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Fruitful Parenting – Patience, Faithfulness, Self-Control – Episode 178

Chris Christensen — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:30:50 +0000

This is the episode is the 6th and final in a series of studies on parenting that looks at the fruit of the Spirit as a template for how we should be parents. This episode looks at patience, faithfulness and self-control and how they may be different aspects of living life life with a long-term view.

Galatians 5:22-23

22 But (A)the fruit of the Spirit is (B)love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

23 gentleness, (C)self-control; against such things (D)there is no law.

Cross references:

1. Galatians 5:22 : Matt 7:16-ff; Eph 5:9
2. Galatians 5:22 : Rom 5:1-5; 1 Cor 13:4; Col 3:12-15
3. Galatians 5:23 : Acts 24:25
4. Galatians 5:23 : Gal 5:18

Colossians 1:9-12

9For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding. 10And we pray this in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, 11being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, and joyfully 12giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you[a] to share in the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom of light.

Footnotes:

1. Colossians 1:12 Some manuscripts us

Proverbs 19:11

11 A man’s wisdom gives him patience;
it is to his glory to overlook an offense.

Proverbs 14:29

29 A patient man has great understanding,
but a quick-tempered man displays folly.

Proverbs 15:18

18 A hot-tempered man stirs up dissension,
but a patient man calms a quarrel.

Proverbs 16:32

32 Better a patient man than a warrior,
a man who controls his temper than one who takes a city.

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Fruitful Parenting – Gentleness and Kindness – Episode 177

Chris Christensen — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 03:36:44 +0000

This is the episode is part 5 in a study on Parenting called “Fruitful Parenting”. This episode looks at the spiritual fruit of kindness and gentleness. We also look at discipline. What does it mean to discipline a child and yet be a kind and gentle person.

Galatians 5:22-23
1 Timothy 6:11-12
1 Peter 3:15-16
Colossians 3:12
2 Peter 1:5-7
Proverbs 13:24
Proverbs 19:18

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Fruitful Parenting – Peace and Joy – Episode 176

Chris Christensen — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 14:30:22 +0000

This is the episode is part 4 in a study on Parenting called “Fruitful Parenting”. This episode looks at the spiritual fruit of peace and joy. How do we live out a life of peace and joy within our most important relationships?

John 16:33
John 14:27
John 16:19-24
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
Romans 14:17-19

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Bad Biblical Parenting Examples – Fruitful Parenting – Episode 175

Chris Christensen — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 17:49:31 +0000

This is the episode is part 3 in a study on fruitful parenting. This episode looks at the parenting skills of Adam and Eve, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Aaron, Eli, David and Solomon. What can we learn from their parenting?

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Love – Fruitful Parenting – Episode 174

Chris Christensen — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 14:30:08 +0000

What is the most central verse in the bible on parenting? Is it Solomon’s advice that to spare the rod means to spoil the child? Chris makes the argument that one of the most central verses in Gal 5 where it talks about the fruit of the spirit. If this is a verse that describes the attributes of a mature Christian shouldn’t this be a verse that describes how we bahave towards those we love?

Proverbs 13:24
Galatians 5:22-23
1 John 3:1-

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Fruitful Parenting – Our Father – Episode 173

Chris Christensen — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 14:30:34 +0000

This is the episode is part one in a series on Parenting. What can we learn about God through the parenting relationship? How is the relationship of a parent to a young baby similar to the relationship of God to us?

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Money – My field is your field – Episode 172

Chris Christensen — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 14:30:42 +0000

This episode is part 8 and the last episode in a study on what the bible says about money. This study looks at the behavior of the early church and how their faith almost immediately changed how they dealt with their money and their possessions.

Acts 2:42-47
Acts 4:32-37
Acts 5:1-11
Matthew 6:1-4
1 john 3:11,16-18

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Money – Where is our Treasure? – Episode 171

Chris Christensen — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 14:30:25 +0000

This is the episode is part 7 in a study on money. This episode looks at where our focus is, or as the bible puts it where are we storing up our treasure? The bible says that where out treasure is, there our heart will be also.

Luke 12:29-34
Proverbs 23:4-5
Matthew 16:24-28
Long Term Investments

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Money – Stewardship – Episode 170

Chris Christensen — Thu, 27 May 2010 14:30:24 +0000

This is the episode is part6 in a study on money. It looks at a topic that is usually called “stewardship” in the church. The idea is that all that we have is God’s and is given from God for his service. What do we do with what God has given us?

Leviticus 27:30-33
Psalm 50:8-11
Matthew 25:14-30
Luke 16:1-15
1 John 3:11-24

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Money – Foolish Rich People – Episode 169

Chris Christensen — Thu, 20 May 2010 14:30:55 +0000

This is the episode is part 5 in a study on money. This episode looks at 3 different chapters. In the first two we look at two of the harshest passages in scripture about riches and rich people including one rich person who ends up in torment in hell apparently for being rich. What do we… as people who are rich compared to many in the world… need to do?

Luke 16:19-31
1 Timothy 6:17-19
Luke 12:15-21
World per capita income

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