Rejoicing in All Circumstances Perhaps the best-known example of Paul’s admonition to rejoice in all circumstances is found in...

There’s nothing like having a child look up at you and call you “Daddy.” But our relationships with our own fathers, and sometimes our...

Exodus 34:6–7 The LORD passed before him and proclaimed, “The LORD, the LORD, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding...

[He will] provide for those who grieve in Zion— to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning,...

Bible studies should come in all shapes and sizes, connecting all kinds of people to God’s word. Throughout my twenty years of ministry...

Israel had spent four hundred-plus years as slaves in Egypt, and then they called out to God, asking him to deliver them. God tells them...

God created you because he wanted to be in relationship with you. He loves you. He wants you to know him personally and intimately, not...

The ascension of Jesus is often thought of as one of the most pivotal moments in the Christian faith. Following his resurrection, Jesus...

He appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had driven seven demons.  Mark 16:9 How would you feel if you had been brought from...

1. The resurrection is the core of the Christian message and should never be neglected or assumed. Sometimes today, when we hear the...

Proof of the Resurrection How can anyone be confident that the resurrection really happened? The first followers of Jesus didn’t claim...

We need one key quality more than any other for exploring God’s will. This virtue is required to embrace Scripture and to win the...

Listen and Learn I recently observed a conversation a few Christians were having with a man who has yet to come to faith in Jesus. It was...

1. Ephesians 5:22–27 Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the...

Speak to God God is not asking for silence. When we suffer and do not understand, he is not demanding the stiff upper lip. He does not...

1. HE IS: My Everything Isaiah 9:6–7  Isaiah predicted that a child would be born who would be our everything. The variety of names...

Stay on Track Years ago, when I was serving in high school ministry, we offered this simple plan to our students as they learned how to...

The Crux of Each Book Just as every Bible passage has a main point, so does every biblical book, and it’s very important to find it. The...

The prophet Isaiah prophesied during one of the most crucial times in the history of Judah and Israel—a time marked by political...

If God is good, why isn’t he intervening to bring peace and healing? People have wrestled with questions like this over the centuries.  ...