Timothy was to instruct the women to adorn themselves with proper clothing. Adorn is from kosmiø (), from which we derive our English word cosmetic. It means to arrange, to put in order, or to make re...
Thus, we can see that obeying the command to be filled with the Spirit does not involve emotional hype or mystical encounters. It comes from reading, meditating on, and submitting to the Word of Chris...
The fastest way to lose credibility as a leader is to make a foolish decision that leads people down a blind alley or off the end of a pier.
The essence of prayer is simply talking to God as you would to a beloved friend—without
People attend religious services and say they believe in God, but at best they adhere to a practical atheism and situational morality. Whatever vestiges of Christian religion still remain in our cultu...
Paul suffered and struggled mightily in the service of his faith. Perhaps you could argue that he simply wasn’t the best example after which to model our own behavior. What if we look at the ultimate...
Paul knew what he was talking about when he called Christians earthen vessels. We’re baked clay. We’re privy pots. The advance of the gospel will never occur on account of us. This helps explain why G...
Obedience is the basic definition of worship. Like obedience, worship is to be a way of life rather than just an exercise on Sunday.
Meanwhile, modern feminists heap scorn on women who want family and household to be their first priorities--disparaging the role of motherhood, the one calling that is most uniquely and exclusively fe...
Like the old knights, always in warfare, not always on their steeds dashing forward with their lances in rest to unhorse an adversary, but always wearing their weapons where they could readily reach t...
La ortodoxia bíblica abarca la ortopraxia. Tanto la doctrina recta como la vida recta son absolutamente esenciales y totalmente inseparables para el verdadero hijo de Dios. Esa es la enseñanza consecu...
Indeed, there is a counterfeit of love that often appears amongst those that are led by a spirit of delusion. There is commonly in the wildest enthusiasts a kind of union and affection that appears in...
In other words, God does not first make us perfect, then accept us on that basis. He first legally justifies us by imputing to us an alien righteousness, then perfects us by conforming us to the image...
In 1 Corinthians 14:13–17, Paul mentioned that the gift of tongues was used in public prayer for the purpose of edification. Charismatics, however, have tried to redefine the gift of tongues as a spec...
First, it speaks of Eve's fundamental equality with Adam. The woman was taken out of man. They shared the same essential nature. She was not a different kind of creature; she was of exactly the same e...
Every page of the New Testament is in perfect agreement. From Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount to the book of Revelation, the message is consistent. It acknowledges the hopelessness of human depravity, but...
Although every true believer knows it is a serious sin to be ashamed of his Savior and Lord, he also knows the difficulty of avoiding that sin. When we have opportunity to speak for Christ, we often d...
Almost no one tolerates the exclusivity and supremacy of Christ these days, even some who profess to be Christians. The message of the cross is not politically correct—it’s the singularity of the gosp...
17Though the afig tree should not blossom† And there be no 1fruit on the vines, Though the yield of the bolive should fail And the fields produce no food, Though the cflock should be cut off from the...
14For the earth will be afilled† With the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, As the waters cover the sea.