To every generation: you don’t have to carry your pain alone. You don’t have to endlessly search for healing within yourself. Real freedom begins when we lay it all at the feet of Christ because He sees us, knows us, and makes us whole.   As a pastor’s wife and a Marriage and Family Therapist,... Continue Reading

We are not to let eschatological speculation or theories about the prophetic calendar push us to just go into useless inactivity. We are to keep on keeping on for Christ and the Kingdom.   Quite often when I or others seek to alert fellow Christians to some of the pressing issues of the day that... Continue Reading

Understanding the difference between salvation and fellowship is essential for living a balanced and biblically grounded Christian life. Salvation is secure, but fellowship requires maintenance. By rightly dividing the Word of truth, we can avoid confusion, grow in grace, and walk more closely with the God who saved us.   Be careful not to confuse... Continue Reading

This year had an above average number of kerfuffles, which has seemingly set up the Assembly for more vigorous debate and discussion. Not a few have observed the extraordinary frequency of controversies from our General Assembly’s committees and coordinators.   This year’s Assembly has a large workload ahead of it to fix the ongoing issues... Continue Reading

John Bradford, an English martyr who was burned at the stake, often shared an interesting idea. He reflected that if God created such a magnificent universe for his enemies, then the world he must have prepared for his friends is extraordinary. It’s going to be incredible. But it’s only for his friends.   Big Idea:... Continue Reading

After Jesus told Nicodemus of God loving the world He said this: “But he who does not believe is condemned already, because He has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God” (John 3:18). If you do not believe on the Son of God for your salvation you are condemned. What... Continue Reading

By these multiple references to the work of the Holy Spirit through these three basic phases in Acts, this critical era of redemptive history receives its defining focus. At every moment of the advancement of the gospel, the role of the Holy Spirit manifests his prominence. By prophetic predictions, through the emboldening of the apostles,... Continue Reading

In Proverbs 2:16-19, the adulterous woman “forgets the covenant of her God” (Prov 2:17). In chapter 7, she’s someone who offers sacrifices at God’s temple (Prov 7:14), so we can see that in some sense she was indeed a member of the community of God’s people. Such people can be chief among those who offer... Continue Reading

The testimony of our earliest known non-Christian witness to Jesus closely correlates with what the writers of the Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) believed and wrote about Jesus: that Jesus performed miracles, was accepted as the Christ by his followers, was condemned to death by Pilate at the instigation of Jewish leaders, crucified on... Continue Reading

The meaning of the Bible is clear enough, and deep down we know that this is a credible book that has the ring of truth to it. What we should do as we’re studying the Bible and asking for God’s help is also just put into practice what the Bible says. We may become more... Continue Reading