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Posts tagged "self-control"

A Little Control, Please

Proverbs Reflection

Wine and anger are dangerous things. You don’t play with them. You don’t take them lightly. You don’t provoke them. It’s necessary to have them under control if you want to avoid serious problems.

Wine has a sneaky way of weakening our inhibitions: those of restraint, respect and of being in control of ourselves. Take away those inhibitions and all sorts of things can happen: mockery, immorality, loss of respect, all sorts of excess, words we later regret, unacceptable behaviour – and the list goes on.

Read More anger, wine, alcohol, self-control

Unadulterated Pleasure

Old Testament Reflection

Someone has said of this book that “We don’t blush at things we should, and we blush at things we shouldn’t.”

It struck me as I was thinking about this book how little we know of unadulterated pleasure. The world and all that God created is good, yet we have corrupted everything with sin, especially sex. We are surrounded with portrayals of sex defiled.

Read More sex, food, self-control, enjoyment, drink

Unadulterated Pleasure

Old Testament Reflection

Someone has said of this book that “We don’t blush at things we should, and we blush at things we shouldn’t.”

It struck me as I was thinking about this book how little we know of unadulterated pleasure. The world and all that God created is good, yet we have corrupted everything with sin, especially sex. We are surrounded with portrayals of sex defiled.

Read More sex, food, self-control, enjoyment, drink

Living the Quiet Life

Read Reflect The Book of Proverbs is what theologians call wisdom literature. Other examples are the Books of Job and Ecclesiastes. They are there to offer sage advice about how to live well and in relation to God but you are left to work out the detail yourself. In Proverbs the advice often emerges by […]

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The Truth Can Hurt

Read Reflect Charges against Paul have been laid and Paul has responded to each charge by proclaiming his innocence. Felix takes the easy way out by awaiting the arrival of the garrison commander. The real reason he defers his judgment is to gain favour with the religious leaders. No governor wants word to get back to […]

Read More judgment, forgiveness, righteousness, self-control, bribery

Living in the Light

When the believers gathered to hear Paul’s letter being read out, there were some who were harbouring guilty secrets.

But as the letter opened, it didn’t seem so difficult to listen to – Paul called them faithful followers (1:1), God’s possession (1:13), people of faith and love (1:15) and members of God’s family (2:19).

Read More self-control, godless people

What’s The Difference?

Thomas Chalmers (1780-1847) is held in high esteem in Scotland, both for his commitment to truth and his concern for the poor. It is said of him that “he warmed Glasgow,” a commendation of the gospel as much as Chalmers. He exemplifies the gospel as God at work to “rescue us from everything that is evil and to make our hearts pure” (v 14).

Read More behaviour, transformation, gospel, self-control


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