by Brian | Dec 11, 2019 | Spiritual Life
Calvin, on Romans 6:12 (“Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts.”)— He does not say: ‘Let it not be,’ but ‘Let it not reign.’ So long as you live, sin must needs be in your members. At least let it be deprived of...
by Brian | Dec 10, 2019 | Practical Spirituality, Spiritual Life
Unity is something people in Christian circles discuss a lot. And for good reason. Consider, for instance, what Paul wrote in his letter to the Ephesian church (chapter 4, verse 3), that we must be”endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of...
by Brian | Dec 3, 2019 | Spiritual Life
Most of us who have walked with Christ for more than a few days are familiar with the experience of an inner struggle. We want to follow Christ. But we also find things in us which seem to press in the opposite direction. So I feel comforted when I read things like...
by Brian | Sep 9, 2019 | Spiritual Life
The passage below is from Gordon Fee’s book God’s Empowering Presence. Here he’s discussing Paul’s direction in the “Armor of God” passage (in Ephesians chapter six) for believers to be “praying always with all prayer and...
by Brian | Jul 22, 2019 | Spiritual Life
I plan on reading this quote tonight during the study, but it’s so good, I wanted to post it here too. Is it true that “repent” is an important part of the Christian message? Or, as many today would say, does it totally misrepresent Jesus and his...
by ccpwebteam | Jul 3, 2019 | Spiritual Life
Chrysostom, commenting on 1 Thessalonians, with an observation from nature: Do you not see how the bee dies upon the sting? By that animal God instructs us not to grieve our neighbors. For we ourselves receive death first. For by striking them perhaps we have pained...
