Our chapel theme this semester at Bethlehem College & Seminary is “Uncommon Virtues.” In many ways, it flows from last semester’s theme “Abide in Jesus.” Last fall I defined “abiding in Jesus” as a long-standing orientation to Jesus marked by a conscious sense of dependence and need for Jesus, drawing strength and nourishment from the […]
Sometimes, the Bible forbids one thing and demands something else in its stead. None of this, and only that. None of what? And instead of it, only what? Here is an example from Paul in Ephesians 4:29. None of this: corrupting talk. And only what? Only such as is good for building up, as fits […]