What prayer most often changes is the wickedness and the hardness of our own hearts. That alone would be reason enough to pray, even if none of the other reasons were valid or true.
We take comfort, however, that mystery is not a synonym for contradiction.
We have a doctrine called the perseverance of the saints. I do not like that name for it; while saints do persevere, it is not because they have the power of perseverance within themselves. If it were...
Thus, we urge our Christian brothers and sisters of all professions and denominations
The worship to which we are called in our renewed state is far too important to be left to personal preferences, whims, or marketing strategies. Pleasing
The worship to which we are called in our renewed state is far too important to be left to personal preferences, whims, or marketing strategies. Pleasing God is at the heart of worship. Therefore, our...
The sovereignty of God deals not only with abstract principles but with real lines of authority. God has the rightto issue commands, to impose obligations, and to bind the consciences of men.
The quest for knowledge is the essence of science. The science of biology is a quest to gain a knowledge of living things, the science of physics is an attempt to gain knowledge about physical things,...
The problem, as history has demonstrated, is that when everyone owns everything, no one owns anything.
The issue of faith is not so much whether we believe in God, but whether we believe the God we believe in. (p.35)
The glory of God transcends all creaturely glory.
The Sea of Galilee is like an enchanting woman whose moods are fiercely changeable.
So, Nietzsche said, Life is meaningless, but have courage anyway. Jesus also called His people to be courageous in the face of difficulty, adversity, and hostility, but He did not call them to a groun...
So, James is exhorting us to count it all joy even when it is not all joy, not because it is joyous to be involved in pain and suffering, but because God can bring good through that pain and suffering...
Para volvernos expertos en cualquier cosa, debemos practicar. Si queremos aprender a orar, entonces debemos orar; y seguir orando.
Our modern worship needs the philosophy of the second glance, an ongoing attempt to make sure that all that we do in worship gatherings is to God’s glory, to His honor, and according to His will. May
Our Savior was a suffering Savior. He went before us into the uncharted land of agony and death. He went where no man is called to go. His Father gave Him a cup to drink that will never touch our lips...
Once a man ceases to recognize the infinite value ofthe human soul... then all he can recognize is that man is something to be used. But then he will also have to go further and recognize that some me...
Nos es necesario implorar asiduamente a Dios: Primero, para que nuestro corazón se inflame de un inmenso y ardiente deseo de siempre buscarlo, amarlo y honrarlo, debemos habituarnos a encontrar en él...
Never will I sit motionless while directly or indirectly apology is made for the murder of the helpless. In securing any kind ofpeace, the first essential is to guarantee to every man the most element...