“and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness” 2 Peter 1:6 December 10, 2025 We have another petal in the blooming flower of a God-pleasing life. It is the development of a passion to know God and His Word. The God-pleasing life is to be lavishly furnished with a love for […]
“and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness” 2 Peter 1:6 December 8, 2025 Think of a rose that has not fully budded-out yet. Then think of your call to growth in Christ. The uniqueness of Christ and holiness of life are totally ignored and even scoffed at in our culture.
“and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness” 2 Peter 1:6 December 5, 2025 The apostle Peter was writing to Christians who were seeking to follow Jesus Christ. They were having to swim upstream against currents of false teaching. One element of this was following one’s feelings rather than Christ’s commands.
“For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge.” 2 Peter 1:5 December 3, 2025 Knowledge. Who needs more knowledge? Every Christian does. The Christian life is one of developing a greater knowledge of the revealed will of God. If we are to mature in the faith,
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“For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge.” 2 Peter 1:5 December 1, 2025 The first readers of Peter’s second letter wer by moral, spiritual, and theological dangers. Today evangelicalism has been emptied of its theology and replaced with the self-movement. The fad is to think
“For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge,” 2 Peter 1:5 November 28, 2025 It is God’s design that transformed lives flow from a true knowledge of Jesus Christ. At our conversion we have received power to live the Christian life. We have also received a
“Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” 1 Thess. 5:18 November 26, 2025 Of all people, Christians should not be ingrates. No, ingrate is not a bird. It is an ungrateful person. To be such runs counter to what it means to have experienced the
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“But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope.” 1 Thess. 4:13 November 24, 2025 It is a tremendous comfort to know that the death of one’s loved one means they have gone into the presence of
“But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.” Lamentations 3:21-23 November 21, 2025 How is your memory? Some have incredible memories with the ability to call up details
“By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible.” Hebrews 11:3 November 19, 2025 We are told, without any doubt, by evolutionists that our universe came about out of nothingness. Why is there something instead of
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