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RE: The bigger the cushion...
Are you saying that when men comment favourably about plentiful bottoms, they are lying?
If that's the case, what might their motive be?
If that's the case, what might their motive be?
RE: Bad Day = 1. Get Drunk. 2. Kick A Wild Bison. 3. Get Attacked By The Bison. 4. Get Arrested.
do NOT pet!
What Makes Jesus Unique? No one else made the claims that He did, He is alive...............
Fight for the truth! Stand up against error! The book of Jude is the very definition of punchy and pithy proclamations—with its short commands and statements popping off the page like machine-gun fire. But in our day and age, punchy has become rude or unacceptable. In many circles the forcefulness of Jude will not be tolerated, the crowds preferring a softer and gentler side of the Christian faith. But Jude reminds us that there is a time and a place for the aggressive protection of the truth from those who would seek to tear it down.
How can you participate in defending the truth from error?
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How can you participate in defending the truth from error?
Copyright ©? 2010 by Charles R. Swindoll, Inc. All rights reserved worldwide.
RE: What Makes Jesus Unique? No one else made the claims that He did, He is alive...............
Who wrote the book of Jude??
Like most of the other general epistles, the title of this little book takes its name from its author. Most scholars identify the writer as Jude the half-brother of Jesus for at least two reasons. First, he identified himself as the “brother of James” (Jude 1:1), meaning he was probably not the apostle named Jude, a man who was called “the son of James” (Luke 6:16). That the author of the book of Jude identified himself as the brother of James likely aligns him with the family of Jesus. (See “Who Wrote the Book” on the page about James for more information.) Second, Matthew 13:55 records the names of the brothers of Jesus as James and Judas. Whereas the gospels record his name as Judas, English translations shorten it to Jude—probably for the same reason no one in the present day wants to name a child Judas, because of the association it has with Judas Iscariot, the disciple who betrayed Jesus.
Like his older brother James, Jude did not place his faith in Jesus while the Lord was still alive. Only after the crucifixion and resurrection did the scales fall from Jude’s eyes and he become a follower of his half-brother, Jesus. First Corinthians 9:5 offers a tantalizing piece of information, noting that the Lord’s brothers and their wives took missionary journeys. From this scant portrait, we begin to picture Jude as a man who lived in skepticism for a time but eventually came to a powerful faith in Jesus. And as he traveled on behalf of the gospel—telling the story in city after city with his name Judas butting up against that of Judas Iscariot—he would stand as a living example of faithfulness, a stark contrast to the betrayer.
Where are we?
The book of Jude is notoriously difficult to date, primarily because the Bible and tradition reveal so little about the personal details of its author while the book itself refrains from naming any particular individuals or places. The one clue available to present-day readers is the striking similarity between the books of Jude and 2 Peter. Assuming Peter wrote his letter first (AD 64–66), Jude probably wrote his epistle sometime between AD 67 and 80.
Why is Jude so important?
Jude’s edgy brevity communicates the urgency of his notion that false teachers needed to be condemned and removed from the church. Few words meant that Jude would not waste space dancing around the issue. He saw within the church people and practices that were worthy of condemnation, including rejecting authority and seeking to please themselves. In response to these errors, Jude marshaled much biblical imagery to make clear what he thought of it all—anything from Cain killing his brother Abel to the punishment of the sinful people who populated Sodom and Gomorrah (Jude 1:7, 11).
What's the big idea?
Jude’s purpose in his letter was twofold: he wanted to expose the false teachers that had infiltrated the Christian community, and he wanted to encourage Christians to stand firm in the faith and fight for the truth. Jude recognized that false teachers often peddled their wares unnoticed by the faithful, so he worked to heighten the awareness of the believers by describing in vivid detail how terrible dissenters actually were. But more than simply raising awareness, Jude thought it important that believers stand against those working against Jesus Christ. Believers were to do this by remembering the teaching of the apostles, building each other up in the faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, and keeping themselves in the love of God (Jude 1:17, 20–21).
How do I apply this?
Like most of the other general epistles, the title of this little book takes its name from its author. Most scholars identify the writer as Jude the half-brother of Jesus for at least two reasons. First, he identified himself as the “brother of James” (Jude 1:1), meaning he was probably not the apostle named Jude, a man who was called “the son of James” (Luke 6:16). That the author of the book of Jude identified himself as the brother of James likely aligns him with the family of Jesus. (See “Who Wrote the Book” on the page about James for more information.) Second, Matthew 13:55 records the names of the brothers of Jesus as James and Judas. Whereas the gospels record his name as Judas, English translations shorten it to Jude—probably for the same reason no one in the present day wants to name a child Judas, because of the association it has with Judas Iscariot, the disciple who betrayed Jesus.
Like his older brother James, Jude did not place his faith in Jesus while the Lord was still alive. Only after the crucifixion and resurrection did the scales fall from Jude’s eyes and he become a follower of his half-brother, Jesus. First Corinthians 9:5 offers a tantalizing piece of information, noting that the Lord’s brothers and their wives took missionary journeys. From this scant portrait, we begin to picture Jude as a man who lived in skepticism for a time but eventually came to a powerful faith in Jesus. And as he traveled on behalf of the gospel—telling the story in city after city with his name Judas butting up against that of Judas Iscariot—he would stand as a living example of faithfulness, a stark contrast to the betrayer.
Where are we?
The book of Jude is notoriously difficult to date, primarily because the Bible and tradition reveal so little about the personal details of its author while the book itself refrains from naming any particular individuals or places. The one clue available to present-day readers is the striking similarity between the books of Jude and 2 Peter. Assuming Peter wrote his letter first (AD 64–66), Jude probably wrote his epistle sometime between AD 67 and 80.
Why is Jude so important?
Jude’s edgy brevity communicates the urgency of his notion that false teachers needed to be condemned and removed from the church. Few words meant that Jude would not waste space dancing around the issue. He saw within the church people and practices that were worthy of condemnation, including rejecting authority and seeking to please themselves. In response to these errors, Jude marshaled much biblical imagery to make clear what he thought of it all—anything from Cain killing his brother Abel to the punishment of the sinful people who populated Sodom and Gomorrah (Jude 1:7, 11).
What's the big idea?
Jude’s purpose in his letter was twofold: he wanted to expose the false teachers that had infiltrated the Christian community, and he wanted to encourage Christians to stand firm in the faith and fight for the truth. Jude recognized that false teachers often peddled their wares unnoticed by the faithful, so he worked to heighten the awareness of the believers by describing in vivid detail how terrible dissenters actually were. But more than simply raising awareness, Jude thought it important that believers stand against those working against Jesus Christ. Believers were to do this by remembering the teaching of the apostles, building each other up in the faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, and keeping themselves in the love of God (Jude 1:17, 20–21).
How do I apply this?
What Makes Jesus Unique? No one else made the claims that He did, He is alive...............
The Book of Jude
Letter of Jude, brief New Testament letter written to a general Christian audience. Although the epistle claims to have been written by St. Jude the Apostle, “a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James” (1:1), the author’s identity is uncertain. The cultivated Greek style is notable for numerous figures of speech and references to both the Old and New Testaments and to other sources. References to apocryphal literature, however, may have contributed to a 3rd-century dispute about the letter’s authenticity, but its canonical status in the early church is nonetheless well attested. The letter was probably composed, at an unknown place, during the first quarter of the 2nd century and before the Second Letter of Peter, which draws upon it. It is the 26th book of the New Testament canon.
The letter appeals to Christians to “contend for the faith that was once for all entrusted to the saints” (1:3) and to be on their guard against people “who pervert the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ” (1:4). The author struggles forcefully against heretics who deny God and Christ, and attempts to strengthen his readers in their fight against such heresy that leads to wickedness and disorder. Libertines is a characteristic of such heresy, and he warns that the punishment of the heretics will be similar to that which befell the unfaithful in the Old Testament patriarchal times. Only steadfastness in faith, true doctrine, and prayer can lead to mercy, forgiveness, restoration, and final salvation. An attempt to bring the erring to repentance may save them. The letter concludes with a typical doxology.
Letter of Jude, brief New Testament letter written to a general Christian audience. Although the epistle claims to have been written by St. Jude the Apostle, “a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James” (1:1), the author’s identity is uncertain. The cultivated Greek style is notable for numerous figures of speech and references to both the Old and New Testaments and to other sources. References to apocryphal literature, however, may have contributed to a 3rd-century dispute about the letter’s authenticity, but its canonical status in the early church is nonetheless well attested. The letter was probably composed, at an unknown place, during the first quarter of the 2nd century and before the Second Letter of Peter, which draws upon it. It is the 26th book of the New Testament canon.
The letter appeals to Christians to “contend for the faith that was once for all entrusted to the saints” (1:3) and to be on their guard against people “who pervert the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ” (1:4). The author struggles forcefully against heretics who deny God and Christ, and attempts to strengthen his readers in their fight against such heresy that leads to wickedness and disorder. Libertines is a characteristic of such heresy, and he warns that the punishment of the heretics will be similar to that which befell the unfaithful in the Old Testament patriarchal times. Only steadfastness in faith, true doctrine, and prayer can lead to mercy, forgiveness, restoration, and final salvation. An attempt to bring the erring to repentance may save them. The letter concludes with a typical doxology.
Useless trivia
A total of 80 wedding guests were rushed to hospital in Mexico following a wedding in which more than 100 people fell sick from eating food served at the event.
RE: Bad Day = 1. Get Drunk. 2. Kick A Wild Bison. 3. Get Attacked By The Bison. 4. Get Arrested.
5. Rinse & re peat.
Your Equation is $ane when compared
.to what is being WILL FULLY MANUFACTURED
IN OAKLAND / SF./ LA ...ET CETERA ..CA.
NO GUIDANCE ) ...
KNOW NO BETTER...) .ball point radio warning
NO BRAINIER. ) ... [ 0 ]
...blo Bach. ) ..NO NATIONS. } Jets Overhead
Your Equation is $ane when compared
.to what is being WILL FULLY MANUFACTURED
IN OAKLAND / SF./ LA ...ET CETERA ..CA.
NO GUIDANCE ) ...
KNOW NO BETTER...) .ball point radio warning
NO BRAINIER. ) ... [ 0 ]
...blo Bach. ) ..NO NATIONS. } Jets Overhead
RE: 4/23/24 - 1st NPR Electoral Vote Map Of '24 Shows Trump Up 283 - 255 | 270 Needed To Win
I've got 33 Wilma Mankiller Quarters
.that say martial law...( .dna chaos
Before the $election.
Asking for Dr. Hyde ...
Did the U S mint ever strike a commemorative
Coin for Joe 81 million ?
.that say martial law...( .dna chaos
Before the $election.
Asking for Dr. Hyde ...
Did the U S mint ever strike a commemorative
Coin for Joe 81 million ?
Ad $pot. | Interstate Grip store.
0981. .to babble [ speak stupidity
5654. . dressed in red . / .dressed 2 kill.
The latest in Pop Remedy..
..id est., .more physical time..
Time & space. ) Turnstile
Everywhere @ Once. ) Plimsouls
.y h w h. ) U 2
Sync. ) past.present. . Future. ) Brain Ticket
5654. . dressed in red . / .dressed 2 kill.
The latest in Pop Remedy..
..id est., .more physical time..
Time & space. ) Turnstile
Everywhere @ Once. ) Plimsouls
.y h w h. ) U 2
Sync. ) past.present. . Future. ) Brain Ticket
RE: Once you go black...
It was a joke Chat...
It was not a comfortable ride...meaning bumpy and not comfortable seats...I do not like cars that are low to the ground...just an opinion...
Some good financial advice...keep the car you have....
Cars depreciate...especially in the first few years that you own them...
It was not a comfortable ride...meaning bumpy and not comfortable seats...I do not like cars that are low to the ground...just an opinion...
Some good financial advice...keep the car you have....
Cars depreciate...especially in the first few years that you own them...
4/23/24 - 1st NPR Electoral Vote Map Of '24 Shows Trump Up 283 - 255 | 270 Needed To Win
See 5/2/24 Update in OP above 
RE: Are you better off now than you were four years ago?
"I am quite aware what PooTin is up to,but blaming Trump for it is quite ludicrous!"
Couldn't a President withdraw aid to Ukraine and let Putin "do whatever the hell he wants?"
Couldn't a President withdraw aid to Ukraine and let Putin "do whatever the hell he wants?"
Once you go black...
Please explain that.
I owned a Hyundai Veloster... that was a horrible hard suspension. I had to crawl over speed bumps for fear it would jar internal organs. Taller and wider tires completely changed it's personality.
Before that was a Toyota Celica I had for 13 years. Basic poor mans sports car. I wish they would make an updated version.
My Corolla hatchback was nimble and hugged the road but the seats were for someone shorter.
The Mazda 3 has a longer wheelbase and rides like a larger car. The Prius has similar specifications.
Maybe the older ones had a shorter wheelbase. I know over the years, some of the Toyota models got longer. RAV4 was a good example. 20 years ago it's proportions was that of a smart-car and unstable on the highway.
Fred Flintstone car...
In the 1960's my dad had a car where the floorboard rusted out. We had pieces of wood over the holes so your feet didn't drop through the holes!
I owned a Hyundai Veloster... that was a horrible hard suspension. I had to crawl over speed bumps for fear it would jar internal organs. Taller and wider tires completely changed it's personality.
Before that was a Toyota Celica I had for 13 years. Basic poor mans sports car. I wish they would make an updated version.
My Corolla hatchback was nimble and hugged the road but the seats were for someone shorter.
The Mazda 3 has a longer wheelbase and rides like a larger car. The Prius has similar specifications.
Maybe the older ones had a shorter wheelbase. I know over the years, some of the Toyota models got longer. RAV4 was a good example. 20 years ago it's proportions was that of a smart-car and unstable on the highway.
Fred Flintstone car...
In the 1960's my dad had a car where the floorboard rusted out. We had pieces of wood over the holes so your feet didn't drop through the holes!
Useless trivia
The death toll climbed to 48 today as search efforts continued in southeastern China after a highway section collapsed in a mountainous area, sending more than 20 cars down a steep slope.
Officials in the city of Meizhou said three other people were unidentified, pending DNA testing. It wasn’t immediately clear if they had died, which would bring the death toll to 51. Another 30 people had non-life-threatening injuries.
Officials in the city of Meizhou said three other people were unidentified, pending DNA testing. It wasn’t immediately clear if they had died, which would bring the death toll to 51. Another 30 people had non-life-threatening injuries.
RE: 4/23/24 - 1st NPR Electoral Vote Map Of '24 Shows Trump Up 283 - 255 | 270 Needed To Win
you really need to read up on the US political System!
BTW,its Electoral College!
BTW,its Electoral College!
RE: Bad Day = 1. Get Drunk. 2. Kick A Wild Bison. 3. Get Attacked By The Bison. 4. Get Arrested.
Lucky he only got arrested,instead of being given a Darwin Award!
What Makes Jesus Unique? No one else made the claims that He did, He is alive...............
How do I apply this?
John’s strong encouragement to the believers in 2 John involved loving one another. However, John did not leave love undefined but described it as walking “according to His commandments” (2 John 1:6). This echoes the teaching of Jesus in John’s gospel, where the Lord told His followers, “If you love Me, you will keep My commandments” (John 14:15).
Our love is dependent on our obedience. When we don’t obey, we don’t love. Often we get in the mind-set that our obedience to God affects only ourselves. But that simply is not true. Our actions, whether obedient or disobedient, have ripple effects far beyond our own limited vision of a circumstance.
Consider your own life. In what ways might your obedience or disobedience impact those in your immediate circle of relationships? Second John reminds us not only of the dangers of falling away from the truth but also of the importance of making obedience a priority in our lives—for ourselves and for those most important to us.
Copyright ©? 2010 by Charles R. Swindoll, Inc. All rights reserved worldwide.
John’s strong encouragement to the believers in 2 John involved loving one another. However, John did not leave love undefined but described it as walking “according to His commandments” (2 John 1:6). This echoes the teaching of Jesus in John’s gospel, where the Lord told His followers, “If you love Me, you will keep My commandments” (John 14:15).
Our love is dependent on our obedience. When we don’t obey, we don’t love. Often we get in the mind-set that our obedience to God affects only ourselves. But that simply is not true. Our actions, whether obedient or disobedient, have ripple effects far beyond our own limited vision of a circumstance.
Consider your own life. In what ways might your obedience or disobedience impact those in your immediate circle of relationships? Second John reminds us not only of the dangers of falling away from the truth but also of the importance of making obedience a priority in our lives—for ourselves and for those most important to us.
Copyright ©? 2010 by Charles R. Swindoll, Inc. All rights reserved worldwide.
RE: Soaring gas prices
yeah right,especially when killing Domestic Energy-Production is one of his first official acts!
What Makes Jesus Unique? No one else made the claims that He did, He is alive...............
Second Epistle of John
Who wrote the book?
John did not identify himself by name in this letter, but he did adopt the term “elder” for himself (2 John 1:1). There has been some debate about whether an author named John the Elder wrote this letter (as well as 3 John, which is addressed the same way) or if John the apostle was using a different title for himself. However, the earliest church tradition from the second century on testified in unison that this letter and its companion, 3 John, were written by the apostle, not by a mysterious and unknown elder. In fact, an apostle using the term “elder” for himself was not at all unprecedented—Peter did that very thing in his first epistle (1 Peter 5:1).
Where are we?
John offered little in the way of detail in the short letter we call 2 John. Nothing in the circumstances John discussed in the letter would lead a reader of the time to think that it did not go to the same churches that received 1 John. The apostle addressed the letter “to the chosen lady and her children,” a mysterious phrase that has been much debated (2 John 1:1). It either refers to an actual woman or serves as a metaphor for a church. In either case, whether to a smaller family group joined by blood or to a larger one joined by confession, the application of the letter should remain unchanged. With this letter’s thematic similarity to 1 John, it is best to suggest that John wrote from Patmos in about AD 90.
Why is Second John so important?
Second John makes clear what our position should be regarding the enemies of the truth. Whereas 1 John focuses on our fellowship with God, 2 John focuses on protecting our fellowship from those who teach falsehood. The apostle went so far as to warn his readers against inviting false teachers into the house or even offering them a greeting (2 John 1:10). Such practices align the believer with the evildoer, and John was keen on keeping the believers pure from the stain of falsehood and heresy.
What's the big idea?
John began his second epistle proclaiming his love for “the chosen lady and her children,” a love he shared with those who know the truth (2 John 1:1). From the reports he had received, he understood that these believers were following the teachings of Christ. He summed up this kind of lifestyle in the exhortation to “love one another” (1:5), a clear reference to the great commandments of Jesus—to love God and love your neighbor (Matthew 22:36–40; John 13:34).
In other words, those who walk in the truth should be people who love others. But they should be cautious whom they love. Deceivers and false teachers had infiltrated the church—people who taught falsehoods about the person of Jesus, teaching that He was not truly a man but only appeared to be one. This early heresy, called Docetism, required the strongest possible response from John. So the apostle warned the true believers away from these false teachers. John’s encouragement, then, was not simply to love but to love others within the limits that truth allows.
Who wrote the book?
John did not identify himself by name in this letter, but he did adopt the term “elder” for himself (2 John 1:1). There has been some debate about whether an author named John the Elder wrote this letter (as well as 3 John, which is addressed the same way) or if John the apostle was using a different title for himself. However, the earliest church tradition from the second century on testified in unison that this letter and its companion, 3 John, were written by the apostle, not by a mysterious and unknown elder. In fact, an apostle using the term “elder” for himself was not at all unprecedented—Peter did that very thing in his first epistle (1 Peter 5:1).
Where are we?
John offered little in the way of detail in the short letter we call 2 John. Nothing in the circumstances John discussed in the letter would lead a reader of the time to think that it did not go to the same churches that received 1 John. The apostle addressed the letter “to the chosen lady and her children,” a mysterious phrase that has been much debated (2 John 1:1). It either refers to an actual woman or serves as a metaphor for a church. In either case, whether to a smaller family group joined by blood or to a larger one joined by confession, the application of the letter should remain unchanged. With this letter’s thematic similarity to 1 John, it is best to suggest that John wrote from Patmos in about AD 90.
Why is Second John so important?
Second John makes clear what our position should be regarding the enemies of the truth. Whereas 1 John focuses on our fellowship with God, 2 John focuses on protecting our fellowship from those who teach falsehood. The apostle went so far as to warn his readers against inviting false teachers into the house or even offering them a greeting (2 John 1:10). Such practices align the believer with the evildoer, and John was keen on keeping the believers pure from the stain of falsehood and heresy.
What's the big idea?
John began his second epistle proclaiming his love for “the chosen lady and her children,” a love he shared with those who know the truth (2 John 1:1). From the reports he had received, he understood that these believers were following the teachings of Christ. He summed up this kind of lifestyle in the exhortation to “love one another” (1:5), a clear reference to the great commandments of Jesus—to love God and love your neighbor (Matthew 22:36–40; John 13:34).
In other words, those who walk in the truth should be people who love others. But they should be cautious whom they love. Deceivers and false teachers had infiltrated the church—people who taught falsehoods about the person of Jesus, teaching that He was not truly a man but only appeared to be one. This early heresy, called Docetism, required the strongest possible response from John. So the apostle warned the true believers away from these false teachers. John’s encouragement, then, was not simply to love but to love others within the limits that truth allows.
RE: Are you better off now than you were four years ago?
I am quite aware what PooTin is up to,but blaming Trump for it is quite ludicrous!
Useless trivia
Five people have died after drinking a poison potion in a Santeria "power" ritual, police in the southern Mexico state of Oaxaca said today.
Iván García Alvarez, the Oaxaca state police chief, said four men and one woman died after drinking a mix of substances he did not specify. He said they were involved in Santeria, a faith that began in Cuba when African slaves blended Yoruba spiritual beliefs with Roman Catholic traditions.
Iván García Alvarez, the Oaxaca state police chief, said four men and one woman died after drinking a mix of substances he did not specify. He said they were involved in Santeria, a faith that began in Cuba when African slaves blended Yoruba spiritual beliefs with Roman Catholic traditions.
Useless trivia
A Pennsylvania man who credits an alligator named Wally for helping relieve his depression for nearly a decade says he is searching for the reptile after it went missing during a vacation to the coast of Georgia.
Bad Day = 1. Get Drunk. 2. Kick A Wild Bison. 3. Get Attacked By The Bison. 4. Get Arrested.
Time for a 12 step program, mmm?
RE: Are you better off now than you were four years ago?
Well you have your head in the sand to not to see what Putin wants to do.
What Makes Jesus Unique? No one else made the claims that He did, He is alive...............
National day of prayer
Pray with us this Thursday at 7!
Violence fills our streets. Wars and rumors of wars flood the news. Families are falling apart. We pursue whatever is right in our own eyes. Riots on college campuses reveal the growing angst in American society as disagreements quickly morph into battle cries. The divide in our nation feels like a simmering pot on a hot stove that just needs a few more degrees before it reaches a boiling point.
Social media provides a platform for us to join the fight by regularly trashing the other side. Some commentators get paid big bucks to stoke the fires by name-calling and insulting others. We’ve forgotten how to talk to one another when we have disagreements. We’ve forgotten how valuable each soul is to Jesus. The American church is tempted to get more engaged in unproductive arguments than it is to seek the face of the only One who can heal our land.
That’s why I am burdened to join fellow Christians in prayer this Thursday, May 2, 2024, for the National Day of Prayer.
We will move our first Tuesday prayer livestream to this Thursday at 7 p.m. Eastern and we encourage you to join us in prayer, whether or not you can join us on the Facebook livestream. We will be in Kansas preparing for this weekend’s Prophecy in the News Live event and we plan to welcome some special guests to this livestream as we seek the face of God together. Jesus is the answer to the plague of sin ravaging our world.
Email your requests to: prayer@swrc.com. All personal details will remain private. We hope to see you Thursday, May 2, at 7!Pastor Josh Davis
Staff Evangelist — Southwest Radio Ministry
Pray with us this Thursday at 7!
Violence fills our streets. Wars and rumors of wars flood the news. Families are falling apart. We pursue whatever is right in our own eyes. Riots on college campuses reveal the growing angst in American society as disagreements quickly morph into battle cries. The divide in our nation feels like a simmering pot on a hot stove that just needs a few more degrees before it reaches a boiling point.
Social media provides a platform for us to join the fight by regularly trashing the other side. Some commentators get paid big bucks to stoke the fires by name-calling and insulting others. We’ve forgotten how to talk to one another when we have disagreements. We’ve forgotten how valuable each soul is to Jesus. The American church is tempted to get more engaged in unproductive arguments than it is to seek the face of the only One who can heal our land.
That’s why I am burdened to join fellow Christians in prayer this Thursday, May 2, 2024, for the National Day of Prayer.
We will move our first Tuesday prayer livestream to this Thursday at 7 p.m. Eastern and we encourage you to join us in prayer, whether or not you can join us on the Facebook livestream. We will be in Kansas preparing for this weekend’s Prophecy in the News Live event and we plan to welcome some special guests to this livestream as we seek the face of God together. Jesus is the answer to the plague of sin ravaging our world.
Email your requests to: prayer@swrc.com. All personal details will remain private. We hope to see you Thursday, May 2, at 7!Pastor Josh Davis
Staff Evangelist — Southwest Radio Ministry
What Makes Jesus Unique? No one else made the claims that He did, He is alive...............
How do I apply this?
We all go through ups and downs in our Christian faith. Whatever the struggle—whether outside of us or inside—we often feel ourselves blown about by the winds of emotion or circumstances. Yet God calls us to lives of increasing consistency, with the evidence of our inner transformation becoming more and more apparent as the months and years pass by. How would you characterize your relationship with God—consistent and fruitful or sporadic and parched?
John knew that we would never find in ourselves the faithfulness God requires. Instead, we have to place complete trust in the work and grace of God, believing that He will certainly conform us to the image of His Son, Jesus. That sense of being grounded in God only comes when we set aside our sin in the pursuit of the one true God. Or, in the words of John, “if we love one another, God abides in us, and His love is perfected in us” (1 John 4:12).
Copyright ©? 2010 by Charles R. Swindoll, Inc. All rights reserved worldwide.
We all go through ups and downs in our Christian faith. Whatever the struggle—whether outside of us or inside—we often feel ourselves blown about by the winds of emotion or circumstances. Yet God calls us to lives of increasing consistency, with the evidence of our inner transformation becoming more and more apparent as the months and years pass by. How would you characterize your relationship with God—consistent and fruitful or sporadic and parched?
John knew that we would never find in ourselves the faithfulness God requires. Instead, we have to place complete trust in the work and grace of God, believing that He will certainly conform us to the image of His Son, Jesus. That sense of being grounded in God only comes when we set aside our sin in the pursuit of the one true God. Or, in the words of John, “if we love one another, God abides in us, and His love is perfected in us” (1 John 4:12).
Copyright ©? 2010 by Charles R. Swindoll, Inc. All rights reserved worldwide.
RE: Soaring gas prices
In BC Canada we pay for ONE Littet $[1.79.99, so don't complain.........
What Makes Jesus Unique? No one else made the claims that He did, He is alive...............
Who wrote the book?
Peter introduced himself at the beginning of the letter as “a bond-servant and apostle of Jesus Christ,” and he addressed the letter “to those who have received a faith of the same kind as ours” (2 Peter 1:1). Only later does it become apparent that Peter was writing to the same group of believers who had received his first letter. In 2 Peter 3:1, the author reflected that this is “the second letter I am writing to you.”
Where are we?
Peter wrote this letter from Rome soon after he wrote 1 Peter in AD 64–66. So what would have prompted another letter to the same group so soon after the first? From the contents of the letter, it appears that Peter had received reports of false teachers in and among the churches in Asia Minor. The apostle warned them about the insidious presence of those who spread heresies among the people (2 Peter 2:1), marking such difficulties as a sign of the last days (3:3). Peter wanted to encourage his people to stand firm and to instruct them on how best to do that.
Why is Second Peter so important?
The churches of Asia Minor were not just struggling with the persecution and suffering addressed in Peter’s first letter; they also had strife and dissension within their ranks. In an effort to stem the tide of heresy and false teaching among the Christians, Peter emphasized the importance of learning and clinging to the proper knowledge of God. In fact, this concept was so important to him that the word knowledge appears—in one form or another—some fifteen times in the span of this short, three-chapter letter.
What's the big idea?
Peter’s theme in his second letter is a simple one: pursue spiritual maturity through the Word of God as a remedy for false teaching and a right response to heretics in light of Christ’s promised second coming (2 Peter 1:3, 16). When false teachers begin to whisper their sweet words into the ears of immature Christians, the body of Christ begins to break apart, to lose what makes it distinctive in the first place—faith in the unique person and work of Jesus Christ. Peter repeatedly points to the Word of God as the primary means of growth for the Christian (1:4, 19–21; 3:1–2, 14–16).
Peter encouraged his readers to apply themselves to acquiring the true knowledge of God and living out the life of faith with “all diligence,” so that they may “be found by in peace, spotless and blameless” (1:5; 3:14). And if believers did not follow his advice, they would be giving their Christian community over to the heretics, people who look to “exploit . . . with false words” (2:3).
How do I apply this?
As with the recipients of Peter’s letter, we all go through difficult times. Those trials seem to hit us even harder when the source of the struggles comes from somewhere or someone close to us. We know intuitively this is true in our personal lives: a rift in a marriage, an unwed daughter’s unexpected pregnancy, or an abusive relationship with a relative. But it holds true within the church as well.
Believers can create dissension in multiple ways, particularly in the areas of relationships and theology. To guard against that kind of discord—both in our families and our churches—God’s people need to know who He is. Our knowledge of God through His Word is the first line of defense against the conflicts that threaten to tear us apart. As Peter wrote: “Be on your guard so that you are not carried away by the error of unprincipled men . . . but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ” (2 Peter 3:17–18).
With that in mind, what means are you taking to grow in your faith? Let’s take the time to guard our minds with the proper knowledge of God so that we may not drift off from the path that God has laid out for us.
Copyright ©? 2010 by Charles R. Swindoll, Inc. All rights reserved worldwide.
Peter introduced himself at the beginning of the letter as “a bond-servant and apostle of Jesus Christ,” and he addressed the letter “to those who have received a faith of the same kind as ours” (2 Peter 1:1). Only later does it become apparent that Peter was writing to the same group of believers who had received his first letter. In 2 Peter 3:1, the author reflected that this is “the second letter I am writing to you.”
Where are we?
Peter wrote this letter from Rome soon after he wrote 1 Peter in AD 64–66. So what would have prompted another letter to the same group so soon after the first? From the contents of the letter, it appears that Peter had received reports of false teachers in and among the churches in Asia Minor. The apostle warned them about the insidious presence of those who spread heresies among the people (2 Peter 2:1), marking such difficulties as a sign of the last days (3:3). Peter wanted to encourage his people to stand firm and to instruct them on how best to do that.
Why is Second Peter so important?
The churches of Asia Minor were not just struggling with the persecution and suffering addressed in Peter’s first letter; they also had strife and dissension within their ranks. In an effort to stem the tide of heresy and false teaching among the Christians, Peter emphasized the importance of learning and clinging to the proper knowledge of God. In fact, this concept was so important to him that the word knowledge appears—in one form or another—some fifteen times in the span of this short, three-chapter letter.
What's the big idea?
Peter’s theme in his second letter is a simple one: pursue spiritual maturity through the Word of God as a remedy for false teaching and a right response to heretics in light of Christ’s promised second coming (2 Peter 1:3, 16). When false teachers begin to whisper their sweet words into the ears of immature Christians, the body of Christ begins to break apart, to lose what makes it distinctive in the first place—faith in the unique person and work of Jesus Christ. Peter repeatedly points to the Word of God as the primary means of growth for the Christian (1:4, 19–21; 3:1–2, 14–16).
Peter encouraged his readers to apply themselves to acquiring the true knowledge of God and living out the life of faith with “all diligence,” so that they may “be found by in peace, spotless and blameless” (1:5; 3:14). And if believers did not follow his advice, they would be giving their Christian community over to the heretics, people who look to “exploit . . . with false words” (2:3).
How do I apply this?
As with the recipients of Peter’s letter, we all go through difficult times. Those trials seem to hit us even harder when the source of the struggles comes from somewhere or someone close to us. We know intuitively this is true in our personal lives: a rift in a marriage, an unwed daughter’s unexpected pregnancy, or an abusive relationship with a relative. But it holds true within the church as well.
Believers can create dissension in multiple ways, particularly in the areas of relationships and theology. To guard against that kind of discord—both in our families and our churches—God’s people need to know who He is. Our knowledge of God through His Word is the first line of defense against the conflicts that threaten to tear us apart. As Peter wrote: “Be on your guard so that you are not carried away by the error of unprincipled men . . . but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ” (2 Peter 3:17–18).
With that in mind, what means are you taking to grow in your faith? Let’s take the time to guard our minds with the proper knowledge of God so that we may not drift off from the path that God has laid out for us.
Copyright ©? 2010 by Charles R. Swindoll, Inc. All rights reserved worldwide.
RE: Are you better off now than you were four years ago?
now you have gone from the funny to the absurd! 
RE: Are you better off now than you were four years ago?
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RE: Trump indicted for fourth time
If the supreme court decides he's immune from prosecution then I guess it won't matter what he did. 
RE: Are you better off now than you were four years ago?
Exactly the same as just about every country in the world.
Here in the Philippines everyone is complaining about the increasing cost for food, gas, electricity, water etc.
It’s a worldwide crisis not solely in the almighty US.
Here in the Philippines everyone is complaining about the increasing cost for food, gas, electricity, water etc.
It’s a worldwide crisis not solely in the almighty US.
RE: 4/23/24 - 1st NPR Electoral Vote Map Of '24 Shows Trump Up 283 - 255 | 270 Needed To Win
Can you specify exactly what executive order dictated by the elite, Biden has granted especially those that congress dismissed?
RE: 4/23/24 - 1st NPR Electoral Vote Map Of '24 Shows Trump Up 283 - 255 | 270 Needed To Win
Well the USA voting system for the feudal government is a joke as for the Senate the 20 smallest states with 10.58% of the population has 40% of the seats with California with 13% of the population only has 2%. Also the electrical collage system is also a joke with the same 20 states having 86 votes and California having just 52 votes and Wyoming has one vote for each 192,286 person in the state and California has 732,189.
RE: Are you better off now than you were four years ago?
OP well if tRump had stolen the 2020 election you would have found your costs far higher than now as he would have backed his side kick Putin when Putin invaded Ukraine and when Ukraine was annexed and after Putin had done Ukraine, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania would have been annexed for starters and with all this going on all you gas prices etc will be going up through the roof.
Ps don't come out with tRump rubbish that he would have stopped the war as he would have just told the countries to surrender to Putin.
Ps don't come out with tRump rubbish that he would have stopped the war as he would have just told the countries to surrender to Putin.
RE: Are you better off now than you were four years ago?
Well Trump certainly had a huge effect.
The “King of Debt” promised to reduce the national debt — then his tax cuts made it surge. Add in the pandemic, and he oversaw the third-biggest deficit increase of any president.
The “King of Debt” promised to reduce the national debt — then his tax cuts made it surge. Add in the pandemic, and he oversaw the third-biggest deficit increase of any president.
RE: Are you better off now than you were four years ago?
The policies a POTUS sets,especially if he writes EOs as if there was no tomorrow,have definitely a big influence on the Economy of the Country!