It’s time for something other than a quote I suppose. . . . The boys chose to not play baseball this summer, and over all that has probably been a good decision. They were a bit weary of going from one sport to another and having every evening of the summer spent driving to one…
Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away. When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought…
Teaching takes many forms, whether it is formal teaching or the informal teaching that accompanies our relationships and family moments. The church and parents alike indirectly, if not directly, teach how to pray as they model it in the worship service, the dinner table, and the bedside. Theological teaching is reinforced as we sing our…
The man who does the most good is the least accustomed to boast; the man who boasts may be regarded as doing nothing else. – Albert Barnes It is pride that is the root enemy of love. Paul tells us that love does not boast and it is not arrogant. Arrogance is pride. It means…
Love is the solution to resentfulness. Another way of saying, “love is not resentful” is to say that “love is forgiving.” Instead of holding a real or perceived wrong against someone, love either chooses to not take it as a personal offense; or if it is a personal offense, chooses to forgive. Far too long…
Crowdedship 