Uncommon Valor

Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, let your mind dwell on these things.  Philippians 4:8  NASB Pure – The Greek word hagnos is an uncommon word in the…

Paul’s Law

Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, let your mind dwell on these things.  Philippians 4:8  NASB Right – What is “right”?  You will probably ask for clarification before…

Shrink Wrap

Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, let your mind dwell on these things.  Philippians 4:8  NASB Honorable – What does Mark 7:7 have to do with Isaiah 29:13…

Total Recall

Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, let your mind dwell on these things.  Philippians 4:8  NASB True – Mind control?  Is that what Paul is preaching?  Are we…

Firm Footing

Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honest, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good reputation  Philippians 4:8 True – True is not correct.  I don’t mean that this isn’t the right translation.  It is.  The Greek word, alethia, means “true.”  But the…

Competitive Advantage

Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honest, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good reputation  Philippians 4:8 Whatever – In the end, it’s the little things that count.  That’s particularly true when it comes to character.  Character is the focus of Paul’s…

Practicing Hesed (6): Moral Oscars

Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, let your mind dwell on these things. Philippians 4:8 Excellence – What’s with that little gold statue shaped like a truncated human?…