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Articles from Sola 5 Pastors
The Harvest of Gentleness: Strength Under Control
Moses had everything—an Egyptian palace upbringing, the finest education, and the highest social standing possible. He also had a fierce temper. When his principles and passions collided, he murdered an Egyptian slave master and spent forty years in the wilderness as...
The Harvest of Faithfulness: The Fruit of the Spirit in Everyday Commitment
Imagine receiving the finest education possible—the equivalent of two PhDs. You are at the top of your field, famed not only for your expertise but for the zeal with which you pursue it. Then, in a single day, everything changes. You find yourself unemployed, your...
The Harvest of Goodness: When God’s Goodness Takes Root in Us
Imagine the thrill of taking part in the restoration of a believer who has wandered from allegiance to Christ—of knowing that God has used you to bring that wandering sheep back to the fold. Imagine helping a new believer grow in Christlikeness, and the contentment of...
The Harvest of Kindness: Walking in the Spirit, Stooping to Serve
Imagine always being kind, available to help, and genuinely useful to those around you. Imagine being consistently benevolent, reaching beyond your own concerns to attend to the concerns of others—the sort of person who lightens the burdens of those you encounter....
The Harvest of Patience: The Forgotten Grace of Holding Back
Imagine sitting in your car during peak-hour traffic. A reckless driver swerves in front of you, nearly colliding with your vehicle, then, a few moments later, indicates to cut back into the lane where you have patiently waited for the past thirty minutes. Do you edge...
The Harvest of Peace: Contentment, Circumstance, and the Sovereignty of God
Imagine utter contentment in the life of every believer in the local church. Imagine the complete absence of conflict. Imagine a perfectly even-keeled fellowship in which panic is unknown, prayer meetings are well attended, and no one complains about the government,...
The Harvest of Joy: Delight that Outlasts Circumstance
Imagine walking into church to be met not merely with greetings, but with smile-filled ones. Imagine words of encouragement proceeding freely from fellow members, testimony time overflowing so that a single service cannot contain it, heartfelt and tearful singing...
The Harvest of Love: How Love Takes Root and Bears Fruit Among Believers
Imagine for a moment that every believer in the local church exemplified the fruit of love. What would be the result? People would be eager to greet, encourage and, when necessary, confront one another. There would be no backbiting, no coveting, no dishonesty. We...
The Harvest of the Spirit: Walking by the Spirit in the Life of the Church
In Galatians 5, Paul addresses a crisis that had taken hold in the churches of Galatia. False teachers had crept in, proclaiming a gospel of justification by works. The believers, drawn away from Christ and fixated on these impostors, had turned inward upon...