"For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many,"...
Resource: Self-Control
God has given us knowledge and power through Jesus Christ, and has blessed us with physical bodies that can do many wonderful things. However, with...
Resource: Gentleness
Gentleness can be defined as withholding one's power even when using such power is justified. This attribute is exemplified in Jesus Christ. He is fully...
Prayer as an Expression of Love
I recently made friends with a Christian in a distant country (aren’t e-mail and Skype terrific?!), and in the course of our friendship she asked...
Scripture Memory, the Flossing of the Spiritual Life?
Every time I go to the dentist the hygienist yells at me for not flossing. I can't say anything because she usually has three hands...
This Blog is Messed Up
OK, not entirely, but there is something missing. While we hope to build community through OPISO, we want to be real about the limitations of...
Resource: God
Understanding God starts with understanding "the Trinity." While the term “Trinity” is not used in Scripture the doctrine itself is abundantly evident (Mt. 28:19; 2...
Resource: Stewardship
When we talk about stewardship in the church, we are talking about what we do with what we have, whether it be money, natural resources,...
Resource: Community
God loves to get things done through people. We often want spiritual growth to fall out of the sky but, more often, God's preferred delivery...
Prayer, the Soul's Blood
In his first poem on prayer, George Herbert (1593–1633) refers to prayer as the soul’s blood. What can he mean by this? Two things, I...