Episodes
Tuesday Jul 31, 2018
Command #92 - Settle Disputes Promptly and Privately
Tuesday Jul 31, 2018
Tuesday Jul 31, 2018
The examples Jesus uses to address how disputes should be settled are, in a sense, unfortunately narrow of focus.
Thursday Jul 26, 2018
Command #91 - Rule Your Life By the Will of God
Thursday Jul 26, 2018
Thursday Jul 26, 2018
A few of the Commands are so all-encompassing that, if they were followed perfectly, none of the other Commands would be necessary. They draw all the Commands up into them.
Tuesday Jul 24, 2018
Command #90: Don't Insult Or Call Anyone A Fool
Tuesday Jul 24, 2018
Tuesday Jul 24, 2018
In how many ways we each break this command...often, even daily! When it comes to the "commands of personal conviction," this must certainly rank up near to the top of the list.
Thursday Jul 19, 2018
Command #89 - Proclaim the Kingdom of God
Thursday Jul 19, 2018
Thursday Jul 19, 2018
Most of the commands given by Jesus to his disciples when he sent them out two by two must be viewed as being too specific to be considered universally incumbent upon all his followers throughout all time.
Tuesday Jul 17, 2018
Command #88 - Show Mercy
Tuesday Jul 17, 2018
Tuesday Jul 17, 2018
How far into eternity will God's mercy extend? It is one of the great historic theological conundrums.
Thursday Jul 12, 2018
Command #87 - Let People Injure You Without Retaliating
Thursday Jul 12, 2018
Thursday Jul 12, 2018
This is surely one of the Bible's most well known verses. Its succinct proverb is a part of everyday conversational idiom everywhere. The command might therefore have been rendered in its more familiar form as simply: Turn the other cheek.
Tuesday Jul 10, 2018
Command #86 - Speak Graciously With Words of Peace
Tuesday Jul 10, 2018
Tuesday Jul 10, 2018
Curiously, Jesus did not address the mode and manner of how we are to conduct ourselves in the normal flow of daily conversation. His comments about speech are very specific.