Oct 16, 2014 | Sonny's Sayings
As we move on in our discussion of the Spiritual gifts, we look this week at kindness. A thesaurus will give a number of synonyms for the adjective “kind,” such as nice, friendly, hospitable, thoughtful, pleasant, and so on. But the noun version of “kind” implies a...
Oct 9, 2014 | Sonny's Sayings
We have spent the last several weeks studying the Spiritual gifts that Paul lists in Galatians 5. We have talked about love, joy, and peace, and we have reminded ourselves that these should not be badges we wear with pride, but instead they are gifts we humbly receive...
Oct 2, 2014 | Sonny's Sayings
I have been talking about the Spiritual gifts that Paul lists in Galatians 5, and we have talked about love and joy so far. In each of these instances, as it is with all of the Spiritual gifts, 2 things are important to remember. First, a Spiritual gift is not a badge...
Sep 25, 2014 | Sonny's Sayings
We have been talking about Spiritual gifts in Sonny’s Sayings. We talked a couple of weeks ago about the first of those Spiritual gifts, love. As we speak about these, I want to remind folks that Spiritual gifts can be the thing that builds up a church in ways it...
Sep 11, 2014 | Sonny's Sayings
Last week we started with a beginning discussion about Spiritual gifts, and we talked about how Paul mentions the list of gifts in Galatians and other places, not to give us an exhaustive understanding of gifts, but rather as examples of how the Spirit works in our...
