With Friends Like These . . .

With Friends Like These . . . My brothers, show no partiality as you hold the faith in our Lord Jesus Christ—James 2:1 We men tend toward partiality. Sometimes with forethought, many times with no thought, we give or withhold based upon characteristics of the potential recipients. We can, therefore, find ourselves directing all our…


What it means to really love…

What it means to really love 1 Corinthians 13:4 Some of the greatest insights on what it means to love someone come from the pen of the apostle Paul: \’No matter what I say, what I believe, and what I do, I\’m bankrupt without love. Love never gives up. Love cares more for others than…


One Word to Start Over

. . . for by your words you will be justified,  and by your words you will be condemned—Matthew 12:37 Men sin. We all do. “If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us” (1 John 1:8). Fortunately, it’s not our sin that keeps us from God’s…



THE GRACE OF CHRISTIAN SPEECH…

\”He that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile.\” — 1Pe 3:10. \”Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt.\” — Col 4:6. THE IDEAL of Christian speech is given in the Apostle\’s words to the Colossians. Our…