Through obedience to…