Tag: growth

2 Peter Part 5

2 Peter: Growth and Confidence in Our Faith

Peter wanted his readers to grow in faith and in confidence in their calling, and he left them a last will and testament in this epistle to plead with them to live for what really matters.

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Peter: A Case Study in Character

This article is a continuation of the article “Growing in Character,” which we recommend reading first.  Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence, and in your moral excellence, knowledge, and in your knowledge, self-control, and in your self-control, perseverance, and in

Warfare Spirituality: Part 10

Ken Boa continues to teach on the degrees of demonic activity: influence, oppression, and control. A list of symptoms of demonic activity follow to aid in the discernment of the possible presence of demons.

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Growing in Character

Wisdom for Dummies: The Book of Proverbs[note]This content is taken from chapter 3 of Dr. Boa’s book The Perfect Leader.[/note] People generally don’t like being called “dummies.” And yet how can we explain the overwhelming success of a series of books aimed at dummies? Beginning with the November 1991

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A Biblical View of Purpose, Part 1: Knowing Where You’re Going

[lead]Most people seem to journey through years, even decades, without seriously wrestling with the fundamental question of why they are here on earth, where their journey is taking them, and what they want their lives to add up to in the end.[/lead] These people may occasionally wonder, What

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Faith and Obedience

This article borrows heavily from Walter Henrichsen’s A Layman’s Guide to Applying the Bible (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1978). [lead]There are four ingredients essential to the assimilation of Scripture: knowledge, understanding, experience, and application.[/lead]Of these four, the one most heavily emphasized in Scripture is application.[note]Henrichsen, Layman’s Guide, 19–21.[/note] The Bible