Search
... of the blessing of God’s presence in their lives. Both are viewed as giants of the faith - one for his patience in suffering, and the other for his purity in an impure culture (James 5:10-11; Daniel 1:8). ...
Help a Neighbour
... world. Do not let us see others as competitors or enemies because of their identity, dressing, skin colour, geographical location, culture, race, education, and status in life.
As we have been blessed ...
A Meaningful Life: Death is not final
... but have lacked fulfillment.
In ages past, Greece tried to define meaningful life in the essence of wisdom and ‘know thyself’ maxim. This is the culture our education systems are hinged on.
Romans ...
Being Countercultural
... a dead-end in our days. Even what appears more perplexing, scriptures do not always provide direct prescriptive directions on all cultural issues for the obvious reason that our current culture appears ...
Faithfulness
... for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.” (NIV) Exodus 34:10-14
A snare is a device used in many cultures to catch animals for food. There are many different types of snares but one of ...
Friends for Christ
... friends. In general, humans stay in groups and tend to learn cultures and attitudes from each other. Therefore, the quality of our friends influences us either positively or negatively. Undoubtedly, good ...
Pressing towards the goal
... 3:12-14
Many have the culture of setting goals/resolutions and assessing them throughout the year or at the end of the year. These goals and resolutions most often revolve around academics, businesses, ...
A man's wisdo
... Heb. 11:4). He lost the close relationship he had with God and was made to be a vagabond upon the earth, banished from the parents who raised him to forever wander the earth. Even his livelihood of agriculture ...
Recapturing Christian Virtue in our modern world
... when we have developed these virtues (become a second-nature), when there is a choice for us to act we will have our instincts tuned, not to what the popular culture demands, but to what the gospel says. ...
Moral absolutes - Part 2
Observations from the cases in the first part of Moral absolutes:
1. If there are no moral absolutes, then man becomes not the discoverer of truth, but the determiner of truth. (See Prov. 21:2 / Judges ...
Moral absolutes
... it up when he declares that moral/ethical judgments are “something that we ultimately judge by the ‘seat of the pants’” (Alan Crippen, ed., “The Train Wreck of Truth and Knowledge,” Reclaiming the Culture, ...
I’m pressing on
... Phil. 3:12-14
These were the words of an inspired writer, wont to Hebrew culture, knowledgeable as a scribe and enlighten in the Roman world. Paul, the apostle tells us that, with all his burning desire ...
Are you a traitor?
... their language, customs and cultures so he could adapt well in order to stay peacefully in the enemy country to be able to accomplish his mission. Though he found himself with the enemies, but he had to ...
Faithfulness
... offered food and other socio-cultural practices that he deemed contrary to his worship of God. The environment, culture, regulations and virtually everything were against his beliefs. But Daniel purposed ...
Faithfulness
... for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.” (NIV) Exodus 34:10-14
A snare is a device used in many cultures to catch animals for food. There are many different types of snares but one of ...
Wait upon the Lord
... agriculture and cooking have been reduced, thanks to modern skills and technology. We have higher expectations in whatever we do with less waiting time, but Christians are encouraged to be patient and ...
Recapturing Christian Virtue in our modern world
... when we have developed these virtues (become a second-nature), when there is a choice for us to act we will have our instincts tuned, not to what the popular culture demands, but to what the gospel says. ...
A contrast in friends
... of the blessing of God’s presence in their lives. Both are viewed as giants of the faith - one for his patience in suffering, and the other for his purity in an impure culture (James 5:10-11; Daniel 1:8). ...
A contrast in friends
... of the blessing of God’s presence in their lives. Both are viewed as giants of the faith - one for his patience in suffering, and the other for his purity in an impure culture (James 5:10-11; Daniel 1:8). ...
A man's wisdo
... 11:4). He lost the close relationship he had with God and was made to be a vagabond upon the earth, banished from the parents who raised him to forever wander the earth. Even his livelihood of agriculture ...