Vrees en hoe om dit te oorwin Psalm 34:4“I prayed to the Lord, and he answered me.… He freed me from all my fears.” There are many things in such a world as ours that can bring fear into human hearts–fear of want, fear of war, fear of rejection, fear of the dark, and a […]
Chapter Four Contents: Christ the believer's strength and source of joy and peace. Giver of victory over anxiety. Characters: God, Christ, Paul, Euodias, Syntyche, Clement. Conclusion: The believer's hope and prospect through our Lord Jesus Christ, should engage him to be steady, even and constant in his Christian course, rejoicing always in Him through Whom […]
The Goal of Teaching “Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned.” (1 Timothy 1:5) As Paul begins his instruction to his disciple Timothy, his “own son in the faith” (v. 2), he warns him about false doctrine (v. 3) and […]
Memorizing scripture My testimony can be summed up in eight short sentences. Memorizing Scripture makes meditation possible at times when I can't be reading the Bible, and meditation is the pathway of deeper understanding. Memorizing Scripture strengthens my faith because faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of Christ, and that happens when […]
The Measure of Better Proverbs 15:16-17 "Better to have little, with fear for the Lord, than to have great treasure and inner turmoil. A bowl of vegetables with someone you love is better than steak with someone you hate". We tend to think of happiness, comfort, wealth and contentment in financial terms, but the true […]
“What is the pride of life?”……The phrase "pride of life" is found only once in the Bible, in 1 John 2:16, but the concept of the pride of life, especially as it is linked with the "lust of the eyes" and the "lust of the flesh," appears in two more significant passages of Scripture-the temptation […]
“How should a Christian view materialism?”……Materialism is defined as "the preoccupation with material things rather than intellectual or spiritual things." If a Christian is preoccupied with material things, it is definitely wrong. That is not to say we cannot have material things, but the obsession with acquiring and caring for "stuff" is a dangerous thing […]