The Charter of the Church (7)

Therefore, I, the prisoner of the Lord, exhort you to walk worthily of the calling in which you were called, with all humility and meekness, with long-suffering, bearing with one another in love; being eager to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. Ephesians 4:1-3 Meekness – Ah, the complexity and…

The Charter of the Church (6)

Therefore, I, the prisoner of the Lord, exhort you to walk worthily of the calling in which you were called, with all humility and meekness, with long-suffering, bearing with one another in love; being eager to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. Ephesians 4:1-3 Humility – Do you remember axios,…

The Charter of the Church (5)

Therefore, I, the prisoner of the Lord, exhort you to walk worthily of the calling in which you were called, with all humility and meekness, with long-suffering, bearing with one another in love; being eager to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. Ephesians 4:1-3 Were Called – You didn’t ask…

The Charter of the Church (4)

Therefore, I, the prisoner of the Lord, exhort you to walk worthily of the calling in which you were called, with all humility and meekness, with long-suffering, bearing with one another in love; being eager to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. Ephesians 4:1-3 Calling – Paul exhorts us to…

The Charter of the Church (3)

Therefore, I, the prisoner of the Lord, exhort you to walk worthily of the calling in which you were called, with all humility and meekness, with long-suffering, bearing with one another in love; being eager to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. Ephesians 4:1-3 Walk Worthily – Why not just…

The Charter of the Church (2)

Therefore, I, the prisoner of the Lord, exhort you to walk worthily of the calling in which you were called, with all humility and meekness, with long-suffering, bearing with one another in love; being eager to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. Ephesians 4:1-3 Therefore – We don’t pay much…

The Charter of the Church (1)

Therefore, I, the prisoner of the Lord, exhort you to walk worthily of the calling in which you were called, with all humility and meekness, with long-suffering, bearing with one another in love; being eager to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. Ephesians 4:1-3 Exhort – Since Greek has no…

God Turns Away

and I became disgusted with her, as I had become disgusted with her sister. Ezekiel 23:18 Disgusted – Does God ever get to the point where He just can’t take it anymore? If you read your Bible carefully, and put aside the idea that God is always the forgiving Santa Claus in the sky, you…

How do you know Him?

“Cease striving and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exulted in the earth.” Psalm 46:10 Know – “Yada, yada, yada.” The common slang expression doesn’t carry quite the same meaning as its original Hebrew verb, yadah. In slang, it’s almost like “and so on, and so…

In the Gaps

“Cease striving and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exulted in the earth.” Psalm 46:10 Cease Striving – The traditional translation of this Hebrew word (raphah) in Psalm 46:10 is “Be still”. “Be still and know that I am God”. We are quite familiar with that…