Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up (Ecclesiastes 4:9-10, NIV). I’ve been reading about friendship lately. One research paper opened with the anecdote
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There is a friend who sticks closer than a brother (Proverbs 18:24b, ESV). Throughout my career as a pastor, I’ve heard this question too often: “I’m not sure that I have any friends.” I’ve heard this from both introverts and extroverts, from those who isolate themselves and, surprisingly, from the “life of the party” types.
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In just a few days, Job lost his sons, daughters, grandchildren, wealth, social prominence, and health. But he didn’t get mad at God. Instead, Scripture reads… In all of this, Job did not sin by blaming God (Job 1:22, NLT). Job’s wife was still living, and he had three friends. His wife said to him,
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There is a friend who sticks closer than a brother (Proverbs 18:24, NASB1995). I found this photograph recently while reviewing some archives of the One-Way House ministry that became Fellowship Christian Church. We were standing in front of an old farmhouse that served as our Jesus Freak headquarters in the early 1970s. My thought at seeing this
Speaking honestly is a sign of true friendship. Proverbs 24:26 TPT Can a friendship survive honesty? I’ve been considering this. I must be careful as I have friends who are reading this Interruption. For my friends, my answer is – of course. For everyone else, for my friends not reading, for you and your friends
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Faithful are the wounds of a friend. Proverbs 27:6 Honesty is the most difficult part of friendship. It feels like a wound. If your friend is doing something dishonest, unethical, or immoral, you have an obligation as a friend to say something. We often refrain because this honesty will put the friendship in jeopardy. The
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I remember two friends who were inseparable. Having not seen either for a while, I encountered one and asked, “How is ____?” His response: “We haven’t seen one another in a while.” I paused and asked, “You two were close, what happened?” He told me in exacting detail how his friend had offended him. He
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Paul had a great friend in Dr. Luke. On the Apostle Paul’s first mission trip he could have contracted malaria. After leaving Cyprus, he traveled through Pamphylia, an area of lowlands known for malarial infestation. Acts 15 records that “they” (Paul and his companions) traveled quickly through Pamphylia and came to the highlands of Galatia
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