Promises for the Battle
Imitation
Civility #2—Imitative Civility
Treat your enemies as valuable; do what is best suited to meet someone’s needs; and lend without despairing that you will have enough. Then your reward will be great and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is usefully kind to the ungrateful and the evil. Luke 6:35 We call the smallest … Continue reading
Beatitudes #5—The Way to Walk
Fortunate are those whose way is blameless, who walk according to Yahweh’s instructions. Fortunate are those who observe his rules, who seek him with their whole heart, and who, instead of doing wrong, walk in his ways! Psalm 119:1–3 Mel Brooks’ generated a cultural phenomenon when his character Igor said, “Walk this way,” and young … Continue reading
Encouragements to Love #2—Recognizable Love
I give you a new commandment: love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. If you have love for one another, everyone will know that you are my disciples. John 13:34–35 We didn’t need to be able to read the name on the back of Fernando Valenzuela’s … Continue reading
Grateful Imitation
Just before the Passover feast, Jesus knew that his time had come to depart from this world to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he now loved them to the very end. … Jesus knew that the Father had handed all things over to him, and that he had come … Continue reading
Promises for the Battle 