How ready are we to condemn fellow believers who disagree with us on certain matters? Do we ignore the hope they have in Christ by doing so?

Everyday brings us closer to Jesus's return. Should the loving community within the church be reaching out to the community outside it?

What Paul says in this passages about submission is just as practical as what he has been saying about love and devotion. Submission is important and touches every part of the Christian life.

Some of us are more self-reliant than we realize, addicted to the adrenaline of busyness. When things fall apart, we may slip into self-pity like Elijah did.

It's not unusual for believers to hold their opinions so strongly they compel, even persecute, others to adopt those opinions. When this or other frictions in life crop up, how does God's grace exhibit itself?

How do you remain zealous for the Lord, or do you? Is that an interest to you at all?

Is your self perspective clear, sober, and correct? Paul tells us to think soberly about ourselves, which means we must relish the Lord's mercy on us. We are brought together as a church by God's grace, and that same grace has provided gifts...

Paul appeals to us to take up spiritual worship., because we have been made for it. Spiritual worship is a constant act of presenting ourselves to the Lord, overturning the patterns of the world in our hearts.

Ask the magi about themselves, and they would say they hadn't come a great distance to talk about themselves. They came to worship Jesus.

Is it quaint and sentimental to vow total devotion and complete submission to Christ Jesus?