A child’s beliefs determine what is important to him, and his values dictate his behavior. How are my kids acting? What do they really believe?
Speaking the Truth in Love
Speaking the Truth in Love
Sermons by David Wright (Page 19)
In his book The Five Love Languages, Gary Chapman says that husbands and wives have different ways of expressing and receiving love. We know that God loves us, but what is his love language? What honors and pleases him?
Church-goers are fond of labeling each other as “liberal” or “conservative.” But these words mean different things to different people. And neither label is in the Bible.
In his dedication to Judaism, young Saul of Tarsus (later to become the apostle Paul) always did his best. He wanted to prove his moral and spiritual excellence to God. As a Christian he did his best for an entirely different reason (Tit. 3:12-15).
Why do so many healthy and prosperous people feel empty and discontented? Maybe they don’t understand that joy is God’s gift for those who yield to his leading (Phil. 4:4).
A man in the Corinthian church was living with his stepmother – and the congregation was proud of it! Paul urged the church to drive out the wicked person. But why? His inspired instructions give us two reasons for removing a stubborn sinner from our fellowship (1 Cor. 5:1-13).
God commanded the people of Israel to set aside the seventh day of each week as a time for rest and worship. The Sabbath honored God as Creator of the world (Exod. 20:8-11). But the resurrection of Jesus ushered in a new creation, and his triumph over death didn’t come on a Sabbath.
Many church-goers seem to think that grace is for enlightened sinners living in sin and that good deeds are for stuffy people trying to earn eternal life. This is a serious misunderstanding. Good deeds spring from grace as surely as water flows from a well. And if a brother refuses to accept this, the church…
The Bible tells us that the peace of God stands guard over our hearts and minds through Jesus Christ (Phil. 4:7). What are the three ways that we experience God’s peace, and how do we receive it?
Most people drool a little bit at the thought of inheriting a huge sum of money. But the Bible promises a far more splendid inheritance (Tit. 3:3-8a). Jesus died on the cross – and he left us in his will.