Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves; otherwise we...

The opening book of the Bible reveals many of God’s attributes. Gain a better understanding of His character and implications for your...

A Loaded Term Mental illness. For many, that is a scary term. “You have a mental illness.” This statement borders on terrifying! It...

My mother-in-law remembers walking down rough forest paths in the early morning light while carrying a water jar on her head to fill from...

1. Eden was good, but not yet fully glorious. Eden was bright and beautiful, and we tend to think of it in terms of perfection. But...

Those of us who love and have chosen to follow Jesus are called to continue the ministry that Jesus began when he was on the earth. The...

Wisdom is a capacity of the mind that allows us to understand life from God’s perspective. Throughout the book of Proverbs, Solomon...

Pray with Hope, Patience, and Love When a friend or family member experiences mental illness, it can often be a time of great confusion....

1. God is immanent because he is transcendent. The Lord is “God in the heavens above (transcendent) and on the earth beneath (immanent)”...

The Descriptions Jesus Uses for Hell Jesus spoke of hell more than anyone else in the Bible. He referred to it as a place of “outer...

An Impossible Standard? If we approach the Sermon on the Mount only or mainly as a means by which we see our sinfulness, we’ve not taken...

Unopened Doors “If any of you lacks wisdom,” James 1:5 says, “let him ask God, who gives generously without reproach, and it will be...

“Atonement” is one of those religious words that rarely leaves the halls of seminaries and makes its way out into the wider world. For...

Life is full of insults and assaults. There are times it seems that hardly a day goes by when someone doesn’t try to undermine or hurt us...

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds. —James 1:2 Joy in Trials The second word in the Greek text of verse...

We see in the Bible that God is always with us. When we become followers of Jesus, his presence comes to dwell inside us through the...

After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language,...

Comfort for the Grieving The doctor said, “The child has severe hemophilia.” In the crib looking up at me with charming brown eyes lay a...

I used to believe in “biblical manhood and womanhood”—that God ordained male headship in the home and in the church, that wives must...

Among all the creatures of the earth, only human beings are made in God’s own image and likeness. In the opening chapter of the Bible,...