Wiping the sweat from his forehead, Randal powered off the mower, and gave his ears a break from the noisy machine. His thoughts focused on the tall, ice cold, glass of water that he imagined waited for him in the house. Mowing the lawn was supposed to be Zack’s job, but his twin brother had… Continue reading What Gives You the Right
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The Story Money Tells
Money is a litmus test of our true character. It is an index of our spiritual life. Our stewardship of money tells a deep and consequential story. It forms our biography. In a sense, how we relate to money and possessions is the story of our lives. If this is true of all men in… Continue reading The Story Money Tells
Goal of Marriage. Ephesians 5:27-28
The recurring theme of the passage from Ephesians 5:21-33 is that we need to model the marriage relationship after Christ. There is a direct comparason with Jesus as the head, and the body of Christians as his body. The husband is the head, with the wife as the body. Jesus holds the position of respect and honor while the body submits to doing as the head orders. The wife is the body that responds as the husband orders. Jesus loves the body, cares for it, cleans it, and provides to keep it healthy. The husband also needs to tend to the needs of his wife to keep her cared for, cleansed and healthy.
Marital Hygene. Ephesians 5:25-26
Feminist groups often get bent out of shape by that one little verse that preceeds this passage about wives submitting to husbands. Check this out though. After that little verse about the duties of a wife, we get verses 23 through28 concerning all the responsibilities and expectations of husbands.
The Fall Guy. Ephesians 5:23-24.
In the verses that come before this passage, we learn that we are to submit to each other, that a wife is to submit to her own husband. With all this submitting going on, we find out today that the buck stops here, with the husband. The husband is the fall guy who has to take responsibility before Jesus.
Learn Self Control: James 3:1-4.
James 3:1-4. 3:1. My brethren, let not many of you become teachers, knowing that we shall receive a stricter judgment. 3:2. For we all stumble in many things. If anyone does not stumble in word, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body. 3:3. Indeed, we put bits in horses’ mouths… Continue reading Learn Self Control: James 3:1-4.
Don’t Blame God: James 1:13-18
James 1:13-18 1:13. Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God”; for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone. 1:14. But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed. 1:15. Then, when desire has conceived, it gives… Continue reading Don’t Blame God: James 1:13-18