We can no more assist the Holy Spirit in the quickening of our souls to spiritual life than Lazarus could help Jesus raise him from the dead.
It is one thing to believe in God; it is quite another to believe God.
Every sin is an act of cosmic treason, a futile attempt to dethrone God in His sovereign authority.
The glorification of God in heaven brings unspeakable, eternal, uninterrupted joy. Jesus
I do not want to drive across a bridge designed by an engineer who believed the numbers in structural stress models are relative truths.
I cannot read God's mind, however I can read God's Word.
When God issues a call to us, it is always a holy call. The vocation of dying is a sacred vocation. To understand that is one of the most important lessons a Christian can ever learn. When the summons...
The redeemed of God who are snatched from the flames by the hand of the Lord are still covered with ashes. We remain streaked with charcoal and blemished with soot. We are redeemed, but not sinless. S...
It is easy to get faith into our heads. It is hard to get faith into our bloodstream.
Those who understand God's sovereignty have joy even in the midst of suffering, a joy reflected on their very faces, for they see that their suffering is not without purpose.
Death is a divine appointment.
Christ comes from the Greek word christos, which means anointed. It corresponds to the Hebrew word translated messiah. When Jesus is called
You can grieve for me the week before I die, if I’m scared and hurting, but when I gasp that last fleeting breath and my immortal soul flees to heaven, I’m going to be jumping over fire hydrants down...
The day of one's birth is a good day for the believer, but the day of death is the greatest day that a Christian can ever experience in this world because that is the day he goes home, the day he walk...
If an unjust law is passed and enforced, then anyone coerced to comply with the law is a victim of injustice.
There are only two ways that God’s justice can be satisfied with respect to your sin. Either you satisfy it or Christ satisfies it. You can satisfy it by being banished from God’s presence forever. Or...
Though sin often brings immediate pleasure, it gives no lasting joy. If we understand the difference, we can avoid the pitfalls that entice the believer.
The prayer of faith is a prayer of trust. The very essence of faith is trust.
[The laws of logic] were placed in our minds by the Creator during the act of creation. We speak because God has spoken. God is not the author of confusion, irrationality, or the absurd. Furthermore,...
I’ve often wondered where Jesus would apply His hastily made whip if He were to visit our culture. My guess is that it would not be money-changing tables in the temple that would feel His wrath, but t...