Authenticity In The Faith

Patience: A Key Trait of Successful People

A fool lets fly with all his temper, but a wise person keeps it back…Do you see someone who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him. (Proverbs 29:11,20 NET)

The Principle of the Christ-life

For to me to live is Christ, and death is gain… Philippians 1:21

These words of Paul, inspired by the Spirit, have ignited the imaginations of Christians around the world and across the ages. They describe a new spiritual reality that every…

The Touchstone of Character

Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug in the time of his father Abraham, which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham died, and he gave them the same names his father had given them. (Genesis 26:18 NIV)

Daily Moral Choices

You shall not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling block before the blind, but shall fear your God; I am the LORD. You shall do not injustice in judgment. You shall not be partial to the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty. In righteousness you shall judge your neighbor … you shall love…

Ethics and Consequences

Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! (Isaiah 5:20)

How fair are your ethics?

Known by Christ

I never knew you… (Matthew 7:23)

Christ did not come to give us religion — we already have plenty of those around. “Religion” is sometimes used for Christianity, especially in older writings, but the word conjures up in our minds organization, structures, authorities, and…

The Ancient Authentic Path

Stand by the roads, and look, and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is; and walk in it, and find rest for your souls. (Jeremiah 6:16)

Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your…

Our Limitations of Honesty

Be not overly righteous, and do not make yourself too wise. Why should you destroy yourself? Be not overly wicked, neither be a fool. Why should you die before your time? It is good that you should take hold of this, and from that withhold not your hand, for the one who fears God…

A New Beginning

I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh … Who will deliver me from this body of death? Thanks be to God through our Jesus Christ our Lord! (Romans 7:18,24–25)

Authentic Christianity demands honesty. Honesty is the first step we must take to be saved — we…

The Need for Honesty

I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate. (Romans 7:15)

It can be argued that the essence of the Christian experience is a new honesty with oneself. We are able to see our sin for what it is, to see our hearts…