Episodes
Friday Jul 29, 2016
Command #67 - Do Not Desire More Than God Gives You
Friday Jul 29, 2016
Friday Jul 29, 2016
Contrary to what many think, Jesus had nothing against either money or rich people. Many of his closest friends were possessors of means.
Thursday Jul 28, 2016
COA #46 - Practice Hospitality
Thursday Jul 28, 2016
Thursday Jul 28, 2016
Hospitality as commanded of Christians in the New Testament does not mean throwing cocktail and dinner parties.
Wednesday Jul 27, 2016
Command #66 - Worship the Lord and Serve Him Only
Wednesday Jul 27, 2016
Wednesday Jul 27, 2016
We here encounter a Command made all the more intriguing when we consider to whom Jesus addressed it. He did not speak these words to his disciples or followers or to the crowds. This was his response to Satan after the final temptation in the wilderness. Can we then consider it a universal Command which Jesus places upon his followers as well?
Tuesday Jul 26, 2016
COA #45 - Children, Obey and Honor Your Parents
Tuesday Jul 26, 2016
Tuesday Jul 26, 2016
If it is a cliche to say that the family is under attack, it is because it is so desperately true. These are perilous times for the values that hold marriage and the family together. The assault is not primarily one of ideas, as important as that is, it is an attack against relationships.
Monday Jul 25, 2016
Monday Jul 25, 2016
So many of Jesus' Commands are interrelated. In these combined passages from Luke, we hear echoes of Love, Give to the poor, Do more than required, Be a servant, Be kind, Do good, Do not demand back what you have given, Serve the least of humanity as you would Jesus.
Friday Jul 22, 2016
Command #64 - Don't Fret About Trifles
Friday Jul 22, 2016
Friday Jul 22, 2016
Two individuals in the Gospels occasionally cause the sensitive heart a pang of empathy. In both instances, at first glance we feel that Jesus is a little harsh.
Thursday Jul 21, 2016
COA #44 - Wives, Respect and Submit to Your Husbands
Thursday Jul 21, 2016
Thursday Jul 21, 2016
If husbands have to recognize servanthood rather than authority as the foundation of their role, where does a wife's half of the servanthood equation begin?
Wednesday Jul 20, 2016
Wednesday Jul 20, 2016
The passage from Mark 7 concerning the pharisaic worship of the letter of the law, as manifested by an obsession with clean cups and bowls and hands, gives a singularly important teaching in all the Gospels. Jesus here addresses an inevitable tendency in all religions--the susceptibility of truth to degenerate into doctrines and legalisms, defined by what Jesus calls the "traditions of the elders" rather than by constantly renewing reality.
Tuesday Jul 19, 2016
COA #43 - Husbands, Love, Honor, and Serve Your Wives
Tuesday Jul 19, 2016
Tuesday Jul 19, 2016
Authority and submission, as they apply to masculine and feminine roles in marriage, were among the most discussed and argued about topics consuming the evangelical church during the 1970s.
Monday Jul 18, 2016
Command #62 - Do Not Be Called Teacher or Leader
Monday Jul 18, 2016
Monday Jul 18, 2016
An entire history of Christendom could be written from the perspective of the slow, steady, continuous divergence of Christ's followers from Christ's commands.