(The following is the November 28 devotional from my Next Step Devotions book. Before reading it, I suggest you read Jude and pay close attention to verses 3-4.) Paul told the Romans, “If possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone” (Rom. 12:18). That is wise advice, especially when disagreeing over less …
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More Good Works; Less Wasted Time
(The following is the October 12 devotional from my Next Step Devotions book. Before reading it, I suggest you read Titus 3 and pay close attention to verses 8-11.) Paul ends his letter to Titus with instructions that, at first glance, seem unrelated to each other: “I want you to insist on these things so that those who have …
A Warning Against Divisive, Deceitful Teaching
(The following is the July 5 devotional from my Next Step Devotions book. Before reading it, I suggest you read Romans 16 and pay close attention to verses 17-18.) Paul repeatedly writes in his letters about the importance of Christian unity. Christ expects his children to get along. Unity suffers when people create divisions that serve their unholy personal …
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Good Advice From Someone You’ve Never Heard Of
Around the year 1627 a German Lutheran theologian named Rupertus Meldenius wrote a small tract on the subject of Christian unity. The tract was written, according to an article by Dr. Mark Ross, "during the Thirty Years War (1618-1648), a bloody time in European history in which religious tensions played a significant role." From that …
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Christians, Talk More About What You Are For Than What You Are Against
This post is for my fellow Christian believers, but anyone is welcome to read and respond... I wrote in a recent post that I'm tired of conflict, especially of all the public arguing, yelling, protesting and general hatefulness spewed by both sides on so many divisive issues. I also posted yesterday about the fact that …
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