Why is prayer discussed as stewardship? Because prayer is the best gift you can give someone. Prayer is also one of the best uses of your time. Prayer takes your thoughts beyond yourself, which is a necessity for stewards. Paul wrote to the Thessalonians (2 Thessalonians 1) that “we give thanks to God always for […]
Paul writes in 1 Thessalonians 3 “may the Lord make you increase and abound in love to one another and to all….” Once again we are at the heart of stewardship. The favorite Bible verse for Cumberland Presbyterians through the years has been John 3:16, which portrays God’s love for us as the basis of […]
Paul writes in 1 Thessalonians 2:1-13 that we have been “entrusted with the gospel….” This trust given by God is the heart of stewardship. Many think of stewardship simply as giving money, time, and talents. A closer reading of the scriptures reveals stewardship as encompassing the whole life, a way of life. Stewardship motivation comes […]
It is obvious at first glance that the Apostle Paul played and continues to play a crucial role in the formation and life of the Church. Yet he proudly calls himself a slave of Christ Jesus and humbly describes himself as chief of sinners. To add to this, Paul openly acknowledges his need and gratefulness […]
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Our American culture is enamored with the big, beautiful, and glamorous. We devour every little tidbit about what celebrities (usually movie stars) wear and do, where they live and vacation, who their friends are. A television show once spent an entire week showing footage of John F. Kennedy, Jr. and his fiancée having an argument […]
If Acts 4:32-37 were printed (without the reference to “the Lord Jesus”) in our local newspapers or broadcast on the nightly news, immediately we would think this was another David Koresh or Jim Jones cult and shake our heads at these religious fanatics who mindlessly throw their lives away into the hands of some demented […]
Philip Yancey, in his book, The Jesus I Never Knew, says about Jesus, “More amazing is his refusal to perform and to overwhelm. God’s terrible insistence on human freedom is so absolute that he granted us the power to live as though he did not exist, to spit on his face, to crucify him.” God […]
What does it mean to be a follower of Jesus? It means that with our lips we confess that Jesus is the Messiah, the One who has come to deliver us from the bondage of our sin. And with our lives we demonstrate that, indeed, we have been freed from the power and lust of […]
In the two stories found in Luke 10:38-42 and John 12:1-8, we see two different pictures of love for Jesus. In the first story, Martha is busy preparing an elaborate meal for Jesus. In the second, Judas Iscariot says that Mary’s perfume could have been sold and the money used for the poor. Mary, on […]
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