Marriages are Built or Destroyed Moment by Moment

Marriages are Built or Destroyed Moment by Moment

The Grace of God in the Bible

The Grace of God in the Bible

Great post demonstrating how we can trace God's grace through every book of the Bible.

Don't know much about religion? You're not alone, study finds – CNN Belief Blog - CNN.com Blogs

Don't know much about religion? You're not alone, study finds – CNN Belief Blog - CNN.com Blogs

Make This a Day of Turning - Desiring God

Make This a Day of Turning - Desiring God

Theology of...Sleep!

Theology of Sleep – Justin Taylor: "At the very least, sleep is a good opportunity to entrust yourself, your entire self, to God’s care. You’re trusting something when you lay down your body and, with it, the control of your conscious mind. That moment when you consciously choose unconsciousness, and let yourself go, is a daily opportunity to relinquish control to a God who you have to trust."

M'Cheyne's Battle and Mine

Amazing. Here I am wrestling with my own pride as I am reading excerpts from the memoirs of Robert Murray C'Cheyne. I happen across this entry:

"Oh for true, unfeigned humility! I know I have cause to be humble; and yet I do not know one-half of that cause. I know I am proud; and yet I do not know the half of that pride."

M'Cheyne wrote those words in his journal 178 years and one day ago on Sept. 9, 1832. How truly comforting is it to see that I am in the company of other broken vessels who have gone before me! Christ was the salve for M'Cheyne. How He has become my Healer also!

Evangelicals, Bonfires, and the Media Circus : Kingdom People

Trevin Wax offers a brief, but reasonable perspective: Evangelicals, Bonfires, and the Media Circus : Kingdom People

Christ’s Glory Lifts the Shamed | CCEF

by Winston Smith

Biblically speaking, glory and shame are two things that couldn’t be more different. Shame is about defilement. We feel shame because of things we’ve done or had done to us that make us feel dirty, worthless, and afraid. Our instinct in shame is to cover up and hide. We beg not to be looked upon let alone touched. Glory, on the other hand, is about what is beautiful, good, and noble. Glorious things are proclaimed, shouted from rooftops, a cause for celebration. Glorious things are the things that beg to be spoken of and looked upon because they are so magnificent. But to the shamed, the glorious is off limits. The shamed don’t want to be seen by anyone, much less the glorious. Remember Isaiah’s experience of the Lord’s glory in the Temple? “Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!” (Is 6:5). For the shamed and defiled to come in contact with the glorious seems to promise certain death. So how does God’s glory offer hope for the shamed?

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One Another Commands in the NT Epistles

1. Be devoted to one another (Rom. 12:10)
2. Give preference to one another (Rom. 12:10)
3. Honor one another (Rom. 12:10)
4. Live in harmony with one another (Rom. 12:16)
5. Live at peace with one another (Rom. 12:18)
6. Accept one another (Rom. 15:7)
7. Be in agreement with one another (1 Cor. 1:10)
8. Don’t take sides against one another (1 Cor. 4:6)
9. Look out for one another (1 Cor. 10:24)
10. Have equal concern for one another (1 Cor. 12:25)
11. Greet one another with a holy kiss (1 Cor. 16:20)
12. Serve one another (Gal. 5:13)
13. Don’t devour one another (Gal. 5:15)
14. Don’t envy one another (Gal. 5:26)
15. Don’t provoke one another (Gal. 5:26)
16. Carry one another’s burdens (Gal. 6:1)
17. Bear with one another (Eph. 4:2)
18. Speak truthfully with one another (Eph. 4:25)
19. Be kind to one another (Eph. 4:32)
20. Be compassionate to one another (Eph. 4:32)
21. Forgive one another (Eph. 4:32)
22. Speak to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs (Eph. 5:19)
23. Submit to one another (Eph. 5:21)
24. Look to the interests of one another (Phil. 2:4)
25. Don’t lie to one another (Col. 3:9)
26. Bear with one another (Col. 3:13)
27. Forgive one another (Col. 3:13)
28. Teach one another (Col. 3:16)
29. Admonish one another (Col. 3:16)
30. Love one another (1 Thess. 4:9)
31. Encourage one another (1 Thess. 4:18)
32. Encourage one another (1 Thess. 5:11)
33. Build up one another (1 Thess. 5:11)
34. Live in peace with one another (1 Thess. 5:13)
35. Be kind to one another (1 Thess. 5:15)
36. Spur on one another (Heb. 10:24)
37. Meet with one another (Heb. 10:25)
38. Encourage one another (Heb. 10:25)
39. Love one another (Heb. 13:1)
40. Don’t grumble against one another (James 5:9)
41. Confess your sins to one another (James 5:16)
42. Pray for one another (James 5:16)
43. Love one another (1 Pet. 1:22)
44. Live in harmony with one another (1 Pet. 3:8)
45. Offer hospitality to one another (1 Pet. 4:9)
46. Minister your gifts to one another (1 Pet. 4:10)
47. Greet one another with a kiss of love (1 Pet. 5:14)
48. Have fellowship with one another (1 John 1:7)
49. Love one another (1 John 3:11)
50. Lay down your lives for one another (1 John 3:16)
51. Love one another (1 John 3:23)
52. Love one another (1 John 4:7)
53. Love one another (2 John 5)