How to Respond to Right Doctrine and Wrong Motives
A few months back, I wrote an article entitled, How to Listen to a Pharisee. In that post, we examined how Christ instructed his disciples to respond to truth when it is taught by someone who is flagrantly hypocritical. The conclusion: Christ commands us to listen to and obey the truth, even when it is [...]
Hearing before we answer: Thoughts on Proverbs 18:13
If one gives an answer before he hears, it is his folly and shame.–Proverbs 18:13 What if I told you that we are not entitled to critique something or someone until we have demonstrated understanding of what we are critiquing? If we took this little rule to heart, it would probably have a large impact on [...]
Corporate Sin and Personal Humility
How do godly people respond when a church, community, city, or a country is guilty of great sin? The Biblical answer has always astounded and challenged me. When God rebuked the Israelites for their marriage to foreign women, Ezra the priest, one who was not guilty for breaking the law of intermarriage, responds, “O my [...]
How to Listen to a Pharisee
Making sure our lives match our words is not a peripheral matter. Authenticity and sincerity are essential in the life of a Christian for two important reasons. First, the integrity of our lives will determine the strength of our witness. If we proclaim Christ and do not walk in a manner worthy of Him, unbelievers [...]
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