Tag: loyalty
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Foundations for a Good Marriage: Bathsheba as The Biblical Example of an Excellent Woman in Proverbs 31
Solomon has already passed his mother’s advice on to his sons, Do not give your strength to women, Or your ways to that which destroys kings (Proverbs 31:3). He now poses an interesting question in that context, As we saw when we looked at verse 3, the worldly dating scene and everything it represents is…
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Loyalty: A Four Letter Word
Do you desire loyalty in life? I do. I don’t know if, today in America, we experience any significant degree of brotherhood or sisterhood for the most part. This morning, the text leads us to consider Christian loyalty. Last week, we took time to basically define the church—the bride of Christ. This week, we read…
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Distinguishing Sincere and Suspicious Love
What is Biblical love? Everyone claims to love others. Every person seems to think he or she has a handle on what love is. There is not a single person I know who thinks him or herself to be unloving, but almost every person seems to intuitively know who, other than self, is unloving. I…