Cultural No-No’s

For what have I to do with judging outsiders?  Do you not judge those who are within [the church].  But those who are outside God judges.  Remove the wicked man from among yourselves.  1 Corinthians 5:12-13  NASB  (brackets added) Judge – How many times have you heard someone say, “You shouldn’t judge others!”  This seems…

The Two-Edged Sword

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, unwavering, without hypocrisy.  James 3:17  NASB Unwavering – Write up your list of excuses.  Go ahead.  Make sure you get them all.  I’ll wait. The root behind the Greek word adiakritos is krino, a verb that means…

CUTS BOTH WAYS

For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart. Hebrews 4:12 My wife and I have recently experienced the trauma of a life-changing…