Biblical Principles Applied

Here are some thoughts about following Christ as men. You can use the Categories tab to find blog articles on various topics.

Joseph of Nazareth—A Glimpse of True Manhood

This episode enables us to escape being conformed the the message of this world that gender doesn't matter by giving us a picture of God's design of masculinity lived out in the life of Joseph, Jesus' earthly dad.

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Becoming Like Jesus Hurts

This episode examines how on our terrible horrible, no good, very bad days, we can exhibit the inner toughness of character that responds as Jesus would—with steadfastness, instead of giving in to lousy, self-absorbed, wrong attitudes. We then go on to examine how to build the remaining three virtues in Peter’s golden chain that go beyond steadfastness

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Actually Becoming Partakers of the Divine Nature

It is hard to image anything that would please Jesus more than hearing, “I want to be just like you.” Incredibly, the Apostle, Peter tells us in 2 Peter 1:3-8 that God has graciously given us a present—his divine power to partake of his divine, holy nature. He outlines 3 specific steps by which Christians access that divined power. The last 2 episodes examined steps 1-2. This episode examines step 3.

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