“But as for you, teach what accords with sound doctrine.” Titus 2:1 ESV Reflection: who is teaching the young how to live as a follower of Christ? Election season is upon us again. And, over the past few decades, there has been a strange resurgence of interest, and even belief in the ideas of communism.
“They profess to know God, but they deny him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good work.” Titus 1:16 ESV Reflection: are the western societies becoming more godly or secular? Are Christians becoming more like Christ? To understand what forces are at work in the world, in certain countries and societies,
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“This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and appoint elders in every town as I directed you—” Titus 1:5 ESV Reflection: who is your spiritual overseer? Most people value their privacy. In fact, there are laws in place in many countries to protect individuals rights
“Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the sake of the faith of God’s elect and their knowledge of the truth, which accords with godliness,” Titus 1:1 ESV Reflection: who are God’s “elect”, or God’s “chosen” people? When you really think about it, perhaps one of the most illogical acts
“Do I not hate those who hate you, O LORD? And do I not loathe those who rise up against you?” Psalm 139:21 ESV Reflection: how can we love our enemies while hating wickedness? On the surface, that seems like a pretty simple question. And if you have never run into someone who is truly
“Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me, and know my anxieties; And see if there is any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting.” Psalms 139:23-24 NKJV Reflection: do you fear being misled? Yesterday we looked at a couple of properties. After studying the advertised materials online, we
“O LORD, you have searched me and known me!” Psalm 139:1 ESV Reflection: how did David know so many intimate details about God? I have many times pondered how the big figures of biblical history, like Abraham, Moses, David, and many others, knew so much about God. It is not like they had a lot
“And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross.” Colossians 2:13-14 ESV Reflection: what is
“For the LORD has chosen Zion; he has desired it for his dwelling place: “This is my resting place forever; here I will dwell, for I have desired it.” Psalm 132:13-14 ESV Reflection: how can we prepare the dwelling place for the Lord? This morning we woke up to an amazing sunrise over the ocean.
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“But I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child is my soul within me.” Psalm 131:2 ESV Reflection: what is “the weather” like inside you? A couple of nights ago, we had a very powerful thunderstorm that passed over our neighborhood. Some of the lightning
