Idle speech is an important theme in this letter. Words have power. What comes out of our mouth, our speech is critical. With words, we are to encourage and build each other up. 1 Thess 5 11 Therefore encourage one another and build each other up as you are already doing. How are we to […]
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Christmas 2013 – Be a Worshiper (pt3 of 3)
Luke 2 14 Glory to God in the highest heaven, and peace on earth to people He favors! Putting it altogether, you can read it like this. May God, the Glorious One receive all glory and honor and praise and splendor because He is more real than Herod, He is stronger than Satan, He is […]
Christmas 2013 – Be a Worshiper (pt2 of 3)
What about Joseph? Matt 1:18-19 [READ] Joseph’s first Christmas did not start very peacefully either. Matt 1:18-19 [READ] Put yourself in Joseph’s shoes. He is about to marry the love of his life. Then, he gets the news. I wonder how that conversation went down. Uh, honey, I have something to tell you. Why don’t […]
Christmas 2013 – Be a Worshiper (pt1 of 3)
Luke 2 14 Glory to God in the highest heaven, and peace on earth to people He favors! This is a famous verse during the holiday season. You see it on Christmas cards. We sing it in our Christmas carols. Today, I want us to try to understand this verse in the context of the […]
Philippians 2: Humility (pt2 of 3)
How come we treat our relationship with Christ as equal to the church or equal to the work we do at church? In fact, it may be more accurate to say, why do we treat Christ as LESS important than church? Didn’t Paul say in Phil 1:23 that departing this life and being with Christ […]
Book of Galatians – Teaching #3: Counterfeit Fruit vs. Real Fruit (pt2 of 3)
Next we have joy. Joy is from the word “chara” in the Greek and it shares a root with “charis” or grace. A joyful person is someone who is constantly mindful and aware of the grace of God upon their lives. They delight in God and enjoy their relationship with Him because He alone is […]