“For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come.” 1 Timothy 4:6 Of course, spiritual exercise (praying, studying the Bible, memorizing verses, Bible study, attending a place of worship, telling people about Jesus, etc) is more important than
I’m writing this twenty-eight years after it happened with only my memory and a short passage about each day in my diary. Many of the details aren’t available. In 1992 Jim and I with our teenage children Scott and Jill lived in Hay River, NT. Jim worked with computers in the H.H. William,s Memorial hospital
We are always to submit to Jesus. Jesus tells us His will in His word, the Bible. Both Apostle Paul and Apostle Peter told us to submit to the government: “Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been
In 1986 Jim worked with computers at Acadia University in Nova Scotia. He was having lunch with a friend who was attending Acadia Seminary. When the friend saw the list of the deacons at our church, he was taken aback to find that one of the deacons was a homosexual. Jim didn’t want to take
In the same passage, Jesus commends Peter for being open to the Holy Spirit and rebukes him for supporting Satan: “When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say the Son of Man is?” 14 They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still
How do we judge others? What is our motive? Do we see clearly? Are we doing the same thing for which we are judging others? “For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. Why do you look at the
“Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe.” Proverbs 29:25 The fear of man is the opposite of the fear of God. Since “…God is love…” 1 John 4:8, 16, the fear of man is the opposite of love: “There is no fear in love.
There are differences between the Old and New Testament. For instance, “The Old Testament predicts a Messiah (see Isaiah 53), and the New Testament reveals who the Messiah is (John 4:25–26). The Old Testament records the giving of God’s Law, and the New Testament shows how Jesus the Messiah fulfilled that Law (Matthew 5:17; Hebrews
2 Peter 13-11 “His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature and escape the
We have wonderful children. They are happily married, and we have amazing grandchildren. All know Jesus. Though each person has to decide for himself to serve Jesus, there are principles that make the choice more likely. One is found in the following verse: “Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: