by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 13, 2024 | holiness, judging, lifestyles, mercy
Shaming evangelicals……. How recently can one repent and be forgiven by Christ and be accepted in Christian community, given the opportunity to begin living into a more righteous way of life? A minute? A day? A month? A year? 10 years? What measure of time, of...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 12, 2023 | healing, holiness, memories, worship
Our daughter drove me to the outpatient surgery center in Birmingham, AL this morning for the planned thyroid right lobectomy. We arrived at the door promptly at 5 a.m. and I was registered, gowned, and waiting for the anesthesiologist and surgeon pre-op review and...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Nov 21, 2022 | holiness, sanctification
In a recent gathering in which a group of women considered a Scripture reading, we were asked to listen for the Lord bringing a particular word to our attention. For me, in the passage from Ephesians 3, what struck me was knowing “Christ is in...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Sep 15, 2022 | discipline, holiness, love
When asked which is more important , God’s love or his holiness, my response is as follows: God’s holiness is a function of His particular kind of love, in my opinion. Even though he loves steadfastly and unequivocally, because he loves, he also...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 20, 2022 | holiness
“John Wesley once famously said, “There is no holiness apart from social holiness.” Over the years, many have mistakenly asserted that he was talking about social justice. In reality, he was talking about doing discipleship in the context of real relationships. In...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 18, 2022 | holiness, Priests
1 Corinthians 3:11-15 For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ. If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, their work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will...
