I love fruit, all kinds of fruit. I especially like fruit when it’s baked into pies and cobblers. I figure a blackberry cobbler topped with ice cream is one way to make sure I get my recommended allowance of fruit and dairy. And speaking of ice cream, oh goodness, my dad’s homemade ice cream with…
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Fruit Inventory, Part 1 of 3
On most Saturdays in the fall, especially in the South, there is no doubt as to which college football team a person supports. We don’t try to hide our allegiance from anybody, even when we’re in what might be considered enemy territory. Whether or not I’m actually at a game, I’ll be decked out in…
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In the book of Galatians, Paul is writing about the freedom we have in Christ and about how we should move from living “under the law” and into the freedom of what he calls living “by the Spirit.” Then he helps us to know whether we’re living by the Spirit by showing us what our…
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Paul’s purpose in writing his letter to the Galatians is to convince the readers that people don’t have to become Jews or follow the Old Testament law to be Christians. Requiring these things is in direct opposition to the gospel because salvation comes only by grace through faith, not by our performance. There isn’t anything…
Read MoreThe Fruit and the Spirit
We’ve been looking at the fruit of the Spirit in the last several posts, talking specifically about this verse: But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. (Galatians 5:22-23 ESV) I’ve been writing about this because I truly believe this…
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