Serious Joy

In times of lack and lowliness, we have every cause to boast in Christ, and in times of abundance and high status, we have no cause for boasting except that we boast in Christ.

"If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him." We have only to ask, and God is faithful to supply.

"Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet various trials." There is a purpose in Christian suffering.

In the final words of the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus asks us to consider two builders, one wise and one foolish. Only the wise one who has built on the solid rock will stand in the coming storm.

The only case that we must plead when we face judgement is that we have placed our hope in Christ.

They come dressed as sheep, but inside they are ravenous wolves.

Christ, Our Redeemer

Jesus is the only way.

God has been and is such a lavishly good Father to us that we ought to overflow in goodness toward others.

In a world of shifting cultural norms about gender and sexuality, the bible still speaks loud and clear about these issues.

Sunday, 12/19/2021

"Of Pigs and Pearls"

Matthew 7:6

This is one of those passages that people tend to take out of context to make it mean something that it doesn't. What is Jesus telling us with this talk of pigs an pearls?