The Simplest Way to Grow Your Love of the Bible

The Simplest Way to Grow Your Love of the Bible – “The way to grow in our love of God’s Word is through reading God’s Word.”

Parting for Good but Never Completely

Parting for Good but Never Completely – “This is the profundity in parting. We’re different because we met. The encounter has changed us.”

On Sibling Rivalries

On Sibling Rivalries – “So what can we do to help minimize a sinful sibling rivalry?”

Is There a Danger of Worshipping the Bible Instead of God?

Is There a Danger of Worshipping the Bible Instead of God? – “Randy Alcorn takes on so-called bibliolatry.”

 

God is Eager to Forgive

God is Eager to Forgive – “This same generous, benevolent father who couldn’t wait to show mercy to his lost son is eagerly awaiting the opportunity to show mercy to you today.”

Involving Ourselves in Every Controversy?

Involving Ourselves in Every Controversy? – “Part of the pernicious underbelly of the internet is that many allow themselves to be drawn into controversies about which they have no need to involve themselves.”

Why Visit Israel?

Why Visit Israel? – “If it is possible that visiting Israel) can help you understand the Word of God, recognize who He is with more clarity, and pursue Christ with greater understanding, why not consider the possibility?”

Rejecting Your Maker Means Rejecting Your True Identity

Rejecting Your Maker Means Rejecting Your True Identity – “Society has jettisoned belief in God. When you reject your Maker, you reject the one who establishes your identity.”

Make Sure You Don’t Join a Sexular Church

Make Sure You Don’t Join a Sexular Church – “The Sexular Age just keeps rolling on. Rolling on like waves on a beach. Tsunami waves. Crashing into a church near you. Let me explain.”

4 Questions to Answer Before Giving Your Child a Phone

4 Questions to Answer Before Giving Your Child a Phone – “So before you take the plunge, here are four questions to consider.”

How to Live for God by Fearing Him First

How to Live for God by Fearing Him First – “The fear of God does not repulse us but attracts us. The fear of God does not enslave us but liberates us. The fear of God does not drive us to desperation but guides us to peace. In sum, there is no greater thing to fill our hearts than the fear of God.”

God’s pleasure is not reserved for a particularly faithful few

God’s pleasure is not reserved for a particularly faithful few – “God’s ‘well done’ is not reserved for just the particularly faithful few. And the reason for that is all about the work of Christ and our union with him.”

7 Principles of Life Together

7 Principles of Life Together – There is much talk about doing “life together” these days. These seven principles may serve as a filter to see if that’s really happening.

What Is Mormonism?

What Is Mormonism? – “Mormonism teaches that there are many gods, with the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit being three separate gods among many others. Furthermore, it is also possible for humans to ascend to godhood. Obedience to moral laws and observance of religious rituals are central to the Mormon faith.”

How Does the Doctrine of the Bodily Resurrection Shape the Life of the Local Church?

How Does the Doctrine of the Bodily Resurrection Shape the Life of the Local Church? – “How, then, does the doctrine of bodily resurrection shape the life of the local church? Let’s reflect on four ways.”

If a Vacation Is Worth Planning and Anticipating, How Much More Should We Anticipate Life in Heaven?

If a Vacation Is Worth Planning and Anticipating, How Much More Should We Anticipate Life in Heaven? – In his early twenties, Jonathan Edwards composed a set of life resolutions. One read, “Resolved, to endeavor to obtain for myself as much happiness, in the other world, as I possibly can.”

FAQ: When Does God Write Our Names in the Book of Life?

FAQ: When Does God Write Our Names in the Book of Life? – “If you’re a Christian, when was your name written in the Lamb’s book of life? Did it happen when we you were born again or some other time?”

With Friendship in Decline, Belonging Is a Powerful Apologetic

With Friendship in Decline, Belonging Is a Powerful Apologetic – “Why is our love for one another so determinative of our missional success? Let me suggest two reasons.”

Delight in the Lord

Delight in the Lord – “It’s possible that we’ve traded time with the Lord for ministry about the Lord, and it’s damaging our Kingdom work. If you find yourself in this place today, here are three reminders for delighting in the Lord.”

A Father’s Hands

A Father’s Hands – “A father’s hands. What do they communicate?” Jacob considers how his sons love to hold his hands.

What Will We Remember in the New Creation?

What Will We Remember in the New Creation? – “Whatever God grants us to remember of this world will only serve to deepen our joy, the joy of worshiping Christ.”

The Prodigal Swine

The Prodigal Swine – “We all have a prodigal inside us, an embarrassing drive to satisfy ourselves, even at the expense of those who love us most. And so we leave others behind. We leave God behind. And we put ourselves first. That path leads to the trough, the lowest of lows, where we beg for what others consider garbage.”

Biblical Hope Is a Solid Certainty

Biblical Hope Is a Solid Certainty – “The Christian worldview doesn’t offer some vague, tenuous hope that there might be eternal life and happiness.”

Love and Truth: Helping Teens Navigate LGBTQ Issues

Love and Truth: Helping Teens Navigate LGBTQ Issues – “Here are four powerful, Scripture-based principles to help your teenagers think through gender and sexuality issues.”

Iron Sharpens Iron

Iron Sharpens Iron – “Christians can get the idea that the Christian life is about big events and celebrity speakers and find themselves picky spectators, more interested in evaluating the church experiences on offer than the hard graft of building deep relationships together shaped by the word of God.”

No One Who Abides in Him Keeps on Sinning

No One Who Abides in Him Keeps on Sinning – “Conversion involves not just a change of mind, but a change of heart and soul — a change so great it can rightly be called new birth. And new birth brings the truth about sin and Christ down into the deepest places.”

Louie Giglio: How God Is the Perfect Father for a Fatherless Generation

Louie Giglio: How God Is the Perfect Father for a Fatherless Generation – “His love is supernatural and powerful, unending and unassailable. And His love means this for us.”

Your Chronic Pain Isn’t for Nothing

Your Chronic Pain Isn’t for Nothing – “Here are three reasons I refuse to believe my suffering is for nothing. I pray they encourage you in your chronic pain.”

How to Train Up a Child

How to Train Up a Child – Three Subtle Parenting Shifts.

10 Traits of a Great Church Member

10 Traits of a Great Church Member – “God builds the church, but He uses people to build it. So, a good question might be, what kind of church member does God use to build a great church?”

Entrusted with Agony: How to Love a Suffering Soul

Entrusted with Agony: How to Love a Suffering Soul – “It is no small thing when others entrust us with some of the most tender, vulnerable parts of their souls.”

Death is not for fun

Death is not for fun – “Death is solemn—it marks the end of a life, a God-given gift has been taken from us. We grieve the loss of what we value.”

How do you plan on fighting sin?

How do you plan on fighting sin? – “We will never drift or coast to victory over sin.  We will never stumble into it.  In fact in many cases we won’t fight it because we haven’t even identified it as a sin.  We’re going to think in this post about what it means to fight sin.”

Loneliness in the Church

Loneliness in the Church – 8 Reasons Why.

There Is Only One Way To Follow Jesus

There Is Only One Way To Follow Jesus – “Despite all these ways we might come to Christ, there is really only one way that we can follow Christ—that is completely.”

The Need of the Hour: to Make Disciples

The Need of the Hour: to Make Disciples – “We win people to Christ so they may know, worship and grow in Him, and so they can win others, and so on, until Jesus comes.”

Pray as Slaves

Pray as Slaves – “Brothers and sisters, let our prayers be delivered on bended knees and not with pointed fingers. We are not wise enough, strong enough, or important enough to direct God in how to order His affairs.”

7 Reasons Why Mormonism and Christianity Are Not the Same

7 Reasons Why Mormonism and Christianity Are Not the Same – “Though the language sounds similar at times, the beliefs are quite distinct. Mormons do not understand history, God, man, salvation, heaven, hell, the cross, Jesus, or the Trinity as the canonical Scriptures teach, nor do they agree with the conciliar doctrine taught by the one, holy, catholic, apostolic church over the last two thousand years.”

 

Three Pitfalls of Suffering

Three Pitfalls of Suffering – “Pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our consciences, but shouts in our pains. It is his megaphone to rouse a deaf world.”

The Best Use of Your Short Life

The Best Use of Your Short Life – How are you spending your short life?

Don’t Let Urgent Matters Keep You From Eternal Ones

Don’t Let Urgent Matters Keep You From Eternal Ones – “Urgent matters don’t have to stop the work of the kingdom; indeed, sometimes gospel opportunities are hiding inside the urgency.”

What Is Pride?

What Is Pride? – “While our culture might view pride on a continuum, in the Bible, it is equated with sin.”

Help Your Congregation Navigate Pride Month

Help Your Congregation Navigate Pride Month – Here are some helpful pointers to help your family navigate pride month.

God Is Eager to Forgive You

God Is Eager to Forgive You – “This same generous, benevolent father who couldn’t wait to show mercy to his lost son is eagerly awaiting the opportunity to show mercy to you today.”

In an Age of Self-Care, Prioritize the Church’s Mutual Care

In an Age of Self-Care, Prioritize the Church’s Mutual Care – “There’s no either-or here. Our churches should prioritize the healthy development of the self but do so cautiously, lest we neglect the beauty and belonging that come when a local church practices the New Testament’s one-another commands.”

What is Your “One Thing”?

What is Your “One Thing”? – “When I talk to people, many individuals confess to following Jesus, loving Jesus, and desiring to honor Jesus. At the same time, many of those same people willingly follow Jesus in every area of living except one or two specific areas.”

Quarantine Is Not a Good Option

Quarantine Is Not a Good Option – “We need to expose our children to small doses of evil in our world and talk with them about why those things are wrong and harmful. By doing this, we can build up their immunity against the evil they will encounter in the future. This approach is more successful because parents are showing their children how to handle evil and giving them the tools they need to navigate their world.”

The Symbolism of the Rainbow

The Symbolism of the Rainbow – “The rainbow, we know, was appointed of God as a token of his gracious covenant with mankind. God is encompassed with a rainbow, which signifies that as he sits, and reigns, and manifests himself in his church, he appears as encompassed with mercy, as of old the throne of God in the holy of holies, where God manifested himself in the church of Israel, was called the mercy seat.”

Our Longing to Go Home Will Be Ultimately Fulfilled on the New Earth

Our Longing to Go Home Will Be Ultimately Fulfilled on the New Earth – “On the New Earth, we’ll at last be at home with the God we love and who loves us wholeheartedly.”

What Is the Unpardonable Sin?

What Is the Unpardonable Sin? – Here’s a good answer to a common question.

The Sound Witness of An Ordinary Life

The Sound Witness of An Ordinary Life – “In Paul’s view here in Titus, the lifeblood of an effective Gospel witness is far more ordinary and unimpressive than we’d like to admit.”

3 Bible Passages to Deal with Fear

3 Bible Passages to Deal with Fear – “Here are three places in His Word that teach us not only to not be afraid, but also help us understand why we should not.”

Did Jesus’ Family Think He Was Crazy?

Did Jesus’ Family Think He Was Crazy? – “Did Jesus’ family think He was crazy? Probably. But not quite in the way we might make this accusation today. They thought He was placing Himself outside the bounds of normal society. And so they are trying to reign Jesus back in.”

 

Expect God to Work in the Lives of People Around You

Expect God to Work in the Lives of People Around You – “I find the Lord’s activity in the lives of the Babylonian kings’ when the Israelites were in captivity fascinating. I cannot help but think that it was because of the presence of the people of God that the Lord worked miracles in the lives of these pagan monarchs.”

Why Do We Pray for Our President?

Why Do We Pray for Our President? – “We don’t pray as if the kingdom of God, the saving reign of Christ, is of this world.”

What Is Prudence?

What Is Prudence? – “As a protective Father, God calls us to prudence, to think before we act. This may sound simple, but even prudence has its imposters. We may think we are being prudent while we are still playing the fool. How so?”