Romans 13: 10 Love does no wrong to a neighbor, love therefore is the fulfillment of the law. If Paul is right and love is the fulfillment of the law, then we ought to know this verse by heart. Interestingly, I don’t really hear this verse bantered around very much. Paul derived this teaching directly […]
John 15: 17 This I command you, that you love one another. I may have mistyped today’s verse. Shouldn’t that read, “I encourage you to love one another” or “I suggest you love one another?” And yet, I looked it up in a bunch of translations and all of them say “command.” What happened to […]
John 15: 16 You did not choose Me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask of the Father in My name, He may give to you. I, just like every other minister of the gospel, revel in sharing […]
1 Timothy 5: 18 The laborer is worthy of his wages. Happy Labor Day everyone. I hope you are enjoying the holiday. As you celebrate, consider all the people whose contributions add value to your life. It is so easy to overlook people’s roles in society and not value them until they are gone. Let […]
John 15: 5 I am the vine, you are the branches. In yesterday’s Word of the Day I used the words interwoven and intertwined. I want to share with you, today, the basis for those words and why they are relevant to any discussion of Christians and Christian life. Jesus describes us as branches of […]
John 14: 30 I will not speak much more with you, for the ruler of the world is coming, and he has nothing in Me; but that the world may know that I love the Father, and as the Father gave Me commandment, even so I do. Who killed Jesus? Some people say the Jews, […]
Matthew 16: 19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven’ and whatever you shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. When it comes to spiritual warfare, I wonder if any verse has given people more trouble than […]
