Fight Like Christians

Introduction: Brothers and sisters, we are in a battle. It is the same battle that the saints of Christ have been in since the beginning and it is the same battle the original readers were fighting when Peter wrote this letter to them. I would like to draw your attention to some of the things […]

More About Gossip

This afternoon, I posted a short note about the sin of gossip. I got kind of fired up about it and want to say something else about the topic. Last time, I mentioned 1 Timothy 5:13 – “And besides they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house, and not only idle but […]

Discipline–Spiritual Sweat

In a word, he is calling for some spiritual sweat! Just as athletes discarded everything and competed gymnos [naked] – – free from everything that could possibly burden them – – so we must get rid of every encumbrance, every association, habit, and tendency which impedes godliness. If we are to excel, we must strip […]