Sublime

Thus God taught in emblematic form that the Decalogue was foundational, its applications secondary, contextualized, and temporary.

17:3–4)

Remember, God shaped you for service, not for self-centeredness.

Has our faith become so organized and so structured around buildings and times and labels that the church is a place that we go to instead of something that we are? To be devoted to one another means we lay down our lives for one another.

Good apologetics involves “speaking the truth in love” (Eph. 4:15).

Be consistent.

Then, obviously, v. 13-I6 is an account of the relationship of the Christian to the world, or, if you prefer it, these verses are descriptive of the function of the Christian in society and in the world, and these descriptions of him are emphasized and elaborated, and then are summed up, as it were, in exhortation: `Let your light so shine before

(Luke

In Shaped by God, Max Lucado shows how not being put to use leads to loss of purpose: