For last week's special Thanksgiving episode, Marcus Grodi shared a portion of a sermon he gave as part of a Thanksgiving service back when he was a Presbyterian pastor in 1985. That message focused on Philippians 4:4-7, in which St. Paul calls us to present our requests to God with gratitude already in our hearts.
Marcus follows up this week by focusing on the verses that immediately follow that passage. In Philippians 4:8-9, St. Paul gives us a template of how to guard our hearts and mind from the world, the flesh and the devil, which bombard us with temptations of every kind. Rather than fall to those temptations, Paul offers us this challenge:
"Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is gracious, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, do; and the God of peace will be with you."
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"Hold fast to the traditions you were taught..." 2 Thessalonians 2:15 - Marcus Grodi and Mike Peters
"I never knew you..." Matthew 7:21-23 - Marcus Grodi and Dr. Leroy Huizenga
We interrupt this program... Mark 5:21-43 - Marcus Grodi
2 Corinthians 7:1 and the Fear of God - Marcus Grodi and Paul Thigpen
With Jesus or Against Him? Luke 9:50 and 11:23 - Jim Anderson
John 17, Acts 20 and Apostolic Authority - Marcus Grodi
John 17, Ephesians 4, and Christian Unity – Ken Hensley
"Create in me a clean heart..." Psalm 51 and Repentance - Matt Swaim
What Does it Mean to be "Partakers in the Divine Nature?" 2 Peter 1:4 - Carl Olson - Deep in Scripture
Luke 16 and the Parable of the Unjust Steward - Fr. Douglas Grandon
Matthew 16:18 – Jesus Changes Peter’s Name… So What’s His New Job? – Jimmy Akin
John 14:21 - Those Who Love God Keep His Commandments - Dan Burke
Colossians 2:8 - What are the "traditions of men" that Paul warns Christians against? - Dr. Jim Papandrea
Matthew 12:36 - Will we REALLY be judged for our every careless word? - Matthew Leonard
What does it mean that the Creator of the Universe took on flesh? Genesis 1 and John 1 - Rob "The Donut Man" Evans
How do we join our sufferings to those of Jesus? Romans 8:16-17 - Bruce Sullivan - Deep in Scripture
Jesus Heals a Paralytic - But What About the Paralytic's Friends? - Matthew 9:2-7 - Matt Swaim
"We hold that a man is justified by faith apart from works of law." Romans 3:28 - Does the Bible contradict itself regarding faith and works? - Tim Staples
“You are not to be called ‘rabbi…’ and call no man on earth ‘father?'” – Matthew 23:8-9 – Kenneth Hensley
Headship and Submission, in the Family and in the Church - Ephesians 5:21-23 - Steve Wood
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