Daily Meditations on the Bible / We stand with Israel
Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk or coarse joking, which are out of place …
Summary: The self-checkout line at the grocery provides a metaphor for today’s passage. Paul tells us what language to avoid, and in doing so, he points to the things we should “check out” to make sure they reflect well on our relationship with God.
Continue reading “Ephesians 5:4a – Self-Checkout”Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths …
Summary: Words have amazing power to build up or tear down. Paul is giving us a clue as to how we can monitor what is going on in our hearts and minds by watching what comes out of our mouths.
Continue reading “Ephesians 4:29a – Words Have Power”
… he has given us his very great and precious promises …
Summary: Peter is writing us a letter, but he is not a writer. His thoughts might seem a bit disconnected to us two thousand years later. (They might have seemed disconnected to his first readers, too.) Yet, if we give Peter a bit of grace, the meaning of his words shines very brightly.
Continue reading “2 Peter 1:4b — Awkwardness”