Showing posts with label Purity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Purity. Show all posts

Thursday, August 31, 2023

Sunday, January 22, 2023

The Murderer Who Crushed a Worm

The Murderer Who Crushed a Worm – “Guard especially against heart-hardening. Hard hearts are unbelieving ones; therefore beware of ossification of the heart. The hardest hearts were soft once, and the softest may get hard.”

Monday, July 18, 2022

Purity Means Seeing More, Not Less

Purity Means Seeing More, Not Less – “We must see that the pursuit of purity means opening our eyes and seeing more of ourselves, more of others, and more of the Savior.”

Sunday, November 21, 2021

Think About Such Things: Whatever Is Pure

Think About Such Things: Whatever Is Pure – “He sees that the false sweetness of worldly thoughts and actions only feeds our gluttony for more.”

 

Monday, August 2, 2021

20 Quotes from Garrett Kell on Sexual Purity

20 Quotes from Garrett Kell on Sexual Purity – Here’s an example: “You will never regret resisting sin. You will always regret giving in. I have never looked back on obedience with regret, nor on compromise with gratitude.”

Tuesday, July 20, 2021

Seem or Be?

Seem or Be? – Too many people settle for “seeming” righteous or holy instead of “being” so.

Wednesday, April 28, 2021

Saturday, April 17, 2021

Is the World Getting Better or Worse? Yes.

Is the World Getting Better or Worse? Yes. “According to Jesus, evil will grow alongside the good until the return of Christ. We need this wisdom to understand the nature of this world and to sustain a lifetime of ministry.”

Friday, March 5, 2021

How Can I Think About the Billy Graham Rule?

How Can I Think About the Billy Graham Rule? – “Jesus’s example models for us that interactions between people of opposite sexes who aren’t married is at least permissible, and at its best can be profitable.”

Friday, January 15, 2021

Obeying God without Compromise

Obeying God without Compromise – The example of William Booth living out the Christian life among the challenges to that life is always inspirational.

Wednesday, November 25, 2020

Keep Your Heart With All Vigilance

Keep Your Heart With All Vigilance – “The command to keep your heart reminds us of the priority of the inner self. What happens within us is always more important than what happens around us. The attitude of our hearts matters more than the circumstances of our lives. The heart of the matter is always the matter of the heart.”

Wednesday, July 22, 2020

Pruning

PruningCovid-19 has been a time of pruning: “Could it be that this great pruning could result in better ways of living? Could it temper our consumer mentality? Could it bring back gratitude? Could it give us an appreciation for the simple graces of life that used to be buried under our ambition, our competition and our stuff?”


Friday, November 22, 2019

Don’t Confuse Spirituality with Righteousness


Don’t Confuse Spirituality with Righteousness – “Over the years I’ve had many young Christians ask me how to be more spiritual or more pious. Rare has been the earnest student who said, ‘Teach me how to be righteous.’”

Monday, November 5, 2018

What Is Purity Really All About?


What Is Purity Really All About? “Purity includes your sexuality but isn’t trumped by your sexuality. It’s not the end game of your purity. It’s a part of your purity.”