Whole-Hearted Work #2—Why Work Is Hard (Genesis 3:17-19)

May 1, 2022 Nate Holdridge

{Sunday Teaching] Whole-Hearted Work #2—Why Work Is Hard (Genesis 3:17-19)

A Quick Plea for Hard Work (2 Thessalonians 3:6)

February 1, 2021 Nate Holdridge

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(2 Thessalonians 3:6)

Laziness was a real issue in the Thessalonian church; it had overcome at least one of the citizens in the body of Christ there in Thessalonica. And to that Paul said, "This man needs to work. This man needs to provide. This man needs to get busy. Have nothing to do with this man that is caught up in an idle life." (1 Minute/300 Words)

Archival Post: To Abhor Evil Is Part of Love

February 14, 2020 Nate Holdridge

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Archival Post

In this section of Romans, Paul laid out the case for love. He exhorted believers to honor God with their bodies by loving their fellow believer and showing hospitality. He urged us to outdo one another in showing honor. Our love is to be strong. (3 Minutes/800 Words)

A Plea: In the War, Abstain (1 Peter 2:11)

September 19, 2019 Nate Holdridge

Bullets fly. Missiles launch. Strategies develop. Soldiers deploy. All this, because war is on. Blood, death, and danger. An enemy assaults. Subjection is the goal. This is the image Peter uses to describe the passions of the flesh. (2 Minutes/450 Words)

The New You (Continued)/ Hardworking, Edifying, And Kind (Ephesians 4.28-32)

November 9, 2018 Nate Holdridge

(cont’d) Third, Paul told them to be hardworking — “Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with anyone in need.” We are to put off thieving and put on honest work because we want to share with others. (5 Minutes / 1000 Words)