Power Over Perversion

Have you ever been frustrated by the sight of something ugly that could be beautiful? Has pollution ever corrupted your enjoyment of some aspect of life? What if I told you that the pollution you see is no accident? What if I told you we are not powerless against perversion? In the spiritual application of…

An Identity Argument

Jesus said to the people who believed in him, “You are truly my disciples if you remain faithful to my teachings. And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” “But we are descendants of Abraham,” they said. “We have never been slaves to anyone. What do you mean, ‘You will be set…

Satan’s Strategy to Defeat Us

Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. The tempter came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that…

A Few Life Lessons

Reflect on 2 Timothy 2. Why is it important not only for Timothy, but for all God’s people, to remember “these things” (see verse 14) regarding Christ and the gospel? You then, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. And the things you have heard me say in the presence…