The Way of Christ in Hard Social Relations Slaves Directly Addressed  – Image, Brother Slaves formed the majority of the populace in the...

Fathers, Do not Embitter Your Children (v. 21) The Father’s Double Model The Lord’s admonition to fathers is inseparable from our new...

In Light of Our Present Darkness Three Surprising Emphases about Family Life In our fallen world, authority needs limits, and those...

Christ Defines the Husband’s Main Concern Not Rights and Authority, but Sacrifice The call to you, Christian husband, is the same as to...

The Devil’s Lies about Women and Wives Family piety is not an afterthought to the Holy Spirit. It is the way our “doing all things in...

In the Name of the Lord Jesus In the Son of God’s Name To do something in the name of God was common language under the old covenant....

The Reasons Christ’s Word Must Indwell Us Christ the Word Who Indwells the House The Bible teaches us that we are Christ’s house, his...

Peace is from Jesus Christ By His Person and Work (Eph. 2:14) Peace is harmony with God and with one another. Peace is a right...

In the early 60’s AD, there was a major revolt against Roman rule in Gaul. Throughout the decade, Nero’s spent his reign building up his...

God’s Amazing Mercy Longsuffering: We have provoked him. These graces are not isolated character qualities – like items on a buffet, to...

Like Our Lord: Submissive to His Father’s Will What Christians Look Like Thankfully the Lord tells us plainly what his children look...

The Spirit’s Character Sketches of God’s Children It is said that we need more assertive Christians, Christians who refuse to be pushed...

Lists of the Holy Spirit’s graces are found in several places in the New Testament – as are lists of the sins of the old man that we are...

God’s Command that We Be Clothed with Godliness (v. 12) God’s command confronts our fleshly willfulness. When it comes to Christian...

When we come to a passage as glorious as this, we should, first, repent of all hopelessness about our times and about the lost around us....

The Old Man Killed and Stripped Away (vv. 6-9) By Dying and Rising with Christ The Son of God is living and powerful. When his gospel...

Our Glory Bound to Christ’s (v. 4) Our Glory Hidden until He Appears These lines open the portion of this letter that set forth our...

Christ the One We Seek and Esteem above All (v. 3) Died with Him: Crucified to Sin, World, Self Dead with Christ and alive with him –...

We Are in a Living Union with Him (v. 1) Raised with Him from Sin’s Death Union with Christ in his resurrection is the foundation of all...

Dead with Christ to Serve with Liberty (vv. 20-22) From the Power of Sin (vv. 11-12) Accept no substitutes or additions to the fullness...