What is Repentance?
Why is Repentance so Important to Prepare for the King (Matt. 3:1–12)?
As our roots go deep in Christ, the fruit of our lives is the fruit of the Spirit (Gal. 5:22–23). This is an important point. By repentance, we are not making another resolution to “do better next time.” Rather, by repentance, we are asking God to “create in me a clean heart…and renew a right spirit within me”... Continue Reading
Lord, Deliver Me from Me
A Daily Prayer Against Unbelief
The prayer of Psalm 16:1 is a prayer of faith, since I am no longer attempting to reason about God in his absence but addressing him as Father in his presence. And through such awakenings and interruptions, God answers my prayer. He keeps me, because I seek refuge in him. Preserve me, O God, for in... Continue Reading
4 Truths to Help Battle the Desire for Revenge
Jesus calls us to the unexpected. Unexpected love, unexpected sacrifice, unexpected loyalty.
According to Paul, we should not take matters into our own hands. It’s not that there’s not justice to be served; there very well might be. But it’s not for you or I to administer it because we aren’t capable of doing so in a true and good and noble way. This belongs to the... Continue Reading
Exclusive Abilities: Our Reach & Requests
You might not have 24/7 access to a deluxe concierge, but you do have 24/7 full access to a Father who loves you and can help with anything you need.
If you are asking for spiritual maturity, for endurance in a trial, for provision of your basic needs so you can continue to serve and minister and evangelize, and if you are asking for mercy, for forgiveness, for wisdom and compassion from our Father in heaven… then there is no spending limit! What a glorious... Continue Reading
An Open Letter to a Distressed Sufferer
Jesus, the Suffering Servant, walked a path of grief and anguish ahead of you and for you.
Bring your questions and your grief to him. Your doubts and confusion. Your weariness and loneliness. Amazingly, God himself gives us words in Scripture to do just that. Ask him that the comfort of Christ might be given to you just as you are sharing in Christ’s sufferings (2 Cor 1:5). And if it takes... Continue Reading
John Newton’s Guidance for our Social Media Age
The Danger of Growing in an Angry, Contentious Spirit as You Engage Controversy
If we act in a wrong spirit—we shall bring little glory to God; do little good to our fellow creatures; and procure neither honor nor comfort to ourselves! If you can be content with showing your wit, and gaining the laugh on your side—you have an easy task! But I hope you have a far nobler aim; and... Continue Reading
The Meaning of Death: A Funeral Meditation
Why Must We Die?
Because of Christ, we don’t have to live in the constant fear of death. Yes, it’s still painful. Yes, it’s still our enemy. Yes, we would avoid it if we could. But it is possible for you and I to look death in the face and to know that it will not have the last... Continue Reading
How to Examine Spiritual Fruit
Determination of whether or not our fruit is good hinges on our obedience to Scripture.
If we want to know if our fruit is healthy or diseased, we need to ask ourselves, “What place does the word of God have in our lives?” Do we recognize its authority as the words of Jesus himself and obey it, or do we treat it as simply the words of another errant scribe and mold... Continue Reading
Innovation Exists by God’s Design
Innovators—both virtuous ones and nefarious ones—are created by God.
He may use you to discover the genetic cure for cancer, or he may use you to weaponize a superravager, but he disposes of every innovator as he pleases in his wisdom. We are each accountable for our volitional decisions and our sins. But make no mistake—each and every one of us finally fulfills the... Continue Reading
In the Beginning God Created a Priest
God created Adam and all of his children in his image to commune with him and to serve as his priests in his Holy Place.
Luke 3:38 bears witness to Adam’s priesthood. When Luke traces Jesus’s genealogy back to Adam, he calls Adam “the son of God.” The priestly significance of this title is associated with the way firstborn sons were set apart as priestly assistants. As Michael Morales observes, firstborn sons were consecrated to the Lord (see Ex. 13:2), and until Numbers... Continue Reading
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