Don’t Be Good — Be Godly
“How terrible for you, teachers of the Law and Pharisees! You hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look fine on the outside but are full of bones and decaying corpses on the inside. In the same...
“How terrible for you, teachers of the Law and Pharisees! You hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look fine on the outside but are full of bones and decaying corpses on the inside. In the same...
So don’t let anyone condemn you for what you eat or drink, or for not celebrating certain holy days or new moon ceremonies or Sabbaths. For these rules are only shadows of the reality yet to come....
“If any of you want to come with me,” he told them, “you must forget yourself, carry your cross, and follow me.” Mark 8:34 (TEV) When we suffer, we can cling to the truth that God is...
“Let us keep our eyes fixed on Jesus, on whom our faith depends from beginning to end. He did not give up because of the cross! On the contrary, because of the joy that was waiting for...
“Love your neighbor as yourself.” Luke 10:27 (NIV) The Bible teaches that you should take deliberate action toward loving your neighbor—in the same way you want to be loved by your neighbor. Yet, God knows this is...
“If you love me, you will obey what I command.” John 14:15 (NIV) Jesus said you show your love for him when you do what he tells you to do. This doesn’t mean your love for him...
“‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’” Luke 10:27 (NIV) To love God with...
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by Jon Walker · Published March 19, 2013 · Last modified March 18, 2013
“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind.” Luke 10:27 (NIV) No doubt it sounds strange, but in order to love...
“‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’” Luke 10:27 (NIV) Jesus matched his heart...
When the Lord saw her, his heart went out to her and he said, “Don’t cry.” Then he went up and touched the coffin . . . . He said, “Young man, I say to you, get...