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...

The resurrection of Jesus Christ is a cornerstone of the Christian faith. But what happened after the empty tomb? The Bible tells us...

Good Friday. The name itself seems like an oxymoron. How can a day commemorating the brutal crucifixion of Jesus Christ be considered...

The week of Jesus’ crucifixion is called “Passion Week,” after the Greek verb pascho, meaning “to suffer.” It began with his triumphal,...

Use this 7-Day Holy Week Devotional to focus on the cross of Jesus and the hope that we have through him! For each day of the Holy Week...

“Remember that you are dust, and to dust you will return.” So begins the yearly Christian season known as Lent on February 14th 2024, a...

Beware of False Teachers Just as the true prophets of Israel had to deal with the prophets of foreign gods and false prophets from among...

1 Corinthians 13: 1If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2And if I...

Following Jesus When He Is Not Here Jesus was fully human and fully God (John 1:1, 14). He was not God with a human veneer—like a...

Lent is a 40-day period of time leading up to Easter that begins on Ash Wednesday and ends on Holy Saturday. The word "lent" comes from...