“Those who oppose him he must gently instruct, in the hope that God will grant them repentance leading them to a knowledge of the truth” – 2 Timothy 2:25 During the 1537 siege of Turin, Italy, a young French barber-surgeon abandoned the conventional wisdom about the treatment of bullet wounds, […]
“always learning but never able to acknowledge the truth.” – 2 Timothy 3:7 Pastor Craig Groeschel, in his book “Soul Detox”, writes the following: “Recently at church I asked our congregation, “How many of you battle with self-deception?” A few people in the crowd raised their hands. Then I asked, […]
“You, however, know all about my teaching, my way of life, my purpose, faith, patience, love, endurance” 2 Timothy 3:10 Most of the world’s top marathon runners come from an ethnic group, the Kalenjin, which represents 0.06% of the world’s population, and from a small town, Iten, which is located […]
“When they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah. And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink? And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree..” […]
“Do not merely listen to the Word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.’ James 1:22 A pastor writes: ‘The Latin word for ‘listen’ is where we get our word audit. When you audit a class, you take in lots of information, but you don’t do anything with it. […]
“Don’t have anything to do with foolish and stupid arguments, because you know they produce quarrels.” 2 Timothy 2:23 Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the German Pastor who stood up in defiance of Nazi Germany, said the following regarding stupidity: “Against stupidity we have no defense. Neither protests nor force can touch it. […]
“With all my heart I have sought You; do not let me stray from Your commandments. I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You. Blessed are You, O LORD; teach me Your statutes.” Psalm 119: 10-12 How much of God’s word do you […]
“No one serving as a soldier gets involved in civilian affairs – he wants to please his commanding officer.” – 2 Timothy 2:4 In the book “God’s Purpose for Your Life” Pastor Charles F. Stanley writes: “Fishermen with any experience on the Sea of Galilee knew that the optimal time […]
“Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.” – 2 Timothy 2:15 Shane Claiborne, in the book “Rethinking Life”, wrote: “Several years ago, a radio DJ in my home state […]
“Endure hardship with us like a good soldier of Christ Jesus.” – 2 Timothy 2:3 Shortly after midnight on February 26, 1852, just 2 miles off the coast of Africa, the troopship HMS Birkenhead struck a rock and began to settle into the ocean. On its decks, 124 women and […]
“I will satisfy the priests with abundance, and my people will be filled with my bounty,” declares the Lord.’ Jeremiah 31:14 Have you noticed that the essential things needed for sustenance in life are in abundance? The air we breathe is so abundantly supplied that even 7 billion people on […]
“Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they too may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.” – 2 Timothy 2:10 David Brooks, in the book “The Social Animal”, writes the following: “In 1997, Gary McPherson studied 157 randomly selected children as […]
“For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.” 2 Timothy 1:7 Daniel Goleman, in his book “Emotional Intelligence” writes the following about self-discipline in a story called “The Samurai and the Zen Master”: “A belligerent samurai . . […]
“Tomas (nicknamed the Twin) was not with the others when Jesus came. They told him, ‘“We have seen the Lord!” But he replied, “I won’t believe it unless I see the nail wounds in his hands, put my fingers into them, and place my hand into the wound in his […]