Posts with the tag “joy”
Purity, Holiness, and the Joy of the Lord
by Joseph L. Hamrick III on January 23rd, 2025
As Christians, we are supposed to fight sin and to avoid even the appearance of sin. Those demands, if one is not in Christ, are crushing. Only Christ carried that weight perfectly, and to attempt to carry that burden without Him will inevitably lead one to be crushed.
Holiness is defined as being set apart for a purpose. The reason Christians do not run after the desires with which the world, the flesh, and the devil present us is that we have been set apart for something better. Read More
Discovering Perfect Faithfulness
by Joel Riaz on July 23rd, 2024
Perfect faithfulness is neither seen nor an expected virtue from any child of Adam. We know and have experienced that no human can be perfectly faithful to another, no matter how hard one may attempt to be faithful. We can never achieve it and seldom obtain it. Read More
Dying Thoughts of a Godly Man
by Joseph L. Hamrick III on July 18th, 2024
Baxter's book is a sobering reminder that one day we all will die, some sooner than others. That much is a guarantee. Read More
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