Sublime

"And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, "Far be it from you, Lord! This shall never happen to you." —Matthew 16:22

In Matthew 16:21, Peter is given the keys to the kingdom of Heaven...

And then [v22] Peter rebukes Jesus and unknowingly tries to derail God's plan...

The ironic thing is, at that moment, Peter is just

that which comes down from above, but is earthly, natural, demonic. For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every evil thing. But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, unwavering, without hypocrisy.” (James 3:13-17) It is my belief that Paul has demonstra

When we fail to consult God and lean on our own understanding, we almost always make a bigger mess.

If Edwards was pushing his people up the hill of holiness, making priests of them all, Beecher layman-ized the priesthood, making the pastor just like one of the people.

of freedom expressed in this spiritual?

Les Stobbe, Max Lucado, Charlie Wetzel, Les Parrott, Bob Buford,

God is the hero of the story.

Jesus Christ said long ago. In His inaugural address, He spelled out how His community of followers were to understand themselves. With characteristic insight, He asserted that “You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again?” (Matthew 5:13).

It ill behooves the man who is not forced to live in a ghetto to tell those who must how to transcend its limitations. The awareness that a man is a child of the God of religion, who is at one and the same time the God of life, creates a profound faith in life that nothing can destroy.