Paul is saying that the Judgment decision will be based on how we treat others. God will treat us how we treat others.

The Joneses believed in God, and taught their children stories from the Bible, even if they did not own a Bible. We don’t know if they got all their facts straight, since they had no Bible themselves, and could not read a Bible even if they had one.

God created man and woman in his image and likeness. That means we’ve been designed to manifest God in our lives. When it comes to the woman, what role does she primarily have in being such an agent of the Almighty God?

What kind of servant should we be? 

The Tabernacle was beautiful, in fact dazzlingly beautiful.  It only makes sense that the wood would be as beautiful as all the rest. But there’s an odd thing.  All of the wood was covered over!  Not one bit of it was visible. 

If we aren’t reconciled to our brothers and sisters, does our religious activity even count for anything? The oneness, peace, and reconciliation associated with our relationships as brothers and sisters are right at the core of the gospel message.

Do we reflect on the great things God has done for us, and do we glorify God and esteem his name by talking about those things to each other?

Of course, angels have wings! But wait. Not so fast.

There is significant relevance here to our own discipleship so what is Habakkuk actually about?

There are several remarkable things about the account of the Roman centurion who asks Jesus to heal a very sick servant, one he cares about deeply.

We can praise God by ourselves, and we should. But we’ve all experienced that collective praise has much greater intensity. 

Judean Jews were responding to the gospel message but a bunch of Greek-speaking Jews strenuously opposed it.  Unable to win their argument in public debate, they brought entirely trumped-up charges against Stephen, and they raised a mob to pressure the Sanhedrin into putting him on trial.