A year is a significant unit of a lifetime. The year 2017 is over. And so we are another step closer to eternity. What are our plans for 2018? Paul’s message to the Philippians (3:12-14) gives us a couple of inspired principles to live by.
Speaking the Truth in Love
Speaking the Truth in Love
Sermons by David Wright (Page 20)
At Christmastime all eyes are on the virgin birth of Jesus. But that doesn’t mean that everybody believes in that great miracle or in any other biblical miracle. I believe in the miracles recorded in scripture, and I’d love to see an astonishing sign with my own eyes. But miracles don’t accomplish what many people…
Imagine that you are God. Your eternal Son is about to assume human flesh – to become a helpless baby. Whom would you trust to father your Son? God’s choice was Joseph (Matt. 1:18).
David says that men and women are weak, sinful, and transient. Sounds sort of depressing. But David isn’t depressed. His reflections on human frailty lead him to exuberant praise (Ps. 103:1-22).
We have a good number of words to describe the person who gets angry over nothing – hotheaded, hot-tempered, quick-tempered, short-tempered. Why isn’t there a word meaning long temper? Actually, there is. The word is “patience.”
A child’s beliefs determine what is important to him, and his values dictate his behavior. How are my kids acting? What do they really believe?
In his book The Five Love Languages, Gary Chapman says that husbands and wives have different ways of expressing and receiving love. We know that God loves us, but what is his love language? What honors and pleases him?
Church-goers are fond of labeling each other as “liberal” or “conservative.” But these words mean different things to different people. And neither label is in the Bible.
In his dedication to Judaism, young Saul of Tarsus (later to become the apostle Paul) always did his best. He wanted to prove his moral and spiritual excellence to God. As a Christian he did his best for an entirely different reason (Tit. 3:12-15).
Why do so many healthy and prosperous people feel empty and discontented? Maybe they don’t understand that joy is God’s gift for those who yield to his leading (Phil. 4:4).