Virtue – Page 3 – The Nexus

In this special Fourth of July edition, allow me to share my message from our community patriotic service this past Sunday evening. Here, with the help of Jesus’ declaration of where real freedom lies, I talk about what freedom is and how we can preserve it for future generations. Happy Fourth of July!

Where Real Freedom Lies

I have a confession to make: I love the Fourth of July. Now, I don’t necessarily think I’m more patriotic than anybody else. I think the reason I love the Fourth of July so much is because growing up my family always made such a big deal out of it. We’d cook out. We’d have friends over. We’d enjoy hanging out with neighbors. And we’d blow stuff up. A lot of stuff. That’s the real reason I love the Fourth of July: I love fireworks. Read the rest…

“For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love. For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.” (ESV – Read the chapter)

Do you want to be effective? We all do, don’t we? We want to be able to have an impact on the people and environment around us. Not only that, but we want to do so in a way that will last and have meaning. The question, then, becomes: How do we do this? How can we have an effective impact on our situations? Read the rest…

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Where Real Freedom Lies

Morning Musing: 2 Peter 1:5-8