Like a Sudden Trap for the Dissipated Soul If you go to sleep spiritually, you will not be awake to discern the signs of his nearness....

1. The fall refers to the rebellion of God’s image-bearers in the garden of Eden. Genesis 3 is a threshold in the Bible’s storyline....

Psalm 46 is a beloved passage in which the psalmist declared that no matter what was happening around him, God was his refuge and...

Women as Image Bearers You can barely open your computer, watch Netflix, go to a movie, or follow popular music without encountering our...

Throughout John 15, we read about the way in which God deals with three different kinds of branches. First, we read about what God does...

Jesus's Countercultural View of Women The place of women in the first-century Roman world and in Judaism has been well-documented and set...

A Belated Announcement I once heard a pastor say that we are the belated announcement of what we have been thinking about for the past...

Make Disciples If I were to ask you what is the best, most practical, most helpful parenting passage in all the Bible, what would you...

Misguided Advice Twenty years ago, Anna Quindlen—a writer for the New York Times, a Pulitzer Prize winner, and a recipient of prestigious...

The book of Ecclesiastes takes a hard look at the human experience and offers wise advice on how to live meaningfully, purposefully and...

Dreaming has an essential role in developing your faith and helping you become the kind of person God has always intended you to be....

Inadequacy of Isolated Words For a long time, I have been troubled by the inadequacy of the words faith and belief and trust (or any...

Acts 5:1–11 - 1. But a man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property, 2. and with his wife’s knowledge he kept back...

This article is part of the Unpacking Culture series in which we examine a well-known axiom and weigh any true or positive aspects of it...

The Meaning of Worthy What is implied in Paul’s exhortation “Only let your manner of life be worthy [axios] of the gospel of Christ”? In...

Quick—what was the best gift you ever received? How did you feel when you opened it? What made it so special? For me, it was “Fort...

1. Matthew 6:5–8 And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the...

It’s a biblical truth that habits shape your life. Perhaps you’re wondering, “where does God tell us that in the Bible?” That idea comes...

This Is Our Father’s World God is committed to the earth and has given humans the responsibility to care for it. This biblical truth is...

Bad Consequences I once watched a Ken Burns documentary series on World War II. After half a dozen episodes, I realized I was getting...