Posts Tagged ‘Christian Life’
Advice for Living Wisely
The book of Proverbs provides a compelling collection of wisdom from God’s perspective. This wisdom equips a person to make good choices and avoid bad ones. Although no amount of wisdom will insulate a person from all the negative effects of a sinful world, this wisdom enables him to respond to sinful tendencies within and…
Read MoreHow to Enjoy Your Crazy Life
Ecclesiastes 3.1-15 My grandfather’s workbench, in the cellar of his house, was a mess – at least from my childish perspective. As a kid looking up at the jumbled assortment of tools, aerosol cans, plastic jars, wood scraps, and spare parts scattered across that corner of the basement, I wondered to myself, “How can grandpa…
Read MoreGrowing in Grace – Resources for Christian Living
This article is excerpted from a blog where a member of the FBFI Emeritus Board shares his thoughts and musings. Frankly, I’ve read only one book on the subject of grace that was signally helpful to me, but in the context of my grace journey that book was a capstone to several other influences in…
Read MoreCan God Find Fruit on Your Fig Tree?
A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none (Luke 13:6). Jesus spoke the parable of the fig tree as a picture of Israel nationally. For three years, the tree produced no fruit. Therefore, doom faced the nation; three years of fruitlessness meant…
Read MoreHonesty? Honestly!
There is an old joke about a husband and wife who were visiting a cemetery. As they placed flowers on the grave of a loved one, they noticed a marker a few feet away. Under the name of the deceased the inscription read, “A lawyer and an honest man.” The husband spoke up, “Look, Dear!…
Read MoreIndividual and Community Discipleship
Occasionally I will hear someone lament, “No one is discipling me,” or “I don’t have anyone to disciple.” Typically these kinds of complaints stem from the common assumption that disciple making requires an arrangement between a disciple maker and a disciple to work through a curriculum or to train the disciple in some ministry skill.…
Read MorePersonal Application for the Doctrine of the Trinity
Worship in Greater Awe The believer who begins to comprehend the incomparable nature of the triune God soon realizes his extreme unworthiness to approach the supreme majesty of God. Like Isaiah in the presence of the Godhead, he must bow down to worship in humility and awe (Isa 6:1-8). Sharing this perspective, one theologian properly…
Read MoreSurviving a Lion Encounter
When you encounter a lion in the wild, how should you respond? According to prevailing advice, you should stand your ground. Do not run but retreat slowly. If the lion charges at you, you should remain standing while yelling as loudly as possible and raising your hands. If the lion attacks, you should remain standing…
Read MoreReading Your Bible
And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the LORD his god, to keep all the words of this law and these statues to do them. Deuteronomy 17:191 There is not a command in Scripture to read the Bible every…
Read MoreMaking Entertainment Choices
FrontLine — September/October 2018 | VOLUME 28 | NUMBER 5 Prove It! Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. Abstain from all appearance of evil. 1 Thessalonians 5:21–22 I have a secret passion. I grew up in Phoenix, Arizona, and as a child of the 1970s I became a rabid Phoenix Suns fan.…
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