KneEmail - a devotional by Mike Benson associated with Forthright Magazine
Kneemail - Discipline
"WORLDLY SORROW" MEANS feeling sad because you got caught doing something wrong or because you must suffer the unpleasant consequences of your actions, such as financial loss, a broken marriage, a damaged reputation, or merely nagging guilt... Any normal person...
"THEREFORE, MY BELOVED, flee from idolatry..." "Flee" is a strong word. It means to escape by running away. This calls for deliberate, strenuous, and prolonged action. By using this word, Paul is warning us that we will not free ourselves...
WE ALL KNOW and love the parable of Jesus called "The Vine and the Branches" (John 15:1-8)... Non-productive branches are removed; productive branches are pruned to make greater growth. Brethren, crestfallen, admit they are not growing. This probably means they...