Dealing with the Other Golden Rule
Paul was going to preach the gospel to this church he started whether they respected him as an apostle or not, whether they received his counsel and heeded his warnings or not.
Paul was going to preach the gospel to this church he started whether they respected him as an apostle or not, whether they received his counsel and heeded his warnings or not.
The love of Christ constrains and compels Paul to not just talk about love to others but to demonstrate it.
Does our knowledge lead us to a deeper knowing of others or does it lead us to pride in ourselves?
Both marriage and celibacy are exceedingly challenging callings and both are filled with good gifts.
What the church most needs are thousands upon millions of players, not coaches, imaginatively playing at most every conceivable vocation in the world.
Biblical scholars—women and men who have given their lives to the study of this book—have given us inestimable gifts of insight and understanding through their faithful interpretation.
The biblical vision must shape the human condition and not the other way around.
Because the resurrection of the body is a core doctrine of the Christian faith, we take a very high view of the human body.
Discipleship only happens in the midst of a community of people who prefer one another over themselves and who together learn to love one another with the supernatural holy love of God.
The maturity of a person’s faith in Jesus is precisely commensurate with their growth in humility.
The proclamation of the gospel is simply not the domain of the “great” communicators. It is the humble privilege of broken men and women who are themselves being daily remade.
If only we could all realize that Jesus doesn’t want our wealth, he wants us.