The Difficult Path

13 “Enter through the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the road broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who go through it. 14 How narrow is the gate and difficult the road that leads to life, and few find it. (Matthew 7:13-14 CSB) There is a single road to heaven and that is through belief … Read more

Built Up

2 Each one of us is to please his neighbor for his good, to build him up. (Romans 15:2 CSB) This passage can be read one of two ways. “We are to please our neighbor for HIS good, to build him up.” “We are to please our neighbor for OUR good, to build him up.” In … Read more

To Overlook Offense

11 A person’s insight gives him patience,and his virtue is to overlook an offense. (Proverbs 19:11 CSB) This may be one of the most difficult things we are asked to do in scripture. Overlooking offense goes against our sensibilities. But what is at play here? Simply, pride. Pride causes us to not be willing to … Read more

Crouching Lion

7 If you do what is right, won’t you be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is for you, but you must rule over it.” (Genesis 4:7 CSB) Have you ever considered sin as crouching at the door, laying in wait for you to … Read more

Comparison & Jealousy

7 As they danced, the women sang: Saul has killed his thousands,but David his tens of thousands. 8 Saul was furious and resented this song. “They credited tens of thousands to David,” he complained, “but they only credited me with thousands. What more can he have but the kingdom?” 9 So Saul watched David jealously from that day forward. … Read more