In South Africa I spoke about the Roman Empire in the first century, the Formation of the Christian Church, and Upside-Down Leadership. Now these lectures are available on my website. Just go HERE where you will find the links. As a teaser, I have provided this brief 9-minute discussion for free about the meanings of words…
I charge you in the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who testified the good confession before Pontius Pilate; 1 Timothy 6:13 NASB Good confession – Paul gives orders to Timothy. Those orders still govern us because we are volunteers committed to the same way of life Paul…
Learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow’s cause. Isaiah 1:17 ESV Learn – God expects you to learn to do good. Does that mean you need to take a course in biblical ethics? Does that mean you need a reference manual on moral choices? Does that…
Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean; remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes; cease to do evil, Isaiah 1:16 ESV Cease – If removing evil was the same as not doing it anymore, then it would not be necessary to have two verbs connected to this idea. But there are two verbs here. …
