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We have commenced a study on the fruits of the spirit and just concluded a study on the fruit of godliness. Before we proceed further, however, it seems best that we ought to lay a foundation for our understanding of the fruits of the spirit by first makin…
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Category: Teaching
1 Timothy 6:10 For money is the root of all evil: …
What? Did I misread something?…Yes, deliberately so, to make that point that this verse is often misquoted to say exactly how I (mis-)quoted it. It actually says:
1 Timothy 6:10 For the lo…
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Category: Teaching
In our last essay we asserted that the fruit of godliness consists in part of making God the focal point of our life. It means we ought to have an attitude of pleasing God every waking minute. This is then borne out in how we treat our neighbor, how we dea…
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Category: Teaching
Earlier in this series, we listed nine fruits of the Spirit as recorded by Paul in Galatians 5. There are others besides those nine, however, and we find one or two additional ones in 1 Timothy.
1 Timothy 6:11 But thou, O man of God, flee these things; an…
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Category: Current Events
Here are two news sources which give the details (what little there is) concerning Hillary’s medical condition. http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/12/31/how-serious-is-hillary-clinton-s-blood-clot-and-hospitalization.html
http://www.nytimes.…
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It should be clear to everyone that trees are a symbol or a type of men (generically speaking). After all, we commonly speak of “family trees” in discussing or studying or physical ancestry. In Christian circles, since we speak of people bringi…
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Category: Teaching
Since the word “fruit” is used in our subject, it behooves us to examine how the Bible uses the term “fruit.” This will be part of the preliminary “spadework,” if you will, concerning bringing forth fruit in us. The Bibl…
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