Philippians 4:6 Worry Identify the source of your worries. Did you grow up in a fear-filled family, always feeling insecure, never measuring up, and never hearing words of affirmation and approval? Are you listening to the prophets of doom, hearing only about what’s wrong, and how much worse it’s going to get? What’s the source…
Why worry? was originally published on BIBLE Knowledge
jamesmacdonald.com Thus says the Lord, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, the Lord of hosts: “I am the first and I am the last; besides me there is no god. Who is like me? Let him proclaim it. Let him declare and set it before me, since I appointed an ancient people. Let them…
By Covenant, Not Contract was originally published on BIBLE Knowledge
jamesmacdonald.com But thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which you were committed, and, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness. I am speaking in human terms, because of your natural limitations. For just…
WHOSE SLAVE ARE YOU? was originally published on BIBLE Knowledge
By C Michael Patton • reclaimingthemind.org • December 27, 2011 I see myself as an evangelical (lower case) Christian (uppercase) apologist. I think every Christian is an apologist to some degree. No, not a “professional apologist” like Rob Bowman, William Lane Craig, or Mike Licona, but we all have formulated some degree of warrant or…
A Short Defense of Christianity (to myself) was originally published on BIBLE Knowledge
Deuteronomy 32:11-12 Reasonable people A mother eagle knows that if she waits for her young to get out of the nest and fly on their own initiative, it’ll never happen. So she pushes them out! That’s radical, but how else will they learn to fly and fulfil their destiny? ‘To succeed in life we must…
James 1:4 Giant oaks and mushrooms Life is lived in seasons; if you don’t understand that, you’ll be constantly frustrated. Some seasons are for sowing, some for waiting and some for reaping. Sometimes you have a short, intense burst of growth followed by a longer period of stabilising and testing. ‘But what about my problems?’…
