James F Keenan wrote in his 1996 America Magazine article “On Giving Moral Advice” that there are 13 things to consider when providing guidance and insight on moral behaviors. I’ll address 6, as these will encompass the core elements that will be built upon in 7-13. Listen. Active listening...
We generate our ideals and ideas of moral concepts at an early age based on our upbringing. Our parents and grandparents help to define what morality means in our family. How our parents and grandparents respond to the message of the Gospels, helps to set the foundation for our...
It’s been quite some time since I was visited by Mormons or Jehovah’s Witnesses, but a few weeks ago a missionary from the JWs came to my door and has come back every week since, except this past Friday. He gives me his literature and insisted I watch a...
Job 1:6-8 “6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them. 7 And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the...
The first mention of the Holy Spirit in the Bible is in the second verse of the first chapter of Genesis. Genesis 1:1-2 “1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness upon the face of...
Who Jesus is, is not a mystery. The Bible tells us who He is very plainly. John 1:1-3, 14 “1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 The same was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were...
Philippians 2:3 “3 nothing through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.” This is in the top five of my favorite verses in the entire Bible. I really sums up how we should think of one another and behave...
The Bible is all about relationships. Firstly, it describes how our relationship with God should be, and secondly, it talks about our relationship with one another. I discussed our relationship with God the Father a bit in this post on the Lord’s Prayer. But there is more. Hebrews 4:16 “16 Let...
Prayer – For Thine Is The Kingdom, And The Power, And The Glory, Forever, Amen John the Baptizer preached it. Matthew 3:1-2 “1 In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, 2 And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” Jesus...
The Lord’s Prayer – Lead Us Not Into Temptation, But Deliver Us From Evil Hebrews 4:15 “15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as without sin.” It is...