Christian Grandparenting Blog
PART SIX: Practical Piety
“His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness... For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness (virtue), and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control,...
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“His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness... For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness (virtue), and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, SELF-CONTROL, and to self-control,...
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“His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness... For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith VIRTUE (goodness), and to goodness, KNOWLEDGE…” 2 Peter 1:3-5 In a time when virtue was usually exchanged for...
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Bend All Your Energy “His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness... For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith…” 2 Peter 1:3, 5 In ancient Greece the great plays of men like Sophocles and Euripides...
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“His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness... For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith…” 2 Peter 1:3, 5 The idea of “adding” something to faith seems out of line with the fundamental Christian...
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Part One: FEAR OR FREEDOM? His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness...” 2 Peter 1:3 It is not uncommon for me to encounter grandparents who feel inadequate and wholly unable to relate to the younger generations,...
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Our Hope is Built…
“Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.” Psalm 43:5 As we look ahead to the end of another decade (it seems like only yesterday we were all embroiled in...
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What About You?
“But what about you? He asked. Who do you say I am?” Matt. 16:15 Christmas has once again come and gone, but the question from my previous post about who Jesus really is still lingers, as it will till the day of His return. Who do your...
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What Will You Do with Jesus?
“This child is destined to cause the falling and rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken against, so that the thoughts of many hearts will be revealed.” Luke 2:34-35 Christmas is upon us. Everywhere houses and business...
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Christmas: A Jewish Holiday… Really?
“Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, ‘Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews?’” Matt. 2:1-2 I have a dear friend who is Jewish, a follower of Christ, and a pastor of a small Messianic congregation in Colorado. He fervently...
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