The wicked go through life thinking only of getting, but God’s people go through life thinking of giving, of sharing with others, and of showing mercy. God has blessed us. We have inherited everything...
The way to God was opened, not by the life of Jesus or the example of Jesus, not even by the teaching of Jesus, but by the death of Jesus on the cross. For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just...
The test of the submissive mind is not just how much we are willing to take in terms of suffering, but how much we are willing to give in terms of sacrifice.
The suretyship of Jesus is the assurance that God will keep his salvation covenant with his people. God has made a covenant of grace with us through the Lord Jesus Christ. By so much more Jesus has be...
The primary task of the church and of the Christian minister is the preaching of the Word of God, said Dr. D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones. The decadent periods and eras in the history of the church have always...
The arrangement of chapters 40—66 is not accidental. The Book of Consolation is divided into three sections; each focuses on a different Person of the Godhead and a different attribute of God. Chapter...
That this complex universe should appear by accident out of nothing from a big bang is as probable as the works of Shakespeare resulting from an explosion in a printing plant.
Right now, at this very moment, Jesus is preparing a place for His loyal subjects a home in heaven where their will be no more death, crying, or pain—a paradise where we will live with Him for eternit...
Prayer isn’t an option; it’s an obligation and an opportunity for us to glorify God’s name and receive his blessing. It’s also an opportunity to participate in miracles.
Prayer is to the spiritual life what breathing is to the physical life, and if you stop breathing, you will faint.
Peter is preeminently the apostle of hope, as Paul is the apostle of faith and John of love.
Only Christianity dares to make God’s love unconditional (What’s So Amazing About Grace, 45).
Man is made in the image of God, and man cannot really know himself unless he knows the Father, the divine original.
Luther called marriage a school for character, and he was right. He realized that his own life was enriched because of the love of his wife and family.
Like every good teacher and preacher, he turned the ear into an eye and helped people to see spiritual truth. He knew that the mind is not a debating chamber—it is a picture gallery.
It is not great talents God blesses so much as great likeness to Jesus. A holy minister is an awful weapon in the hand of God.
Isaiah’s final announcement was that their confidence that God would not judge them was a delusion (Isa. 28:21–29). But God defended
Isaiah was certainly a courageous man. Unafraid to denounce kings and priests, and unwavering when public opinion went against him, he boldly declared the Word of God.
Isaiah warned Ahaz that his alliances with godless Gentiles would not work, and he encouraged the king to put his trust in the Lord (Isa. 7).
In Greek the name Christ is χριστός (christos). The first letter looks like the English letter X. Every vocation has its shorthand, and those in the church used the letter chi (χ) to represent Christ...