Hold That Thought! If there is any Excellence… “Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is TRUE, whatever is HONORABLE, whatever is RIGHTEOUS, whatever is PURE, whatever is WINSOME, whatever is COMMENDABLE, if there is any MORAL EXCELLENCE, if there is anything PRAISEWORTHY… dwell on these things.” (Philippians 4:8). Dwell – (Greek, “logizesthe”): an accounting term that literally means to carefully use your …
Hold That Thought! Whatsoever is Commendable… “Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is TRUE, whatever is HONORABLE, whatever is RIGHTEOUS, whatever is PURE, whatever is WINSOME, whatever is COMMENDABLE, if there is any MORAL EXCELLENCE, if there is anything PRAISEWORTHY… dwell on these things.” (Philippians 4:8). Dwell – (Greek, “logizesthe”): an accounting term that literally means to carefully use your …
Hold That Thought! Whatsoever is Winsome… “Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is TRUE, whatever is HONORABLE, whatever is RIGHTEOUS, whatever is PURE, whatever is WINSOME, whatever is ADMIRABLE, if there is any MORAL EXCELLENCE, if there is anything PRAISEWORTHY… dwell on these things.” (Philippians 4:8). Dwell – (Greek, “logizesthe”): an accounting term that literally means to carefully use your reason as you take full …
Hold That Thought! Whatsoever is Pure… “Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is TRUE, whatever is HONORABLE, whatever is RIGHTEOUS, whatever is PURE, whatever is WINSOME, whatever is ADMIRABLE, if there is any MORAL EXCELLENCE, if there is anything PRAISEWORTHY… dwell on these things.” (Philippians 4:8). Dwell – (Greek, “logizesthe”): an accounting term that literally means to carefully use your reason as you take …
Hold That Thought! Whatsoever is Righteous… “Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is TRUE, whatever is HONORABLE, whatever is RIGHTEOUS, whatever is PURE, whatever is WINSOME, whatever is ADMIRABLE, if there is any MORAL EXCELLENCE, if there is anything PRAISEWORTHY… dwell on these things.” (Philippians 4:8). Dwell – (Greek, “logizesthe”): an accounting term that literally means to carefully use your reason as you …
Hold That Thought! Whatsoever is Honorable… “Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is TRUE, whatever is HONORABLE, whatever is RIGHTEOUS, whatever is PURE, whatever is WINSOME, whatever is ADMIRABLE, if there is any MORAL EXCELLENCE, if there is anything PRAISEWORTHY… dwell on these things.” (Philippians 4:8). Dwell – (Greek, “logizesthe”): an accounting term that literally means to carefully use your reason as …
Hold That Thought! Whatsoever is True… “Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is TRUE, whatever is HONORABLE, whatever is RIGHTEOUS, whatever is PURE, whatever is WINSOME, whatever is ADMIRABLE, if there is any MORAL EXCELLENCE, if there is anything PRAISEWORTHY… dwell on these things.” (Philippians 4:8). Dwell – (Greek, “logizesthe”): an accounting term that literally means to carefully use your …
Hold That Thought! Introduction. “Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is TRUE, whatever is HONORABLE, whatever is RIGHTEOUS, whatever is PURE, whatever is WINSOME, whatever is ADMIRABLE, if there is any MORAL EXCELLENCE, if there is anything PRAISEWORTHY… dwell on these things.” (Philippians 4:8). Dwell – (Greek, “logizesthe”): an accounting term from which we get our word for …
Book Review #22 – Wendell Berry, “The Country of Marriage” (A collection of 35 short poems; published in 1971 by Counterpoint Press). “I take literally the statement in the Gospel of John that God loves the world. I believe that the world was created and approved by love, that it subsists, coheres, and endures by …
Godly Talk- The Golden Rule. The Golden Rule. That ancient, universal ethical ideal known as the Golden Rule has been found in ancient documents in various religions around the world… from China and Greece around 500 BC, to Egypt and India around 400 BC, to rabbinic sources in Judaism around 100 BC. At latest count, some version …
(22.) Living Menorah: On Jesus as the Hilarious Light. What is the Menorah? “Menorah” is a Hebrew word that simply means light-bearer, or the place that shines and gives light. Menorah and lampstand are treated as synonyms throughout the Bible, even with its variations down through biblical history. The first official menorah was made according to very precise …
(21.) Living Lampstands: Walking as Children of the Light. “I AM the light of the world… “You are the light of the world.” (John 8:12; Matthew 5:14). What is the Menorah? “Menorah” is a Hebrew word that simply means light-bearer, or the place that shines and gives light. Menorah and lampstand are treated as synonyms throughout the Bible, …