Episodes
Thursday Oct 31, 2019
COA #102 - Older Men and Women, Teach Younger Men and Women
Thursday Oct 31, 2019
Thursday Oct 31, 2019
Christian teaching is built on maturity not celebrity. Gray hair not star power is the guide for leadership in the church.
Tuesday Oct 29, 2019
COA #101 - Do Not Be Anxious to Teach or Place the Immature in Leadership
Tuesday Oct 29, 2019
Tuesday Oct 29, 2019
The "young prodigy" and "famous star" syndromes represent constant temptations for modern Christendom, especially in an era of worldwide entertainment and media exposure.
Thursday Oct 24, 2019
COA #100 - Equip Yourselves For Fitness to Teach Spiritual Completeness
Thursday Oct 24, 2019
Thursday Oct 24, 2019
We climax this series of commands to build mature beliefs (Hebrews 6:1: Let us...go on to maturity) with an exhortation that expands maturity out of the merely personal.
Tuesday Oct 22, 2019
COA #99 - Do Not Be Deceived
Tuesday Oct 22, 2019
Tuesday Oct 22, 2019
The two "D's" we considered earlier are intrinsically linked--Discernment and Deception. Obviously they are opposites. It is discernment that guards against deception.
Thursday Oct 17, 2019
COA #98 - Do Not Dispute Over Doctrine
Thursday Oct 17, 2019
Thursday Oct 17, 2019
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.
Tuesday Oct 15, 2019
COA #97 - Walk With Discernment
Tuesday Oct 15, 2019
Tuesday Oct 15, 2019
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."
Thursday Oct 10, 2019
COA #96 - Do Not Be Shallow of Belief
Thursday Oct 10, 2019
Thursday Oct 10, 2019
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.
Tuesday Oct 08, 2019
COA #95 Do Not Be Ruled By Legalisms
Tuesday Oct 08, 2019
Tuesday Oct 08, 2019
It is customary to think of religious "legalisms" as superficial rites, rituals, and observances such as those Jesus identified in Mark 7.
Thursday Oct 03, 2019
COA #94 - Love Truth
Thursday Oct 03, 2019
Thursday Oct 03, 2019
There is an enormous difference between loving truth, loving doctrine, and loving opinion. It is fearfully easy, however, to confuse the three.
Tuesday Oct 01, 2019
COA #93 Build On a Foundation of Jesus Christ
Tuesday Oct 01, 2019
Tuesday Oct 01, 2019
Theological interpretations, doctrinal precepts, and individual spiritualizations abound to explain what it means to "build on a foundation" of Jesus Christ.