Episodes
Monday Oct 31, 2016
Command #107 - Don't Cast Your Pearls Before Swine
Monday Oct 31, 2016
Monday Oct 31, 2016
We have already spoken of those few Commands too specific and unclear of meaning to be grouped with others. Near the top of the list are surely, Have salt in yourselves and, Don't cast your pearls before swine.
Friday Oct 28, 2016
Friday Oct 28, 2016
The proverb "practice what you preach" is so common in everyday parlance that most probably do not realize that it was Jesus who coined the phrase.
Thursday Oct 27, 2016
COA #72 - Control Your Tongue
Thursday Oct 27, 2016
Thursday Oct 27, 2016
Wednesday Oct 26, 2016
Command #105 - Teach the Nations to Obey What I Have Commanded
Wednesday Oct 26, 2016
Wednesday Oct 26, 2016
The Great Commission of Jesus in Matthew 28 is surely one of the most well-known, important, and yet misunderstood and misapplied passages in the Bible.
Tuesday Oct 25, 2016
COA #71 - Speak Graciously
Tuesday Oct 25, 2016
Tuesday Oct 25, 2016
It may seem to some as if we have been talking about gracious speech all along. Now we come to a series of ten commands all focused on Christian speech. What more is there to be said? Is the manner in which we talk and use our tongue really of such importance?
Monday Oct 24, 2016
Command #104 - Do Not Lead Others Into Sin
Monday Oct 24, 2016
Monday Oct 24, 2016
It is a sobering truth to realize that in God's eyes causing another to sin may be more serious than sinning ourselves.
Friday Oct 21, 2016
Command #103 - Don't Resist Evil Men
Friday Oct 21, 2016
Friday Oct 21, 2016
The command to "turn the other cheek," which we considered earlier as Let people injure you without retaliating, is actually a two-part command.
Thursday Oct 20, 2016
COA #70 - Owe No Man Anything
Thursday Oct 20, 2016
Thursday Oct 20, 2016
Some of the commands are more difficult to write about, and personally for me to feel that I have laid hold of in a helpful way, than others. This is one of those.
Wednesday Oct 19, 2016
Command #102 - Give Up Everything
Wednesday Oct 19, 2016
Wednesday Oct 19, 2016
All the Commands are subject to misunderstanding, overemphasis, and underemphasis. The Commands of Jesus can be taken so out of context and misapplied, that they can even become false gods and idols that blind vision from the true nature of the Commands.
Tuesday Oct 18, 2016
COA #69 - Give Generously
Tuesday Oct 18, 2016
Tuesday Oct 18, 2016
Giving comes in many forms. The least important may be financial giving. That is not to say that financial generosity is unimportant, only that it may be far down the list of virtues emphasized in the New Testament.