Sermons and Biblical Studies

You should never trust a person who doesn’t blush. Turgenev

They sewed fig leaves together and made themselves aprons. Genesis 3:7 Little shame, little conscience, and much industry will make a man rich. Thomas Fuller The emotion of shame has been valued not as an emotion but because of the insight to which it leads. C.S. Lewis I think that man is lost indeed who … Continue reading “SHAME”

See: Preaching; Truth

Same-sex friendships are to be encouraged, like those in the Bible between Ruth and Naomi, David and Jonathan, and Paul and Timothy. John Stott In God’s view I suspect we are all sexual deviants. I doubt if there is anyone who has not had a lustful thought that deviated from God’s perfect ideal of sexuality. … Continue reading “SEXUALITY”

The wife’s body does not belong to her alone but also to her husband. In the same way, the husband’s body does not belong to him alone but also to his wife. Do not deprive each other except by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come … Continue reading “SEX
IN MARRIAGE”

See also: Adultery; Love; Sexuality Nowhere does the Bible teach that sex in itself is a sin, although many interpreters of the Bible would try to make it appear so. The Bible teaches that the wrong use of sex is sinful. For sex, the act by which all life on this earth is created, should … Continue reading “SEX”

All service ranks the same with God. Robert Browning To take up the cross of Christ is no great action done once for all; it consists in the continual practice of small duties which are distasteful to us. J.H. Newman Remember that there must be someone to cook the meals, and count yourselves happy in … Continue reading “SERVICE
IN SMALL THINGS”

How many of us, who are engaged in the Lord’s holy service, are secretly cherishing some proud aspiration of excelling other men, of making a name for ourselves, of securing money or fame! F.B. Meyer

If you want to be of use, get rightly related to Jesus Christ, and he will make you of use unconsciously every moment you live. Oswald Chambers It is possible to be so active in the service of Christ as to forget to love him. P.T. Forsyth Service means the activity of the spiritual life. … Continue reading “SERVICE
AND LOVE FOR GOD”

We may easily be too big for God to use, but never too small. Dwight L. Moody The measure of a man is not how many servants he has but now many men he serves. Dwight L. Moody When God wants to do his great works he trains somebody to be quiet enough and little … Continue reading “SERVICE
AND HUMILITY”