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Growing in Character Photo of tall treesLiving Out Your FaithSpiritual Formation

Growing in Character

Wisdom for Dummies: The Book of Proverbs This content is taken from chapter 3 of Dr. Boa's book The Perfect Leader. 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 publication of DOS for Dummies, the series now has more…
June 28, 2016
Faith and Obedience Image of fence-lined path heading toward a beautiful, unseen viewLiving Out Your FaithSpiritual Formation

Faith and Obedience

This article borrows heavily from Walter Henrichsen's A Layman’s Guide to Applying the Bible (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1978). There are four ingredients essential to the assimilation of Scripture: knowledge, understanding, experience, and application. Of these four, the one most heavily emphasized in Scripture is application. Henrichsen, Layman's Guide, 19–21. The Bible consistently emphasizes faith as a commitment to what God…
May 9, 2016