Loving God with all our faculties

Note: This is a scheduled post.  By the time you read this online I am away and might not have internet access where I’m at.  Feel free to share your comments though I would be delayed in responding.A short devotional with two quick questions.

First what part of us as a human person is involved with loving God?

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Hope in Suffering: Studies in Romans 5:3-5 Part 3

Hope in Suffering Part 3

Romans 5:3-5

And not only this, but we also exult in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation brings about perseverance; 4 and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope; 5 and hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

Purpose: There are three truths we need to know in order that we might not be crushed during suffering in our lives so that we would have hope in our suffering.

1. We need to know that we all will face tribulations (v.3a)
2. We need to know that God is working within us (v.3b-4)
3. We need to know that God loves us greatly (v.5) 

Previously we have looked at the first two points:

“We need to know that we all will face tribulations (v.3a)”

“We need to know that God is working within us (v.3b-4)“

Today we will look at the third point:

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How to Be and Discerning a Future Christlike Husband

It’s Valentine’s Day.   I know the world have a view of “love” that is different than that found in the Bible.

I thought this would be an edifying message for those who are “single single” and “single like pringles” (you got to listen to the message) to listen to on a day that often portray love as lusts or love as so lofty that some people love the idea of falling in love more than actually loving someone.

So what does God want and what does the Bible say about courtship and relationships?

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Review: The Difficult Doctrine of God’s Love by Don Carson

Don A. Carson. The Difficult Doctrine of God’s Love.  Wheaton, IL: Crossway, December 10^th, 1999.  93 pp.

5 out of 5

This book is by New Testament scholar Don Carson who wrote this book that is accessible for a popular audience.  Carson tackles on the doctrine of God’s love which he noted that this is not an easy doctrine.  The book has four chapters and I found that I learned a few things and the book also helped organized my thoughts better concerning God’s love.  In my review below I will focus more on the first two chapters.

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Apologetics Sermon Illustration #37: Idioms of Love and Bible Contradictions

GO TO PART 36

Point: Sometimes what is found in the skeptics’ list of Bible contradictions are not contradictions but are what appears to be contradictions because the skeptic hasn’t account for the Bible’s use of figure of speech.  Of course to bring this point up the skeptics might respond by saying this is a cop-out.  But are there are figures of speech we use that appear to be contradictory on the surface level but really they are not?

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Table of Content: Bear with One Another With Generational Differences

Here’s our list to our three part series on “Bear with One Another: Generational Differences.”  I’ve been posting them on Sundays as a means of encouraging believers online to consider loving the church and part of that is bearing with one another and bearing with one another despite the generational difference.

Here’s the list:

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Bear with One Another 3: With Generational Differences, your goal is maturity

Part 2

1 Timothy 5:1-2

Do not sharply rebuke an older man, but rather appeal to him as a father, to the younger men as brothers, 2 the older women as mothers, and the younger women as sisters, in all purity.

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