What’s The Difference Between Discipline And Punishment?
February 3, 2021
We often recoil against the idea of being disciplined because we associate it with punishment. The Bible makes a clear distinction. The Greek word paideuo in the Bible means "to discipline" and is used in the context of a parent guiding, training, or correcting a child or the instruction of a student. Paio, also Greek, means "to strike or wound" as when Jesus was whipped by Roman soldiers.
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Justice is important to God (Isaiah 61:8) and the Bible says that we are to seek justice but love mercy. Obtaining vengeance, He says, is His task, not ours (Romans 12:19). How can we balance seeking justice with loving mercy?
February 2, 2021
It was just a normal day until she got to the well, around noon. That's when she met a man who looked right into her very depths. Rushing back into her village, she exclaimed, "Come see a man who told me everything I ever did!" And, they came streaming to see for themselves.
February 1, 2021
Has there ever been a person in your life whose words spoke life right into you? Maybe it was an elementary school teacher who told you, “You’re very bright!” If so, you probably haven’t forgotten it! Words can be life-giving blessings: “Gracious words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body” says Proverbs 16:24.
January 29, 2021
It was a shocking story that gripped the nation. In 2002, 14-year-old Elizabeth Smart was abducted from her bed in the middle of the night in Salt Lake City, Utah. Nine months later she was recognized while walking down a street with her abductor.
January 28, 2021
Are you feeling broken-hearted today? If so, you are not alone. The human condition is one of heartbreak, because of the sin-broken world we live in and our own predisposition to breaking each other’s hearts. “For out of the heart come evil thoughts—murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander,” which all add up to heartbreak. (Matthew 15:19). But the Bible says that God is near to the brokenhearted (Psalms 34:18) and, even better, that Jesus came to release us from the bondage of our own hearts. Here is what is called the good news:
January 27, 2021
Living in a world with sin and evil means we experience pain. The Bible says, “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?” (Jeremiah 17:9 KJV). Deceitful, wicked hearts produce evil actions and followers of Jesus often feel the effects of those actions too. The fact that Satan has some power on Earth (2 Corinthians 4:4) contributes to an atmosphere of suffering. Sometimes our pain is a result of our own sin. At other times, we are pained because we did nothing wrong, but still suffer because of the sins of others. The latter can feel unjust and surprising.
January 26, 2021
The book of Leviticus is packed with strange rules, but they are meant to accentuate the “holiness—the...utter ‘otherness’—of God. We learn how sin devastates humanity’s relationship with [the] Creator, [1]” writes Chuck Swindoll.
January 25, 2021
Many of us have grown up wanting to please—first parents, then teachers, employers and yes, God. Faith can become only a checklist of things to do and not do, instead of a relationship with someone who deeply loves us.
January 22, 2021
It was the end of the race; the finish line in view. Spaniard Ivan Anaya trailed Kenyan runner Abel Mutai. Mutai had held a long lead, but suddenly Anaya watched Mutai stop when he apparently thought that he had crossed the finished line! The Spanish runner realized that the Kenyan had been confused by the signs along the racecourse, which were in Spanish. Anaya shouted to Mutai but he couldn’t understand, and so, Anaya pushed Mutai over the finish line, giving him the win!
January 21, 2021
Poverty is not only economic but can also be spiritual. In Matthew 5, Jesus blessed people who recognized their spiritual shortcomings. This was in stark contrast to the local religious leaders, the Pharisees. One Pharisee publicly prayed, “Thank [God] I am not like other people— robbers, evildoers, adulterers” (Luke 18:9-14).
January 20, 2021
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