When you think about the gospel, do you think it is primarily redemptive or preventative in nature? Does the gospel primarily rescue us...

Do you ever try to control God’s plans for your life instead of trusting him to do what is best? God had promised to make Abraham the...

1 Timothy 6:1–2 Let all who are under a yoke as bondservants regard their own masters as worthy of all honor, so that the name of God and...

Jesus Can’t Be Penitent If the Psalms give a window into the human emotions and affections of Jesus Christ, we must ask what we are to...

The Ultimate Purpose of the Atonement Is the Glory of the Father Before determining for whom Christ died, it is necessary first to...

Be careful to follow every command I am giving you today, so that you may live and increase and may enter and possess the land the LORD...

Living in this broken world, people know defeat all too well. Everyone has experienced a relationship where someone let them down, or a...

Shepherds: They appear in surprising places throughout the Old Testament. Beginning with Adam and Eve’s son Abel, who kept flocks of...

“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the LORD.“As the heavens are higher than the earth, so...

Covenant Theology on Israel and the Church Israel is often on people’s minds. Unrest ebbs and flows in the Middle East, with Israel front...

Getting Started For years I’ve written articles and books about evangelism. On the surface, this looks like a desire to help foster...

Luke 9:57–62 - 57As they were going along the road, someone said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.” 58And Jesus said to him,...

The “fruit” of the Holy Spirit refers to the godly attributes of those who “walk in the Spirit” (Galatians 5:16). The true manifestation...

Did you know that of the 27 books in the New Testament, 21 of them are letters written to communities of Jesus’ followers, and they were...

If you feel hopeless, helpless, or powerless—unable to deal with people or problems and on the verge of exhaustion—take heart in the...

The Ever-Inspiring, Heavenward Life When my oldest child died, I knew that my life would never be the same. In the initial months that...

Job 1 1 There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job, and that man was blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned away...

Following Jesus’ death, resurrection, and ascension, thousands of Jews became believers. The period from roughly A.D. 30 to 100 saw the...

A lot of people talk about “faith.” But what does that mean for our everyday lives? We offer reflections based on the experiences of...

The Vantage Point of the Resurrection It’s not just the most important miracle ever. It’s not just the most astounding event in the life...