Neighborliness
Robbie Pruitt Robbie Pruitt

Neighborliness

Who is your neighbor? Do you know your neighbor well? What does you neighbor need? How do you love your neighbor well?

Jesus calls his followers to love their neighbor.

In Mark’s Gospel, Jesus said, “‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater...” (Mark 12:31, ESV).

While loving our neighbor is one of the greatest commandment, we cannot love our neighbor if we do not know our neighbor.

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The Gatekeeper
Robbie Pruitt Robbie Pruitt

The Gatekeeper

Who stands between you and God’s presence? What stands between you a right relationship with God? Who stands between you and heaven? Who is God’s gatekeeper?

A gatekeeper is someone who attends a gate or a passage and determines who goes through and who does not go through. A gatekeeper is someone who controls access.

Jesus spoke harshly to the Jewish religious leaders who saw themselves as the gatekeepers to heaven and to God. These men did not enter through the gate to heaven and to God themselves. And instead of showing the way to others as God’s ministers, they slammed the gateway closed in the face of God’s beloved children.

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Education
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Education

What does the Bible say about education? How important is education to a Bible believing follower of Jesus? Was Jesus educated? And what did Jesus have to say about education?

The scriptures have much to teach us about education and have much to say about education, teaching, and learning.

As followers of Jesus, we are called to be disciples—we are called to be learners.

The Proverbs promises us: “Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.” (Proverbs 22:6, ESV).

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The Mercy Of God
Robbie Pruitt Robbie Pruitt

The Mercy Of God

What is mercy? Do you need mercy? What does the mercy of God look like in our lives?

It has been said that mercy is not getting what you do deserve and grace is getting what you do not deserve.

Our God is both merciful and gracious.

God extends his mercy towards us by not giving us what we do deserve. God extends his grace towards us by giving us what we do not deserve. God is merciful. God is gracious.

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Encourage
Robbie Pruitt Robbie Pruitt

Encourage

What is the best way to encourage someone? How can we give hope and encourage another person in the face of the worst life has to offer?

Nothing can encourage us unless it outweighs the worst of what we have gone through, are currently experiencing, or will experience in life, which has discouraged us, is discouraging us, or could possibly discourage us.

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Troubles
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Troubles

What do you do to deal with your troubles? How do you manage trouble? How do you engage, or disengage, the dangers of this life?

This world is filled with troubles and difficulties. This life is hard.

God gives us what we need to endure life’s troubles and the dangers of this life.

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