Asking God for the discernment to understand the suffering’s purpose and how it contributes to placing us in the center of His will is something we ought not overlook.
And did not believe in His wondrous works. 33Therefore their days He consumed in futility,
All whom God sovereignly chooses will come to Christ. However, what the Bible teaches regarding divine election should not restrain anyone from coming to Christ, for our Lord went on to say in that ve...
According to Christ, then, the truest kind of leadership demands service, sacrifice, and selflessness. A proud and self-promoting person is not a good leader by Christ’s standard, regardless of how mu...
A lowly slave of unimpeachable character is more suitable for spiritual leadership than a business magnate whose integrity is questionable.
29Oh, that they had such a heart in them that they would fear Me and always keep all My commandments, that it might be well with them and with their children forever!
1But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, and bring...
16You open Your hand And satisfy the desire of every living thing.
Prayer is not an attempt to get God to agree with you or provide for your selfish desires but that it is both an affirmation of His sovereignty, righteousness, and majesty and an exercise to conform y...
Many evangelicals approach politics as if the degradation of society is something they can stop with legislation. The truth is that no society will ever be truly made right until Christ comes and sets...
Every Christian is called to be a leader of sorts, at some level, because all of us are given a mandate to teach and to influence others.
Being assured of our salvation is no arrogant stoutness. It is faith. It is not presumption. Rather it is confidence in God’s promise.
Thorough exegesis and clear organization are crucial to an effective message. But a good sermon poorly preached is no better than a poor sermon properly preached. One has light but no heat; the other...
Third, the circumstances of Eve's creation illustrate how deep and meaningful the marriage of husband and wife is designed to be. It is not merely a physical union, but a union of heart and soul as we...
They follow the argumentation of the Declaration of Independence, which declares that life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are divinely endowed rights. Therefore those believers say such rights...
The only way you can be saturated with the thoughts of Christ is to saturate yourself with the Book that is all about Him.
The kind of praise the Father seeks is not a cacophony of mindless pandemonium.
The fact is that far too many professing Christians live their lives, day in and day out, on the basis of something other than the Bible.
Martyn Lloyd-Jones offered this insightful perspective on how we use God’s name: What unworthy ideas and notions this world has of God! If you test your ideas of God by the teaching of the Scriptures...
Jesus gave us, His children, three reasons for not worrying about this life: It is unnecessary because of our Father, it is uncharacteristic because of our faith, and it is unwise because of our futur...