We need to be preparing ourselves for whatever God has prepared us to do in His Kingdom, preparing for an office, but more importantly preparing in character. The Bride (the Church) will be ready, with or without us, but we have our own …
"Anti-Semitism is inadmissible. Spiritually we are all Semites." —Achille Ratti Achille Ratti was elected Pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church in 1922; history knows him as Pius XI. He occupied the papacy during a decade of missed …
From a biblical perspective, marriage is humanity's founding institution. After He created Adam and Eve, God immediately united them as husband and wife (Genesis 2:21-24). Their union became the bedrock upon which human civilization was …

(5) Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.
The Greek word underlying "covetousness" is pleonexia, which means "the desire to have more." This is among the ugliest of sins because it involves idolatry as well as its effects on others. The Greeks defined it as "the insatiable …
Many dangers begin small or unnoticed. A tiny ember in dry grass. A hairline crack in a foundation. A root beneath the soil. But what starts unseen eventually surfaces. Scripture calls one such danger a “root of bitterness” — a spiritual fault that begins unseen but eventually affects everything it touches (Hebrews 12:15). Roots grow covertly, beneath the surface, long before anyone becomes aware of their existence. Structurally, these roots form the foundation of the body they support. Bitterness is no different. Jealousy and envy are often its seeds. Left unchecked, they fester into …
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