Old Man – New Man
“If we believe there’s more pleasure in something other than God, then our obedience will never rise above required duty, our prayers will never aim higher than using God, and our joy will always leave an emptiness that drives us to further self-centered efforts to find the fullness we demand.” Shattered Dreams, Page 183 Question [...]
Human Needs as Motivation Following the teaching of Webex 97, at the beginning of the question/answer phase, Dr. Brettell asked a question concerning the motivation of the OM and NM. The essence of the question as I understood it was is there a difference between Old Man motivation and New Man motivation? Isn’t OM [...]
Those of you who know me well, know that I consider Larry Crabb a major mentor in my life. His summary of the scriptures expressed within a psychological framework was the insight I desperately needed to understand psychology as a sub category of the divine revelation. My theological training under great Pastor-Teachers (RB Thieme & [...]
The following discussion was generated from 2 questions asked about marriage. It reads like a personal response because it is but has been edited to remove any personal information and I have tried to make it fit both the needs of a husband and a wife. What are the benefits of marriage? What can [...]
The following article gives us a very important concept, that what we say to our self is very important. Rick Renner who wrote this article in his book Sparkling Gems from the Greek, is a writer and speaker. The following link will take you to a video message about the Greek word ago from Rom [...]
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http://brettell.org/webex.htm Over 50 recoded lessons given during 2010 in a Webex meeting with believers all over the world. The study goes on every Sunday night at 7PM. E-mail me ( al@bluminghearts.com ) to sit in live. Be sure to catch up with the content by listening to the recorded lessons.
COLOSSIANS 3:1-10 Exegesis and Commentary Before we can understand the Apostle Paul’s warnings and admonitions, we have to understand the religious systems that were competing for their allegiance. There were at least three groups that wanted to have dominance over the church: 1) The Jewish element in the church who insisted that everyone adopt the [...]
Eldridge says it well in this one. I Hate Valentine’s Day Love & War part 1: He Said by John Eldredge “My soul finds rest in God alone…” (Psalm 62:1) This week’s devotional is from Love & War by John and Stasi Eldredge. I hate Valentine’s Day. There, I said it. Most of the guys [...]
For the last 11 Sunday evenings 7-9 PM, I have been working with Dr. Jim Brettell using Webex, a program that creates an internet classroom. Listeners sign into Webex on the internet and are able to listen to Dr. Brettell and I discuss Christian Spirituality, with an emphasis on taking off our Old Man. The [...]
This is the third article in the recent discussion of the Old Man – New Man Biblical Terminology The terms Old Man (self) and New Man (self) found in the bible refer to the person we were in our old life without Christ and then our new life after salvation. The terms are not actual [...]
