Episodes
Tuesday Jan 31, 2017
COA #98 - Do Not Dispute Over Doctrine
Tuesday Jan 31, 2017
Tuesday Jan 31, 2017
What was the favorite intellectual pastime of Christians? We all know the answer because we've engaged in it ourselves probably more times than we can count--arguing over doctrine.
Thursday Jan 26, 2017
COA #97 - Walk With Discernment
Thursday Jan 26, 2017
Thursday Jan 26, 2017
It has been customary in recent years to equate what we call "discernment" with the spiritual gift mentioned in 1 Corinthians 12:10. But discernment exists in a much broader and more life-encompassing context than what might be evidenced in a worship setting as a singular "gift."
Tuesday Jan 24, 2017
COA #96 - Do Not Be Shallow of Belief
Tuesday Jan 24, 2017
Tuesday Jan 24, 2017
Three kinds of shallow beliefts are constant internal battles for the serious Christian. If we are not alert, they will infiltrate at every opportunity, and turn rigorous, practical, dynamic, growing faith into shallow, dogmatic, formularistic religion.
Thursday Jan 19, 2017
COA #95 Do Not Be Ruled By Legalisms
Thursday Jan 19, 2017
Thursday Jan 19, 2017
It is customary to think of religious "legalisms" as superficial rites, rituals, and observances such as those Jesus identified in Mark 7.
Tuesday Jan 17, 2017
COA #94 - Love Truth
Tuesday Jan 17, 2017
Tuesday Jan 17, 2017
There is an enormous difference between loving truth, loving doctrine, and loving opinion. It is fearfully easy, however, to confuse the three.
Thursday Jan 12, 2017
COA #93 Build On a Foundation of Jesus Christ
Thursday Jan 12, 2017
Thursday Jan 12, 2017
Theological interpretations, doctrinal precepts, and individual spiritualizations abound to explain what it means to "build on a foundation" of Jesus Christ.
Tuesday Jan 10, 2017
COA #92 - Increase Your Knowledge of God
Tuesday Jan 10, 2017
Tuesday Jan 10, 2017
What is knowledge of God?
Thursday Jan 05, 2017
COA #91 - Be Mature in Your Thinking and Wise in Doctrine
Thursday Jan 05, 2017
Thursday Jan 05, 2017
Speaking personally from the depth of my heart, I consider this among the most imperative of all the commands for our time.
Tuesday Jan 03, 2017
COA #90 - Wage Vigorous Spiritual Warfare
Tuesday Jan 03, 2017
Tuesday Jan 03, 2017
Few commands give such a wide berth to a diversity of interpretations as this. How do we define "spiritual warfare?" The question is complex and raises a multitude of scripturally entangling conundrums that are not simple to resolve.