We have the assurance of Scripture that all believers will survive the fire of testing and be raised. But it is not only ourselves that will outlast this world and be carried over to the new one. It is what we do with our lives. Our righteous works will follow us to Heaven (Revelation 14:13).... Continue Reading

Is it not striking that the gospel is often framed as a last will and testament? It takes effect after the death of the testator. The beneficiaries receive what is in the will—unless they reject it. The gospel, then, is the last will and testament of Jesus Christ. Do you want to be an heir?... Continue Reading

Older men are responsible to model Christlikeness to the younger men. However, growth in their part also happens when they start applying the things that they have learned.   Discipling younger men is both a challenge and a delight. It is a challenge knowing that these young men have so much room for improvement so... Continue Reading

Time marches forward, whether we use it well or not. Let us be faithful stewards of the time God has given us and make the new year and however much of it we are given a fruitful and edifying period of life with God in Christ.   Christmas Day is past, but Christmastide continues. For... Continue Reading

Think about it; the Bible is full of encouragement; it’s full of motivation. Motivation to obey the Lord and be blessed. Motivation to believe the promises of God because they are true. Motivation to go forward and not be afraid because God is with us.   Some people make fun of those who listen to... Continue Reading

Individual souls mattered to Christ, and thus must matter to us. Sure, we can reach the masses. But may it never be at the expense of our private and personal ministries where we truly do admonish and teach each person with all wisdom and with sincere tears, in order to present each person complete in... Continue Reading

As we sojourn in this fallen world, we feel the gravitational pull of glory. Our longing now has to do not only with the depletion caused by weariness and weakness but also a longing for our completion in Him who began a good work in us.  Brethren, pray for us. 1 Thessalonians 5:25, NKJV The... Continue Reading

The cross does not tell us that God no longer cares about sin. It tells us something far better: God cared so much that He judged it in Himself, so that sinners might be forgiven without justice being compromised.   Is God still angry at sin after the cross? Few questions cut closer to the... Continue Reading

Submission is the theme of this song [Isaiah 53]. Jesus would succeed as the servant by living in total surrender to God. All praise to the Submissive Servant! Jesus’s submission is our salvation. Through him we are taught and sustained, indicted and redeemed.   Allusion-Seeking and Thread-Pulling in Isaiah 50:4–9 The Lord GOD has given... Continue Reading

No one is going to make you. That means tomorrow morning, under no forceful coercion, you have to get out of the bed. You have to refrain from hitting the snooze button. You’ll have to start praying. No one is going to make you, and no one can do it for you.   As the... Continue Reading