The Christian Underground Journal
Unconventional Thoughts
Scriptural study that can be used in Sunday school, or other group learning sessions.
Warning Against Evil Workers Philippians 3:1-4 In Paul’s second missionary travels, the Lord indicated that He wanted Paul to head to Macedonia (Acts 16:9,19), which by the way has affected all of our lives in the West. Philippi was in fact the very first congregation ever established on European soil. Paul wanted to reassure them … Read more
Ephesians 1:4-5 “Just as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him in love, having predestined us to adoption through Jesus Christ to himself according to the good pleasure of his will…” Predestined: The Greek word used here, proorizō, means “to choose” or … Read more
What Jesus would like to heal in us Hypocrisy The practice of claiming to have moral standards or beliefs to which one’s own behavior does not conform. To be a hypocrite is to give others the impression that we are holier than we are. It is the same as false or telling a lie. Jesus … Read more
Not Biblical I’m not going to rationalization “I’m only human” using Paul’s statement in Romans 7:15- 18 as support except to say that far too many people use “I’m only human” as a scapegoat means to justify their continued sinning. I have used Paul’s word to justify the things I knew was wrong and went … Read more