The foulest, vilest, most wretched member of the human race has hopefully been loved at some time by someone—a mother, father, sister, brother, friend, or sweetheart. Just as a baby cannot survive without milk, so a human being cannot survive long without love. Thirteenth-century Roman Emperor Frederick II allegedly experimented with infants, isolating them fromContinue reading “Add to Your Faith Brotherly Kindness (7th in Series)”
Author Archives: Dr. Anthony Slutz
You Bet Your Life!
Indiana, a mainly conservative Midwestern state where my wife and I have lived for more than half a lifetime, has legalized just about every form of gambling that could be made legal. The most recent is “sports betting,” legalized by a bill passed by the majority of state legislators, mostly Republican. On Sept. 1, 2019,Continue reading “You Bet Your Life!”
Add to Your Faith Godliness (6th in Series)
Perhaps you have spent time in the presence of a believer, after which you have said to yourself, “That is the godliest person I believe I have ever been around.” Maybe a mentor, a pastor, a shut-in, a missionary, a mother or father, or someone you met through reading about in a book. Can youContinue reading “Add to Your Faith Godliness (6th in Series)”
About Lent
Most of us are aware that on what is called “Ash Wednesday,” some of our friends may show up at work with “ashes” on their foreheads, sometimes appearing in the form of a cross. We probably realize that they have been to a service in their church, where their priest dipped his thumb into aContinue reading ” About Lent”
Add To Your Faith Patience (5th in series)
Add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; and to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience. (II Pet. 1:5,6) What is more needed in our daily walk with Christ than patience? (Ellen will be glad when she sees that I have come to grips again with patience in this passage; more than anyone, sheContinue reading “Add To Your Faith Patience (5th in series)”
The Lord’s Supper
Paul mentions in writing to the church at Corinth “the ordinances” that he had delivered to the church. (I Cor. 11:2) The context that follows his praise for the church in keeping the ordinances clearly indicates that one of them is what he calls “the Lord’s supper.” (I Cor. 11: 20) It is sometimes calledContinue reading “The Lord’s Supper”
Add To Your Faith Temperance (# 4 in Series)
Add to your faith temperance. This is the third of seven building blocks that Christians are to add to the foundation of the Christian life. The foundation is faith, without which it is impossible to please God. It is interesting to note that in the list of the fruit of the Spirit given in GalatiansContinue reading “Add To Your Faith Temperance (# 4 in Series)”
Handling Criticism
John Smith went to church one Sunday morning. He heard the organist miss a note during the prelude, and he winced. He saw a teenager talking when everybody was supposed to be bowed in silent prayer. He felt like an usher was watching to see what he put into the offering plate, and it madeContinue reading “Handling Criticism”
Add to Your Faith Knowledge (#3 in series)
It’s not what we eat but what we digest that makes us strong; not what we gain but what we give that makes us rich; not what we read but what we remember that makes us learned; not what we profess but what we possess that makes us a Christian. And, only if you possessContinue reading “Add to Your Faith Knowledge (#3 in series)”
Blessed Fleas!
Corrie Ten Boom was imprisoned, with her sister Betsie, in a Nazi concentration camp. It was a filthy, flea-infested place; yet Corrie’s sister insisted that God still wanted them to “in everything give thanks,” for even this was God’s will for them. (I Thess. 5:18) Corrie had a difficult time accepting that until she learnedContinue reading “Blessed Fleas!”
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