Next, we are given a spirit of love. Love is both God’s part and our part. God’s love comes to us, that’s God part. While we were sinners, God loved us. For God so loved the world, he gave his only son. This is God’s part. And what is our response? Our response is also […]
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1 and 2 Timothy – Power, Love, Self-Discipline (Part 3 of 7)
What does Paul mean that God did not give us a spirit of timidity but a spirit of power?
1 and 2 Timothy – Power, Love, Self-Discipline (Part 2 of 7)
This leads me to our main verse for today that we covered in our recent DTs. 2 Tim 1:7. For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline. ~2 Tim 1:7
1 and 2 Timothy – Power, Love, Self-Discipline (Part 1 of 7)
Before getting into this sermon, I’d like to play a song by Bebo Norman entitled, “In Your Hands.” I didn’t know I would love you when I looked into your eyes But now I have a heart I cannot keep And the greatest of fear is that you’ll leave me here Stranded in this water […]
Harvard Law Professor, William Stuntz, Dying of Cancer
Here is a compelling interview of a Harvard Law Professor, whose faith in God, has helped him cope with the effects of cancer. You can see the full interview here. I’ve included some excerpts below. Have your experiences led you to think differently about the relationship between the body and the spirit? Christians sometimes behave […]
Rules of the Heart
No, a man is a Jew if he is one inwardly; and circumcision is circumcision of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code. Such a man’s praise is not from men, but from God. (Romans 2:29) The Jewish people and the new Jewish converts to Christianity of his day insisted that God […]