In Galatians 5, Paul tells the churches at Galatia to, “Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.” The Galatians were being persuaded by the legalizers to add circumcision as a means of salvation to the finished work of Christ. Paul […]
I love to read biographies and see the challenges people have had to overcome to accomplish great things. One thing I have noticed is very few people ever succeed in life who haven’t faced great obstacles along the way. Booker T. Washington, in his autobiography “Up From Slavery” wrote, “Success is to be measured not so much […]
Out of one hundred men, one will read the Bible, the other ninety-nine will read the Christian. D.L. Moody The Puritan Thomas Brooks said, Example is the most powerful rhetoric. The single greatest tool of leadership is the power of an exemplary life. We teach what we know but we reproduce what we are. For […]
Titus 2:11-12 says, “For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world.” Notice that Grace Teaches us. The word “Teaching” is the Greek word “paideuo” (pi-DO- o), it means “to train children; […]