Photo by eberhard grossgasteiger on Pexels.com 1 Corinthians 8:13 New Living Translation So if what I eat causes another believer to sin, I will never eat meat again as long as I live—for I don’t want to cause another believer to stumble. For Encouragement One thing believers do not do well is not remembering how … Continue reading A Christlike Choice To Make
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Judicious Use of Our Freedoms
Photo by Sindre Fs on Pexels.com 1 Corinthians 8:9 New Living Translation But you must be careful so that your freedom does not cause others with a weaker conscience to stumble. For Encouragement He suffered from alcohol addiction. His National Service assignment to the Volta Region of Ghana became a trap for this young college … Continue reading Judicious Use of Our Freedoms
A Caution on Knowledge
Photo by Nothing Ahead on Pexels.com 1 Corinthians 8:1-3 New International Version Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that “We all possess knowledge.” But knowledge puffs up while love builds up. Those who think they know something do not yet know as they ought to know. But whoever loves God is known by God. For Meditation We Christians … Continue reading A Caution on Knowledge
A Time For Everything
There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens (Ecclesiastes 3:1). All too soon, the end of our season has come. It is time to say goodbye to the International Baptist Church of Dakar—the church my wife and I have loved and served for the past twenty years. It has been … Continue reading A Time For Everything
It’s Simple: Jesus Is God!
Mark 14:16 New International Version The disciples left, went into the city and found things just as Jesus had told them. So they prepared the Passover. For Meditation I am often amazed at the simplicity of the Lord and the way He exercised authority on earth. On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened … Continue reading It’s Simple: Jesus Is God!
Why Did He Do It?
He was oppressed and treated harshly, yet he never said a word. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter. And as a sheep is silent before the shearers, he did not open his mouth—Isaiah 53:7. Heaven's glory became the scum of the earth, as His creation became the object of His love. So, … Continue reading Why Did He Do It?
Your Best For the Master
Mark 14:3 New International Version While he was in Bethany, reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke the jar and poured the perfume on his head. For Meditation She had sat with Jesus and listened … Continue reading Your Best For the Master
Chase Fear Out Of Your Life
Chase the Fear Out of Your Life Romans 8:33 New International Version (NIV) Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. For meditation Worry and fear are two instruments the enemy uses with powerful effects against believers. They are natural emotions everyone sometimes experiences in life. The uninformed … Continue reading Chase Fear Out Of Your Life
How About You?
Mark 7:37 New International Version People were overwhelmed with amazement. “He has done everything well,” they said. “He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.” For Meditation He has done all things well indeed. But who grades who—the Teacher or the student? It is well that the people said Jesus was different and … Continue reading How About You?
Through the Eyes of the Spirit 