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2 Thessalonians 3:3?6 (6) Are we to give some Christians the “cold shoulder” in order to show our disapproval of their actions?  The context of this letter lists some contributing factors that led to the instruction in 2 Thessalonians 3:6 to withdraw from those causing discord.    1) Some were disorderly, 2) Some walk contrary […]

Romans 16:17?20 (17) I knew a man who said that his calling in life was to spot people in the church who were teaching false doctrine.  What he was good at was spotting people in the church who disagreed with him.  Too often his conflicts were over matters of semantics or concerns that had no

Luke 12:49?53 (51) Francis Bernardone was the son of a wealthy cloth merchant.  His father had dreams of his son being a soldier.  Proud of his son, he was sure that Francis would rise quickly in the military ranks.  His problem, however, was that Francis kept going to church to pray, asking for God’s guidance. 

Psalm 119:113?120 (114) George walked into a photography studio with a framed picture his girlfriend Helen had given him. He was so pleased to have it he had decided to have it  duplicated. In order to do this the employees of the studio had to remove it from the frame. In doing this, the studio

2 Chronicles 29:12?19 (17) My Tennessee neighbor was a rough man.  He was not a Christian and yet he seemed to like to be around me.  Occasionally he would come to church.  His two small children were regulars in our Sunday School and often came to the parsonage to play with our boys. He was

2 Chronicles 29:1?11 (5) My wife and I sat in our new convert’s living room.  We had been meeting weekly for some time for Bible study.  She seemed to be hungry to learn from the Bible.  She seemed to want to live for the Lord.  The Bible studies seemed to be helping her learn what

“ That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Romans 15:6 Rick Warren the pastor of Saddleback Church in Orange County, California recently wrote in his blog, “Daily Hope” something that is 1) obvious, 2) probably 99% of Christians realize, but 3) probably 98%

Hebrews 13:5 5 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. In one Peanuts cartoon Lucy says to Charlie Brown, “I hate everything. I hate everybody. I hate the whole wide world!” Charlie says, “But I thought

1 Thessalonians 5: 13                                            13 And to esteem them very highly in love for their work\’s sake. And be at peace among yourselves. Søren Kierkegaard, the Danish philosopher once told of some thieves who broke into a jewelry store.  The strange thing about the incident was that they didn’t steal anything.  The authorities and the story

1 Peter 3:8 8 Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous: Francis Schaeffer the theologian and apologist hammered out his theology joined with observable Christian love. He said,  “If we do not show beauty in the way we treat each other, then in the