![]() They are to teach what is good, and so train the young women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled. ![]() Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. Older men are to be sober-minded, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, and in steadfastness. How bold, risky, or audacious does that sound? Love one another, live quietly, mind your business, go to work, walk in a godly way before a watching world, and be self-supporting. The Bible says nothing about being willing to “take surprisingly bold risks.” Quite the opposite, in fact.īut we urge you, brothers, to more and more, and to aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you, so that you may walk properly before outsiders and be dependent on no one. In fact, I checked seven or eight of the most reliable English translations, and the word “audacious” isn’t even in the Bible. The Bible doesn’t tell us to live or pray audaciously in either sense of the word. The only problem with that is… well…the Bible. Sounds great, right? Rah! Rah! Let’s get out there and be audacious for Jesus! It’s a hot new buzzword that false teachers like Steven Furtick and Beth Moore like to throw around, and “average Jane” Christians are starting to pick up. showing a willingness to take surprisingly bold risks.Īudacious.
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