Episodes
Thursday Dec 29, 2016
COA #89 - Endure Suffering With Faith, Fortitude, Grace, and Courage
Thursday Dec 29, 2016
Thursday Dec 29, 2016
If one were to formulate a perspective of What Christianity is from the preaching and teaching of modern evangelicalism, many might conclude it is a religion whose foundation is a Genie in a bottle ready and able to do man's bidding if we just rub the right place, while repeating the correct doctrinal incantations.
Tuesday Dec 27, 2016
COA #88 - Eagerly Rejoice in Right and Goodness
Tuesday Dec 27, 2016
Tuesday Dec 27, 2016
We are familiar with Paul's timeless words in 1 Corinthians 13, "Love...does not rejoice at wrong, but rejoices in the right." The NIV has it, "does not delight in evil." That simple word change may reveal a great deal about ourselves.
Thursday Dec 22, 2016
COA #87 - Clothe Yourself With Humility
Thursday Dec 22, 2016
Thursday Dec 22, 2016
Humility is a quality of character and an attribute of Jesus' being that we can wear.
Tuesday Dec 20, 2016
COA #86 - Do Not Be Covetous, Greedy, Or a Lover of Money
Tuesday Dec 20, 2016
Tuesday Dec 20, 2016
If we are brutally honest with ourselves, our response to the commands reveal the state of our spiritual condition.
Thursday Dec 15, 2016
COA #85 - See Through God Eyes By Developing the Mind of Christ
Thursday Dec 15, 2016
Thursday Dec 15, 2016
To see though anyone else's eyes requires looking in the same direction they are...When Jesus said, "Behold,"...he was talking about another kind of vision--inner vision.
Tuesday Dec 13, 2016
COA #84 - Be Pure
Tuesday Dec 13, 2016
Tuesday Dec 13, 2016
It would make an interesting experiment to attempt to identify the single principle of spirituality that the world vilifies, mocks, and rejects more than any other. Many options leap to mind: righteousness, authority, obedience, humility. Another possibility may surprise us--purity.
Thursday Dec 08, 2016
COA #83 - Pray for Wisdom and Walk in Wisdom
Thursday Dec 08, 2016
Thursday Dec 08, 2016
Of the many commands we have considered, which are those at the top of the list? Which are those that incorporate all the others into them? We immediately recognize Christlikeness as a recurring signature tune of the commands. Obviously, obedience is the doorway into the Christlikeness God desires to develop within us.
Tuesday Dec 06, 2016
COA #82 - Seek God's Will and Live by It
Tuesday Dec 06, 2016
Tuesday Dec 06, 2016
The question we are about to pose may at first glance seem simplistic, almost a cliche, like something from an old-fashioned salvation tract. Let us try, however, to listen to the words with fresh insight, and bring the question all the way inside. Let us see what it might have to tell us about ourselves. What are you living for?
Thursday Dec 01, 2016
COA #81 - Put On the Character of Christ
Thursday Dec 01, 2016
Thursday Dec 01, 2016
There are many secondary aspects of God's will that are good, right and scriptural elements of spirituality with which we should be concerned. We do well to understand these, and to pray for God to develop them within us... But what is God's primary will for his people...What is it that God wants to do in your life, and in mine, above all other things?