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When you think of being compassionate for someone or having compassion on an individual because of what they are going through, that’s only half the story. Having compassion literally means “to suffer together.” Among emotion researchers, it is defined as … Continue reading →

LOVE ME TENDER, LOVE ME SWEET, NEVER LET ME GO When the police arrived on the scene, they found a 12-year-old girl named Lianna lying on the side of a country road barely clinging to life. Two men from her … Continue reading →

NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY by Dr. Robert R. Seyda PAUL’S LETTER TO THE GALATIAN CHURCHES CHAPTER SIX (Lesson CXXXVI) Hans Dieter Betz also points out another maxim used by Paul that had its origin in Greek Philosophic writings. Here he … Continue reading →

NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY by Dr. Robert R. Seyda PAUL’S LETTER TO THE GALATIAN CHURCHES CHAPTER SIX (Lesson CXXXV) What Kelly seems to be saying here is that it is his business to act consistently with the new place in … Continue reading →

NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY by Dr. Robert R. Seyda PAUL’S LETTER TO THE GALATIAN CHURCHES CHAPTER SIX (Lesson CXXXIV) Augustine concludes by insisting that just because a person receives praise from others for their good works, it does not lessen … Continue reading →

NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY by Dr. Robert R. Seyda PAUL’S LETTER TO THE GALATIAN CHURCHES CHAPTER SIX (Lesson CXXXIII) Even the fiery prophet Jeremiah took this same position of personal responsibility. Especially when the Lord told him that He could … Continue reading →

NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY by Dr. Robert R. Seyda PAUL’S LETTER TO THE GALATIAN CHURCHES CHAPTER SIX (Lesson CXXXII) Puritan Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) notes that in verse three, he sees the same long, deep, narrow path in the Greek text … Continue reading →

One of the first things a child learns is obedience. Psychologists tell us that people are more likely to follow orders if they 1) come from someone they view as an authority, 2) to the calls of a victim that … Continue reading →

O DEATH, WHERE IS YOUR STING? Jeff Sanderson is the happy pastor of the Federated Church of Bondurant, Iowa. The pastor is no stranger to the power of prayer, the existence of miracles, and the greatness of God. When any … Continue reading →

NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY by Dr. Robert R. Seyda PAUL’S LETTER TO THE GALATIAN CHURCHES CHAPTER SIX (Lesson CXXXI) I remember while working in Switzerland and the early stages of my advanced readings in psychology. My good departed friend and … Continue reading →