Unit of measure

Doctrine is a unit of measure for belief, but doctrine is not a unit of measure for righteousness.
The unit of measure for righteousness is persecution. 2 Tim 3:12

The Parable of the Persistent Widow

Luke 18:1 And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart. 2 He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected man. 3 And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’ 4 For a while he refused, but afterward he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect man, 5 yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will give her justice, so that she will not beat me down by her continual coming.’” 6 And the Lord said, “Hear what the unrighteous judge says. 7 And will not God give justice to his elect, who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long over them? 8 I tell you, he will give justice to them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?”

Abundant Life

The thief comes only to steal and e kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. John 10:10

Lord give us the promise of the abundant life.

as mentioned

the imitation of Christ by A Kempis.
an e.g. of the practical applications.

psalms would also do, la. but still.

oh, today i mentioned the pursuit of holiness by jerry bridges. ask if you wanna borrow.

You are faithful

A loaf of bread

And I heard what seemed to be a voice in the midst of the four living creatures, saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius, and do not harm the oil and wine!” Rev 6:6

A denarius is the equivalent of a days wage. A loaf of bread today costs as much as what certain people are earn per day in other parts of this world. Food for thought.

On abortion

A plane crashes in such and such a place. 70 people were on that plane. 50 people died and 20 survive. What kind of a God are you worshiping; who arbitrarily chose 50 people to die and 20 to live, He's not a very good God, is he; not a very moral God?

Then explain this conundrum: When God is blamed for arbitrary choices, that He allowed some to live and some to die, you call Him evil. When you give to yourself that right to determine the life of someone else, you call it a moral right?

Nature is your enemy

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8119428.stm

And to Adam he said,

“Because you have listened to the voice of your wife
and have eaten of the tree
of which I commanded you,

‘You shall not eat of it,’
cursed is the ground because of you;
in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life;
thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you;
and you shall eat the plants of the field.

By the sweat of your face
you shall eat bread,
till you return to the ground,
for out of it you were taken;
for you are dust,
and to dust you shall return.”

Self-help 'makes you feel worse'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8132857.stm

Only Christ alone.