Tag Archive: maturity

Should I have All the Fruits of the Spirit?

Author: Kevin January 22, 2020 0 Comments

God is glorified when we Christians bear fruit. Our “fruit”, according to John 15, cannot happen unless we abide in Jesus. He uses a brilliant analogy of Himself being the vine with all the nutrients, and we are the branch…basically…
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How To Study Scripture. Insights Into The Four Gospels

Learning how to study the Bible, rather than just read it, is essential to the growth and maturity of Christians. It also helps Scripture become an anchor in your life when it seems like you’re tossed around like a boat…
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Do You Smell?

How many of these “fragrances” do you know? A new car. Fresh pine when cutting firewood. Ash tray in the smoking area. Burned flux when welding. Exhaust from diesel truck. Kerosene from the startup of an airline jet. Windrow of…
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Do You Have an STD? (Sprinkler Tweaking Disorder)

I spent most of 2002 building my own house, and one of the main goals was for the place to be as maintenance free as possible. I wanted to relax when it was done and coast through home ownership. I…
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Do You Use Flux?

I like to cast my own lead bullets, mostly 9mm for target shooting. I usually melt down range lead picked from the berms at our local shooting range and old wheel weights because perfect lead for casting bullets is impossible…
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Be a Log not a Rock.

Do you attend a cold church? Not in Fahrenheit degrees, but can you attend a church service and not speak to another person except for the customary “shake hands with the people around you, or empty “hi, how you doin’?”…
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7 Keys to Having Joy

“I thank my God upon every remembrance of you, always in every prayer of mine making request for you all with joy, for your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now, being confident of this very thing,…
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Be an Encourager

Unity among believers in the church is so important, the concept shows up in almost all of Paul’s writings in the New Testament. As the early church started about 2,000 years ago, a unified body of Christians was essential for…
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Marriage Tune-Up For Husbands

Since this Covid-19 thing has kept a lot of people home more than usual, I thought I would do a podcast series on giving your marriage a tune-up. Or to some…rebuild a frustrating marriage. If you’ve not been following the…
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