Let us go back to Philippians just very briefly in chapter 2. The first paragraph in that chapter, which goes from verse 1 through verse 4, has a general theme of, well, there is no reason why this problem cannot be resolved, that the …
Kingdom. It is such an easy word to understand. Even without a dictionary to tell us its definition, we know that the natural usage of "kingdom" is a country or nation governed by a monarch. Thus, all kingdoms would have a few attributes …
When Jesus says in His Beatitudes, "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God" (Matthew 5:8), He refers not only to clean or chaste thoughts but also to "undivided," "unmixed," "unadulterated," "genuine," and "sincere" ones. …

(12) "Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the LORD your God is giving you.
Taken to an extreme, dishonoring of parents leads to anarchy, first in the family and then in society, as the decay of this basic component spreads. Eventually, a person will expend much, if not most, of his energies just surviving, …
Each year, as we flip our Gregorian calendars from December to January, it has become traditional to assess the old year and resolve to amend our faults and shortcomings in the new. Unfortunately, these assessments have devolved into a series of meaningless "Best of" and "Worst of" lists, while the amending of our ways chiefly concerns foods we love to eat, liquids we like to drink, weight we need to lose, and exercise we ought to do. As for real soul-searching and determination to improve one's character, for most, that has passed from the scene with the dodo bird and the passenger …
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