We must be content and joyful for the food, clothing, and positive uplifting human relationships (especially marriage and family) God has provided us. Solomon would have had a happier, more abundant life if he had stopped with one wife …
At this point in this series, it is especially important to emphasize grace so that we may have a foundation to appreciate better what God's grace means to our salvation. We need to understand grace specifically as seen against the …
In an interview, former President Jimmy Carter waded into the American cultural and political debate on homosexuality. For a devout Baptist and a self-proclaimed "born-again Christian," the 90-year old Carter made an astounding statement …
(23) Keep your heart with all diligence,
For out of it spring the issues of life.
(24) Put away from you a deceitful mouth,
And put perverse lips far from you.
(25) Let your eyes look straight ahead,
And your eyelids look right before you.
(26) Ponder the path of your feet,
And let all your ways be established.
(27) Do not turn to the right or the left;
Remove your foot from evil.
The sense of "keep your heart" is that we need to exert more vigilance in guarding our minds than men do over anything else. Governments go to great pains to guard their installations, plans, and secrets, but God says that it is even …
Among fans of the National Football League (NFL), the annual draft at the end of April is an offseason highlight. Because the best college players are involved, the first round is the most anticipated of the seven rounds that play out over three days. For months leading up to the draft, sports pundits attempt to figure out where each player will land among the thirty-two NFL teams, publishing articles, scouting reports, and mock drafts according to multiple factors like player attributes, team needs, draft trends, general managers’ idiosyncrasies, and best fits with coaches, players, and …
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