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 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…
\”We make a sure covenant, and write it.\” — Neh 9:38. \”He is the Mediator of a better covenant.\” — Heb 8:6. IT IS good for a soul to make a covenant with God. On his twenty-third birthday Milton wrote these memorable words: \”Yet be it less or more, or soon or slow, It shall…
Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong—1 Corinthians 16:13 When we men gather, our gatherings should be about something. Without a something, brotherhood doesn’t last. There are, of course, plenty of possible such somethings: we gather to watch sports, play sports, talk sports, talk politics, discuss philosophy, drink coffee,…
\”Whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be My disciple.\” — Luk 14:33. THREE TIMES over in this chapter, our Lord says these solemn words: \”he cannot be My disciple.\” There are three conditions of discipleship. First, we must be prepared to put first things first; second, we…