James now addresses the duplicity of our speech. What kinds of things do we say? What impact do our words have? A look at the text (Read James 3:9-12) The same person, with the same tongue or mouth can both praise God and at the same time curse other human beings. Yet, this shouldn’t be… Continue reading Two ways to speak
Tag: godliness
Approved
#TheDailyDose 2 Timothy 2:15-26
Pursue Righteousness – setting a godly example
#TheDailyDose 1 Timothy 6:11-21
Leaders wanted (1) Elders
#TheDailyDose 1 Timothy 3:1-7
The point of ministry
#TheDailyDose 1 Timothy 1:5-11
Talking behind closed doors – Genevan Commons and Aimee Byrd
Part three of this engagement is less about the specific theology and practice up for debate in Byrd’s book. Here instead I want to tackle one of the spin off issues. The other week, Aimee Byrd posted a link to a new website on her blog. The website provides screenshots from a Facebook group called… Continue reading Talking behind closed doors – Genevan Commons and Aimee Byrd
Hastening Christ’s Coming
Why do we get so frustrated when we see people breaking the lockdown rules? It’s the same reason that we used to get frustrated at school when the teacher said that we would be kept behind longer if people kept messing about. We just wanted everyone to behave so that the detention would end and… Continue reading Hastening Christ’s Coming