Now the overseer must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. The Bible, 1 Timothy 3:2–3 Since an overseer is entrusted with God’s work, he must be blameless – not overbearing, … Continue reading “OVERSEER”
OVER-EATING
Put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. The Bible, Proverbs 23:2 kjv
OUTSIDERS
Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity. The Bible, Colossians 4:5
OUTCASTS
The modern church rejects the outcasts of society where as these very outcasts were the very ones who were drawn to Jesus. Philip Yancy
OTHER RELIGIONS
The Bible offers no hope that sincere worshipers of other religions will be saved without personal faith in Jesus Christ. The gospel of Jesus Christ: An evangelical celebration Superficial minds see a resemblance between Christ and the founders of empires, and the gods of other religions. That resemblance does not exist. There is between Christianity … Continue reading “OTHER
RELIGIONS”
ORIGINAL SIN
Original sin may be defined as the hereditary corruption and depravity of our nature. This reaches every part of the soul, makes us abhorrent to God’s wrath and produces in us what Scripture calls works of the flesh. John Calvin Certain new theologians dispute original sin, which is the only part of Christian theology which … Continue reading “ORIGINAL
SIN”
ORDER
Good order is the foundation of all good things. Edmund Burke Order is heaven’s first law. Alexander Pope
ORDEALS, PERSONAL
I was at that time alone. It was the day of my sister’s marriage, and the rest of the family were staying overnight in Glasgow. [It was also just after his own fiancée had called off their engagement, on account of Mattheson’s blindness.] Something happened to me which was known only to myself, and which … Continue reading “ORDEALS,
PERSONAL”
OPTIMIST
When the heart weeps for what it has lost, the spirit laughs for what it has found. Author unknown A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. Winston Churchill Positive anything is better than negative nothing. Elbert Hubbard The optimist thinks that this is the best of … Continue reading “OPTIMIST”
OPPRESSION
He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself. Thomas Paine