Name: Can A Christian Use Self Defense? by Blanco Hills Church
Duration: 27 min 8 s
Description: Why did Jesus tell His disciples to buy swords? Is it ok for Christians to engage in self defense? How about join the military? Listen and explore God's word with us to answer these questions.

What does it mean to "exalt Christ"? Can we even do such a thing? Does what we do in this life on earth affect God? How does this affect my situation and where I will spend eternity?

How To Exalt Christ

What would people say is your passion? We all have things that we care a lot about in particular, perhaps a hobby or activity that those close to us know that we just love to do or talk about. How is our enthusiasm about Christianity? Do people know that you are excited about who you are and what you have as  a Christian? What does God have to say in His word on this subject? Listen, study and learn with together with us.

Passionate About Christianity?

Not all praying is acceptable to God. What can we do to have effective prayers to our Father in Heaven?  Listen, study, open God's word and learn with together with us.

The Effective Prayer

Why did Jesus tell His disciples to buy swords? Is it ok for Christians to engage in self defense? How about join the military? Listen and explore God's word with us to answer these questions.

Can A Christian Use Self Defense?

Life often involves disappointment and discouragement. This is not new to God's people; listen along and study as we get into the prophet Haggai's book, where he shows how God addresses these issues  so well.

I Am Always With You

As humans we often make plans. Sometimes we are better at it than other times, and for some people it is a real strength but for others a serious weakness. God is the original planner and has something in store for each of us, planned from since before time. How do our plans align with God's? How is your life? How is your level of peace?

Our Plans, God’s Purpose

God has always wanted His people's hearts, from the beginning. In one scripture He tells us to "rend" or tear our hearts. Even if this is figurative, we know we can't live without a heart...so what does He want? Listen and learn along with us from God's holy word!

Rend Your Hearts

Do we act more like God, or more like people? Obviously we can only imitate God to a degree, but even considering that....this is what it really boils down to, who are we acting like?

The Righteousness of The Kingdom vs The Righteousness of Men

Complaining can be habit forming and is contagious. People are pretty good at it and have been complaining against God since Adam and Eve walked in the Garden of Eden.  Would it surprise you that complaining or grumbling can rise to the level of sinning against God? Listen as we explore both and old and new testament passages on this important subject, and how to make our lives more peaceful as well.

The Art of Complaining

For many Christians, living righteously is not really a question of proper intent; everyone wants to do the right thing. The difficulty of course is not just saying we want to be faithful servants of God, but actually following through with thoughts and behavior approved of by God. This problem reared it's head in a particular scene at the end of Jesus' human life on earth, and we can learn much from it to help us to be proper servants of Christ today.

Can A Christian Use Self Defense?

Blanco Hills Church

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