Have you ever felt circumstances nipping at your feet, threatening to tug you into an ocean of despair? You lose your job, receive an...

1 John 2:15–17 15. Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16....

But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the...

The Prayer of Faith: Is anyone among you in trouble? Let them pray. Is anyone happy? Let them sing songs of praise. Is anyone among you...

Can a person separate water from the sea? When I think of the sea, I picture a vast body of water with waves crashing as they approach...

If we are faithless, he remains faithful—for he cannot deny himself.—2 Timothy 2:13 He Is Trustworthy This verse pictures a radically...

1. Predestination should result in humility, praise, and comfort. Sometimes Christians passionately disagree with each other about...

How can a person make sense of the Bible? After all, it was composed by some forty authors at different times in different countries, and...

Discerning God’s Will For the believer wanting to know God’s will for his or her life, the first question to pose is not “What should I...

The Widow’s Offering Jesus sat down across from the place where people put their temple offerings. He watched the crowd putting their...

Infinite Condescension In this act of taking on human nature, Christ’s infinite condescension [“descending to be with”] wonderfully...

What Are Angels? While God’s word does not offer us a detailed description of how and when God made the angels, or of what exactly they...

Praying the Word means reading (or reciting) Scripture in a spirit of prayer and letting the meaning of the verses inspire our thoughts...

We Have Come to Worship Him Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east...

What the Gospel Means for You Ponder this remarkable situation with me. If the Son of God came to help you stop sinning—to destroy the...

While the Bible doesn’t say anything about observing the tradition of Advent, this tradition has existed within the global Christian...

When we become a child of God, we not only inherit God’s blessings but God’s enemies as well. The Lord’s foremost enemy is Satan, whose...

This is the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah the son of David, the son of Abraham. And so begins the book of Matthew. It’s easy to gloss...

Conflict at Church Who isn’t discouraged by conflict at church? After all, church should be as close as we get to heaven on earth, right?...

No Longer Slaves We are no longer under Old Testament law; but as believers, we are still marked by our obedience to Christ. We are no...