Live the Bible with Wayne Stiles

How can we respond to criticism that’s unfair and even abusive? When it happened to David, his friend suggested striking back. But David's response was to place the critic in God's hands, a model from which we may learn. David sang in Psalm 3: "But Thou, O Lord, are a shield about me…" As it turned out, God vindicated David through providential circumstances and condemned the critic through the same.

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When what was once a passion becomes a project, it's time to look at motives. Why do you stay so busy? Is it all about your own fulfillment or about your love for Jesus Christ? How can we reignite our first love for God?

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Are you willing to struggle for the truth of God's Word where truth is being distorted? With false teachers everywhere these days, Jude reminds us to remember the Bible and to rescue those who have been duped by error.(c) 2008 Wayne Stiles

The shortest book in the Bible carries an essential reminder. Be hospitable and support to God's traveling ministers, as Gaius did. On the other hand, don’t be a person who refuses to get along with others because you crave all the attention. Using these two examples, the Apostle John urges us not to “imitate what is evil, but what is good.”(c) 2008 Wayne Stiles

We never outgrow the basics. Anyone who abandons the essential truths in light of new revelation "has gone too far." While the Bible repeatedly tells believers to grow beyond the basics, it never says to abandon them. By all means, grow! But stay grounded in truth.(c) 2008 Wayne Stiles