Fourth point on my original post about God’s desire to have fruit from His field (the local church). 4. good works (Col. 1:10), Col 1:10 “That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Third point in the continuing posts today about the fruit God expects to see growing in His field, the local church— This one is offensive to worldly, carnal Christians, yet God says it’s fruit that He likes and we ought to like what He... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
My earlier post was about how God is looking for a crop in his field which is the local church. This post will add one more and the future posts will keep expanding the identification of the fruit the Lord’s field. God wants to see increase in... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Jesus considers his church to be a field which is to bring forth a crop—fruit—and its members collectively and individually should be evidence that the fruit is producing well. Paul expressed this concept and expectation to the... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Navigating the Minefield of Social Networking | Ministry127: Do a word search in Scripture for “twitter,” and you’ll find nothing. Make it even broader to include “social media,” and you’ll get the same results. Yet every mature Christian... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
The Counsel of the Young Men | Ministry127: If you are like me, you wake up one day and you’re thirty-five with five children, and you realize, “I am not young anymore.” I feel young. I may even look young. But I am not considered young... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Resolutions for the New Year | Ministry127: I was reading through a list of popular New Year’s resolutions. The typical “Quit smoking” and “Get out of debt” were among the most popular, along with “Losing weight” and “Exercising.” I believe... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Creating Family Memories | Ministry127: I recently read a survey asking this question: “What makes your family great?” Among all the different answers, the most common was, “The time we spend together.” Ladies often come to me complaining that... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Mt 5:7 “Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.” While the tone of the Gospel of Matthew is oriented toward Israel, and the Sermon on the Mount bearing the most force on the disciples who would be living in the offered... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
