Episodes
Tuesday Aug 31, 2021
COA #12 - Be a Doer of the Word Not a Hearer Only
Tuesday Aug 31, 2021
Tuesday Aug 31, 2021
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 Aug 26, 2021
COA #11 - Obey the Lord's Commands
Thursday Aug 26, 2021
Thursday Aug 26, 2021
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.
Wednesday Aug 25, 2021
Command #3 - Love God
Wednesday Aug 25, 2021
Wednesday Aug 25, 2021
The Command to 'Love God' is at root vague and ambiguous. How are we to love God? Is such love something we feel? How many of us have read the words 'with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength,' and not felt that perhaps our love for God is not filled with the all-consuming level of devotion that Jesus spoke of. The practicality of it is hard to get hold of.
Tuesday Aug 24, 2021
COA #10 - Serve God and Live For His Glory
Tuesday Aug 24, 2021
Tuesday Aug 24, 2021
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 Aug 12, 2021
COA #9 - Set Your Mind and Heart on High Things
Thursday Aug 12, 2021
Thursday Aug 12, 2021
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.
Wednesday Aug 11, 2021
Command #2 - Love
Wednesday Aug 11, 2021
Wednesday Aug 11, 2021
It is surprising at first approach to the Commands of Jesus to discover that the command to "love" is not the most frequently given injunction to fall from his mouth. But it is surely the most pivotal and central command laid upon his followers which summarizes and incorporates and draws up into it all his teaching, and all the Commands.
Tuesday Aug 10, 2021
COA #8 - Live a Virtuous Life
Tuesday Aug 10, 2021
Tuesday Aug 10, 2021
It is a good practice to keep aware of one's spiritual rudders. These are the priorities and perspectives that keep life's ship on course, moving straight and true, impervious to changes of weather and winds and waves of circumstance.
Thursday Aug 05, 2021
COA #7 - Abide in Jesus
Thursday Aug 05, 2021
Thursday Aug 05, 2021
Among my favorite passages of Scripture are the Upper Room chapters of John 13-17. This poignantly intimate final dialog between the Lord and his disciples is rich with significance on so many levels it is impossible to enumerate them briefly.
Wednesday Aug 04, 2021
Command #1 - Obey My Commands
Wednesday Aug 04, 2021
Wednesday Aug 04, 2021
This is truly the first of the Commands. Its importance is self-evident. The nature of a command requires obedience. A "command" is not a "suggestion." A command is a command. Obedience is compulsory. And yet...there remains such a thing as disobedience.
From The Commands by Michael Phillips. Read by Michael Kimball. More information on this and similar writings may be found at Father of the Inklings. Visit Amazon to purchase The Commands and other books by Michael Phillips.
Tuesday Aug 03, 2021
COA #6 - Be Constant in Prayer
Tuesday Aug 03, 2021
Tuesday Aug 03, 2021
In The Commands of Jesus, we discovered the frequency with which Jesus issued certain commands. We found this telling component clarifying where our own priorities ought to lie.