Episodes
Thursday Dec 27, 2018
COA #15 - Do Not Envy
Thursday Dec 27, 2018
Thursday Dec 27, 2018
Envy represents one of life's most lethal personal cancers.
Tuesday Dec 25, 2018
COA #14 - Take Heed to Yourself
Tuesday Dec 25, 2018
Tuesday Dec 25, 2018
In one way or another, all the commands hit us between the eyes. If we are paying attention. This is their design.
Thursday Dec 20, 2018
COA #13 - Take Your Faith Seriously
Thursday Dec 20, 2018
Thursday Dec 20, 2018
One of the helpful benefits in focusing on the Commands is that it immediately shatters our preconceptions about spirituality. The Commands act as a giant screen to weed out superficiality and false priorities.
Tuesday Dec 18, 2018
COA #12 - Be a Doer of the Word Not a Hearer Only
Tuesday Dec 18, 2018
Tuesday Dec 18, 2018
As the church expanded and the hub of its missionary outreach shifted north to the cosmopolitan Antioch, one church leader remained in Jerusalem. That man was James, the Lord's brother.
Thursday Dec 13, 2018
COA #11 - Obey the Lord's Commands
Thursday Dec 13, 2018
Thursday Dec 13, 2018
The companion volume to this, The Commands, opened with the command from Jesus: Obey my commands. This same exhortation is urged by the apostles in a hundred different ways.
Tuesday Dec 11, 2018
COA #10 - Serve God and Live For His Glory
Tuesday Dec 11, 2018
Tuesday Dec 11, 2018
In emphasizing the practicality of the New Testament, we occasionally encounter a command where the "do" is more difficult to lay hold of than Do as you would be done by. Such is the command before us today.
Thursday Dec 06, 2018
COA #9 - Set Your Mind and Heart on High Things
Thursday Dec 06, 2018
Thursday Dec 06, 2018
We have spoken about growing in righteousness and the corresponding training that goes with it. One of the foundational components of such "fitness training" is so simple it takes no extra time at all.
Tuesday Dec 04, 2018
COA #8 - Live a Virtuous Life
Tuesday Dec 04, 2018
Tuesday Dec 04, 2018