Personal Holiness

Our lifestyle matters. And God has high expectations. Here are some verses to ponder:

1 Peter 1:16 – “But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written: ‘Be holy, because I am holy.’

Matthew 5:20 – For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven.

Luke 10:27 – “He answered, ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”

1 John 2:6 – “Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did.”

1 John 3:4-6 – “Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness. But you know that he appeared so that he might take away our sins. And in him is no sin. No one who lives in him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has either seen him or known him.”

TOPIC: Personal Growth

It’s Not Over Until It’s Over: Pressing Forward in the New Year

Patty David - January 1, 2019

When it comes to New Year’s celebrations, I tend to be somewhat unconventional. While most people are celebrating, awaiting the stroke of midnight, I can usually be found alone with pen and paper in hand, meditating on the previous year and making serious plans for the new one. It has never been a time of frivolity for me, but of introspection, contemplation, and vision for the futures. I have come to learn that most of what happens each year of my life is to a greater or lesser extent entirely dependent on my New Year’s ritual. First come the inevitable questions:...

PODCAST SERIES: Finishing Well

Patty David - September 27, 2018

Colossians 1:22-24 (NIV) "But now he has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation— if you continue in your faith, established and firm, and do not move from the hope held out in the gospel." Philippians 1:6 (NIV) "...being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus." None of us knows how long we have on this earth. But one thing is for sure – we want to finish well. We recognize that...

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10 Lies We Believe – Recognizing Deception and Discerning Truth in a Post-Modern World

Patty David - July 17, 2018

I think I'm on safe ground when I say that most of us as Christians are truth-tellers. We try very hard not to lie. We want our "yes" to mean "yes" and our "no" to mean "no." Integrity is important to us. That's not always the case in our culture today or in other cultures, where lying is often considered a necessity. Even so, no one likes to be lied to. No one wants to be led to believe something that is not true. In our post-modern world, "truth" has been reduced to what is "true for you," so that there is...

CLASSIC COURSE: Proof That Christianity Is True

Patty David - April 1, 2018

Is there really only one way to heaven? How do we prove to people that Christianity is true, to the exclusion of every other religion? And how can we do it in a way that is logical but also kind? The goal of apologetics is not to win an argument, but to win a soul. In this easy-to-understand introduction to apologetics, "Proof That Christianity Is True," you'll discover how to share the gospel in a way that overcomes stumblingblocks to belief for those who are struggling intellectually to accept the claims of Christianity. This course is a "Classic Course." Its...