"The Golden Rule" Matthew 7:12 This is a passage the world likes to cease on yet they do not understand the biblical principals of it. They promote it for a "better world!" We might even believe that they are "on to something....." There are two...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
"PRAYER" LD5, John 17, & II Samuel 7:18ff What can a pastor say bout prayer? Prayer is not something that can be given of a pastor or a person. It is communion and fellowship that belong alone to the child of God. They have this gift...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
"The Spirit of the Law" LD44 & Romans 7 At first glance we would criticize the catechism for not addressing covetousness here. Why do we find the approach of speaking of ALL the commandments and making it a matter of the heart?! The 10th...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
"An Answered Request" John 14:16 & Acts 2:1-4 These were the words of Christ to His disciples before His suffering. It was no doubt that they were troubled! The Lord was giving to leave them! The Lord however wants them to focus on His return!...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
"Speaking the Truth!" LD43 & Eph 4:14ff The 9th commandment is one commandment that we are ALL guilty of and we are all spoken to by James when he says "these things ought not to be!" Characteristics you find in the world, but are they in the...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
"Seeking the Neighbors Profit!" LD42 The 8th Commandment! We are not dealing with a moral standard as we find in the world, but here we deal with the love of GOD in us. We do not engage because it is simply utilitarian, but for the Glory of GOD!...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
"Recipients of Mercy" Titus 3:4-5 The Apostle Paul shows the church who they were and who they had become. He had to ordain elders but puts the emphasis on the children of God behaving themselves in subjection and showing meekness to all men....[ abbreviated | read entire ]
"Loving the Neighbor" LD40, Luke 10:25ff, I John 38:13ff We continue in the 2nd table of the Law of God here with this subject. We now move to the responsibility to the neighbor who is by definition whomever Christ puts at our elbows though that...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
"Obedient Listeners" James 1:22-25, James 1:18ff, Romans 6:5 & 8ff, Ephesians 2 "Listening is serious business." And we tell our children this very thing often times. "You have to listen!" Some things seem to go in one ear and out the other...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
"Honoring Authority" LD39, Romans13 & Ephesians6 Our children know this commandment well. Some would stop there but fathers are also not to provoke their children to wrath. There are TWO sides. These two sides are always a part of EVERY...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
