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Oct 25, 2023 · We cannot correctly discern the meaning of verse 8 unless we understand the previous verses that set the context. The fact that God’s thoughts differ from ours explains his eagerness to welcome ...
- I. What Paul Is Not Teaching: The Power of Positive Thinking.
- Conclusion
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I need to focus on this for a moment because the Christian world has been infiltrated with the false teaching of “positive thinking,” popularized by Norman Vincent Peale and, with only slight variations, by Peale’s protege, Robert Schuller. If you are at all familiar with the teachings of these men, you know that they are not Christian in any ortho...
A number of years ago, the news media picked up the story of a woman known as “Garbage Mary.” She lived in a smelly Chicago tenement amid mounds of garbage. She spent her time rummaging through trash cans. She would bum cigarettes off her neighbors. Police took her to a psychiatric hospital after she was stopped for questioning and found to be in a...
Why are Peale’s “Positive Thinking” and Schuller’s “Possibility Thinking” fundamentally opposed to Scripture?Some Christians argue that we need to be aware of what’s going on in our culture through movies, TV, etc. Your response?How should a Christian police officer apply Phil. 4:8when he is daily confronted by moral filth in his job?Someone may argue, “The Bible itself has stories of immorality, etc. What’s the difference between reading it there and watching it on TV, movies, or video?” Your answer?Jun 12, 2023 · The flesh is powerless against the wiles of the devil. In verse 4 Paul mentions the “strongholds” or the “fortresses” that are destroyed by God’s power. These strongholds are the philosophies, arguments, and “proud opinions” mentioned in verse 5. Without question, there are many human thoughts that need to be taken captive.
Oct 31, 2024 · Answer. Philippians 4:8 is a well-known verse that admonishes believers to think about “ whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable, . . . excellent, or praiseworthy.”. This command suggests that believers can control their thoughts and that their thought life should ...
Aug 23, 2023 · According to one commentary, the words think on or think about mean “to ponder, to give proper weight and value to, and to allow the resultant appraisal to influence the way life is to be lived” (Motyer, J. A., The Message of Philippians, InterVarsity Press, 1984, p. 212). The word pure here means “holy” in the sense of “moral purity.”.
Feb 10, 2021 · Matthew 22:37 “And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.”. Colossians 3:2 “Set your mind on the things above ...
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Feb 3, 1996 · February 3, 1996 Philippians 4:8. document. Introduction. - in our adult SS classes, we've been studying the book of Philippians. verse by verse. - we believe very firmly that the Bible is God's Word. - we believe that it's inspired, it's inerrant, it's sufficient. - in other words: 1) it’s been breathed out by God (inspired)
