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“But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control” (Galatians 5:22-23). In his commentary, Galatians For You, Timothy Keller describes faithfulness this way: “Pistis = faithfulness, loyalty, courage, to be utterly reliable and true to your word. Its opposite is to be an opportunist, a friend only…

Ed. Note: This article is excerpted and slightly modified from our series “Does God Exist? Dr. John Ankerberg: Yes. How does biblical Christianity challenge the worldview of modern man? Dr. William Lane Craig: In light of the “unlivability” of atheism, it seems to me, John, that we need to go back to square one and…

Ed. Note: this article is excerpted and slightly modified from our series, “Does God Exist?” Dr. John Ankerberg: You say that if God does not exist, then life has no ultimate value. Explain. Dr. William Lane Craig: By value I mean good and evil, right and wrong. And the claim here is that if there…

“But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control” (Galatians 5:22-23). In the Bible Knowledge Commentary, Donald Campbell suggests “Goodness may be thought of both as an uprightness of soul and as an action reaching out to others to do good even when it is not deserved”…

“But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control” (Galatians 5:22-23). The dictionary defines kindness as “the quality of being friendly, generous, and considerate.” That’s not a bad starting point. But as I was researching for this article, I found some astonishing information. More on that later.…

Ed. Note: This article is excerpted and slightly modified from our series, “Does God Exist?” Dr. John Ankerberg: You say that if God does not exist then life has no ultimate purpose. What do you mean?  Dr. William Lane Craig: By purpose I mean a goal, a reason, for which something exists. And if God…

“But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control” (Galatians 5:22-23). Patience, or as the version I quoted above puts it, forbearance. In other versions of the Bible you’ll find the word longsuffering. But I rather like how the Amplified puts it. There we find patience clarified…

“But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control” (Galatians 5:22-23). When the apostle Paul mentions “peace” as a fruit of the Spirit, he is not talking about a world where there is no war, or a home where there is no tension, or a person who…

“But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control” (Galatians 5:22-23). We used to sing a little chorus when we were kids: “If you’re happy and you know it, say amen.” Remember that one? We can all remember times when we were happy and we knew it.…

“But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control” (Galatians 5:22-23). What is love? It’s kind of hard to tell when we say we “love” our spouse, or our children, or a day at the beach, or a strawberry milkshake, or the latest movie, or,… So I…