Episodes
Thursday Jan 05, 2023
COA #97 - Walk With Discernment
Thursday Jan 05, 2023
Thursday Jan 05, 2023
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 03, 2023
COA #96 - Do Not Be Shallow of Belief
Tuesday Jan 03, 2023
Tuesday Jan 03, 2023
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 Dec 29, 2022
COA #94 - Love Truth
Thursday Dec 29, 2022
Thursday Dec 29, 2022
There is an enormous difference between loving truth, loving doctrine, and loving opinion. It is fearfully easy, however, to confuse the three.
Wednesday Dec 28, 2022
COA #93 Build On a Foundation of Jesus Christ
Wednesday Dec 28, 2022
Wednesday Dec 28, 2022
Theological interpretations, doctrinal precepts, and individual spiritualizations abound to explain what it means to "build on a foundation" of Jesus Christ.
Tuesday Dec 27, 2022
COA #92 - Increase Your Knowledge of God
Tuesday Dec 27, 2022
Tuesday Dec 27, 2022
What is knowledge of God?
Monday Dec 26, 2022
COA #91 - Be Mature in Your Thinking and Wise in Doctrine
Monday Dec 26, 2022
Monday Dec 26, 2022
Speaking personally from the depth of my heart, I consider this among the most imperative of all the commands for our time.
Friday Dec 23, 2022
COA #90 - Wage Vigorous Spiritual Warfare
Friday Dec 23, 2022
Friday Dec 23, 2022
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.
Thursday Dec 22, 2022
COA #89 - Endure Suffering With Faith, Fortitude, Grace, and Courage
Thursday Dec 22, 2022
Thursday Dec 22, 2022
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.
Wednesday Dec 21, 2022
COA #88 - Eagerly Rejoice in Right and Goodness
Wednesday Dec 21, 2022
Wednesday Dec 21, 2022
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.
Tuesday Dec 20, 2022
COA #87 - Clothe Yourself With Humility
Tuesday Dec 20, 2022
Tuesday Dec 20, 2022
Humility is a quality of character and an attribute of Jesus' being that we can wear.