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On Eagles’ Wings

Time and time again, with great patience, the Lord has caught his plummeting people on his mighty wings and borne them up and carried them to safety.

Written by Warren Peel | Sunday, January 29, 2023

The Lord is teaching you to fly. To trust him. And if you fail, there is a gracious safety net. Look back and remember “what you yourselves have seen”—how the Lord has borne you up on eagles’ wings so many times before. Remember how he did it for Israel, not just here in the wilderness... Continue Reading

The Pastor as Steward

This stewardship language of “entrust” is used multiple times in Pauls’ epistles.

Written by Josh Thiessen | Sunday, January 29, 2023

The same word is used in Titus 1:3, “And at the proper time manifested in his word through the preaching with which I have been entrusted by the command of God our Savior.” Paul’s emphasis on this metaphor shows its importance for understanding the nature of ministry as a stewardship. Modern readers have a grasp on... Continue Reading

And God Blessed Them

God looked at our first parents, and he blessed them.

Written by Rick Conrad | Sunday, January 29, 2023

All Satan’s craft and all sin’s deceit fail to undo the goodness of the blessing that God spoke in the beginning. The signs of the blessing are all around us, whether in fields of wheat ripe for harvest, in school playgrounds packed with screaming kids, in seeing-eye dogs serving with loyal zeal – all these... Continue Reading

Worship is the Fuel for Helping

How in the world did Isaiah remain faithful to the message?

Written by Mike Leake | Sunday, January 29, 2023

Isaiah remained a faithful prophet of God for a very lengthy ministry. And he wasn’t just really good at one thing. He wasn’t only one of those preachers that was amazing at beating you up and bringing a flood of conviction. He was also one of those preachers who helped you heal. Likewise, he wasn’t... Continue Reading

Editorial: Delusion & Judgment

Delusion and judgment are just part of what we have to endure before we get home.

Written by englishchurchman | Sunday, January 29, 2023

There are rough seas ahead for those who desire to remain faithful.  Some have not realised this yet and are surprised such days are upon the Church.  They will learn and hopefully adapt.  Their souls will survive unscathed even if their minds and bodies do not. What should we do in the meantime?  By the grace of God, remain faithful. ... Continue Reading

Let the Word of Christ Dwell Richly Among You!

God seeks to shape godly behavior in us by getting to our hearts.

Written by Charlie Handren | Sunday, January 29, 2023

As we learn to meditate on the meaning and application of the Word, every believer ought to grow in the grace of actually applying it to life. You see, it’s one thing to prayerfully discern how to put a passage of the Bible into action, but it’s another thing to do it. And we must press... Continue Reading

How do We Encourage and Build Up the Church?

Engage Heartily

Written by Stephen Kneale | Sunday, January 29, 2023

Hearing people singing the songs heartily, praying earnestly, sharing testimony of how the Lord has been at work in them, these will all encourage other believers. Nothing encourages your elders more than seeing you grow in maturity and Christ-likeness. This is the ultimate fruit of engaging with the Word, engaging with the church, engaging with... Continue Reading

The Spirit’s Work of Conviction through the Conscience of a Sinner

Conviction of Sin

Written by John Owen | Sunday, January 29, 2023

Conscience is the territory or dominion of God in man, which he has so reserved unto himself that no human power can possibly enter into it or dispose of it in any wise. But in this work of conviction of sin, the word of God, the Scripture, enters into the conscience of the sinner, takes... Continue Reading

Preserved by God

Unfortunately, many Christians have become practical deists. They have been duped by the notion that after having begun the work of salvation in our lives, God leaves us to our own devices.

Written by Burk Parsons | Saturday, January 28, 2023

God sustains us that we are able to endure faithfully to the end. By His loving hand, He blesses us with discipline. By His kindness, He leads us to repentance, and by His sacrifice, He has conquered the Enemy and defeated death. For this reason, we will endure because we are more than conquerors through... Continue Reading

A Faith Which Believes

Resting in the Assurance Offered in Christ

Written by Benjamin Glaser | Saturday, January 28, 2023

If we know ourselves at all we are fully aware that our sentiments can change like a chameleon’s skin. It is not a good barometer of things. If faith is a tangible reality it cannot be shaken or disturbed either by the winds and rains on the lake or by whatever circumstances may be around... Continue Reading

Our Greatest Ally in Loving the Sovereignty of God

There are no limitations to God’s sovereignty.

Written by Michael Kelley | Saturday, January 28, 2023

Time passes, and we look back, and from the benefit of a future vantage point, we can see things we were blind to in the moment. We get a slight glimpse of what possible good could come from something that felt, at the time, so bad. And from that vantage point, we would never look... Continue Reading

God’s Sovereignty Should Fuel Prayer, Not Hinder It

God has determined to sovereignly use our prayers for His purposes.

Written by Kevin Halloran | Saturday, January 28, 2023

God is “mighty to do much more abundantly than we ask or think” (Ephesians 3:20). Do you pray as if this were true? No, God is not always going to answer us in the way we want or at the time we want. But when we pray in faith, everything is possible, not because we are... Continue Reading

Witnessing in an Age of Apathy

How can we witness to a person who doesn’t care about God?

Written by Reuben M. Bredenhof | Saturday, January 28, 2023

As children of God, the Lord has entrusted to us a great treasure—something to rejoice over and find delight in. When we demonstrate this joy to others, we can leave the results of each encounter to the Lord. God alone is the one who ignites true love and right passion. He just calls us to... Continue Reading

The Saviour’s Jerusalem Playlist

Psalms of Ascent

Written by Mark Loughridge | Saturday, January 28, 2023

He sings of himself and his mission. He is on his way to the feast, to the Passover, but he is the Passover Lamb, and these are his songs. He sings of his trials, his trust, and his anticipation of triumph. Along with 113-118 these are especially “Anthems of the Dying Lamb”(as Phillip Ross titled... Continue Reading

Responsibility for True Widows: Focus on Older Saints, Part 2

Why is this matter so important to God?

Written by Forrest McPhail | Saturday, January 28, 2023

Care for our parents and grandparents is a fundamental life responsibility. Part of our worship of God is also to sacrificially care for widows in our close family. It should be a well-known fact around the globe that Christian families care for their own. This pleases Christ.   1 Timothy 5:3-16 is packed with implications for... Continue Reading

Following Jesus Means Trusting the Father’s Provision

In Luke 12:15, Jesus lays down a foundational principle regarding worldly goods.

Written by Alistair Begg | Saturday, January 28, 2023

If we’re going to seek the kingdom of God, it will mean ceding control over every aspect of our life to God. He is not interested in becoming second-in-command in our little armies. He is King and Lord, and He seeks the throne of our heart. When He sits on that throne, wealth and possessions... Continue Reading

Love and Truth: Do We Sacrifice One for the Other? (2 John)

Commitment to truth will bear fruit in commitment to love, and devotion to love will bear fruit in devotion to truth.

Written by R. Fowler White | Friday, January 27, 2023

Let those entrusted with the “ministry of the keys” in Christ’s church (cf. Matt 16:19) be careful to protect those in their charge. Just as they examine prospective members and officers of a congregation, so let them also examine itinerants such as missionaries and guest speakers. Let them also carefully counsel individual families on their... Continue Reading

Does God Play Favorites?

God’s Favor Versus Favoritism

Written by Don Strand | Friday, January 27, 2023

The Bible clearly shows that God favors some and not all. But God’s “favor” is not sin, where “favoritism” is indeed sin, as James rightly points out. Favoritism is when someone chooses a person or thing because of some perceived merit, worth, or bias; but, as Paul declares in Romans 3:23, all people have sinned... Continue Reading

Jesus in John 11: He Says No to Good Requests

Jesus explains the Father for us, he makes him understandable.

Written by A.W. Workman | Friday, January 27, 2023

We must have a category for God saying no, even when our requests are good, faith-filled, and according to his character. We see Jesus doing this very thing with Mary and Martha. When this happens, the reason is not some flaw in our asking. No, when God says no in these situations – like John... Continue Reading

The Way, Truth, and Life: Jesus is the Answer to All Our Questions

The answer to Thomas’s logical and honest inquiry was standing in front of Him.

Written by Michael Kelley | Friday, January 27, 2023

There are still questions. Questions about life. Questions about trials. Questions about direction. Questions about the future. And with each and every one, Jesus can say, “You know the answer, for I am He.” Christians have the amazing privilege of knowing He who knows the answers for He Himself embodies them.   John 13 is... Continue Reading

Three Warnings for Those Who Preach the Word

Preaching is a high calling.

Written by Kenneth Mbugua | Friday, January 27, 2023

Brothers, don’t be afraid that you will fail to impress your hearers. Be afraid of preparing a feast for your members while you go home, week after week, famished. Pray for the humility and faith that you need as a preacher to be first a partaker of the fruit of your study.   There are... Continue Reading

Lovers of Good

Eyes of Hope in a World Gone Bad

Written by David Mathis | Friday, January 27, 2023

Pastors — and increasingly their churches with them — are to be doers of good, not mere self-proclaimed lovers, deceiving themselves. Genuinely loving the good leads them to dream up ideas, take fresh initiatives, and do good that benefits all, especially those of like faith.   An overseer, as God’s steward, must be . . . a lover... Continue Reading

Communication Lanes

Three "road rules of wisdom" I seek to practice to make sure I am in the proper communication lane.

Written by Barry York | Friday, January 27, 2023

Recognize that the more sensitive the communication, the more to the right you should travel. Obviously, you would never communicate a confidential matter to a friend via Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc., as other eyes would be upon it. Likewise, every time we send a digital message we need to remember that it has the potential of... Continue Reading

Douglas MacArthur, Christianity and Japan

What General MacArthur managed to do in Japan after the war was nothing short of remarkable.

Written by Bill Muehlenberg | Friday, January 27, 2023

Supreme Commander: MacArthur’s Triumph in Japan by Seymour Morris, Jr. (Harper, 2014). What a huge task MacArthur had. This was a militaristic society that had engaged in some of the worst wartime atrocities ever (recall the Rape of Nanking, the Rape of Manilla, their pursuit of biological warfare, and so on), and here was an American general tasked with... Continue Reading

Misreading Providence for Personal Gain

Putting self first always leads to discontentment.

Written by Doug Eaton | Thursday, January 26, 2023

Jesus told us to seek first the Kingdom of God, and the rest would be added (Matthew 6:33). There are no exemptions to this. Even if life has you busy with your job, family, school, or other pressures, these things never exempt us from our duty (and pleasure) to seek God first. Instead of seeing... Continue Reading

Our Culture Needs Less Beth Moore and more Jonathan Edwards

Our society does not suffer from too much awareness of its own depravity and need for God.

Written by Elle Purnell | Thursday, January 26, 2023

It’s unsurprising that someone like Moore, who emphasizes the elements of the Gospel that are less offensive to unrepentant sinners, such as Christ’s love and companionship, is uncomfortable with Edwards’ harsh message. But the love and grace of Christ can only properly be understood in the context of the grossly offensive nature of our own... Continue Reading

No Such Thing as “Little Sins”

We all want to reduce the gravity of our sin to the point where it no longer stings the soul.

Written by Kendall Lankford | Thursday, January 26, 2023

Sins must not be minimized or trivialized. Sin caused our world to fall into the depths of depravity and violence. Sin caused our precious and spotless savior to undergo the wrath of God. And sin, while promising pleasure, becomes the bane of intimacy between us and God. Knowing this, let us be vigilant in fighting,... Continue Reading

Prayer as God Intended

Just as we need to breathe to live physically, we need to pray to live spiritually.

Written by Jacob Tanner | Thursday, January 26, 2023

How can we define prayer as children of God? In this way: Prayer is a relational expression that vocalizes our trust in our Heavenly Father. At the same time, just as a son speaking with his father learns to think, speak, and act like him, so speaking with our Heavenly Father will conform us into... Continue Reading

Being Angry and Doing Angry

How can I tell which kind of anger I have?

Written by Mike Leake | Thursday, January 26, 2023

Much of what we call righteous anger isn’t really righteous. It’s about righteous things, maybe. But it’s not actually righteous. It’s often mere words and not acting upon behalf of another. What is my anger leading me to do? That’s how we can tell if it’s coming from Jesus or our own messed up hearts.   Do you... Continue Reading

So, Seriously, What is Biblical Theology?

Building a Definition and Getting Some Input

Written by Mitch Chase | Thursday, January 26, 2023

We are doing biblical theology when we attentively read and understand a biblical passage or theme in light of the progressive revelation, redemptive-historical trajectory, and canonical context of Holy Scripture. Each of these phrases could be unpacked and defended, but that description will suffice for our purposes. In a cyclical way, keeping the Big Story in... Continue Reading

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