Elisha was able to help his servant and contend for the faith because he knew God and knew His Word. Do you know God and His Word? The Lord calls us to meditate on His Word every day (Psalm 119:97), to rejoice in the Word (Psalm 119:162), and to value the Word more than gold... Continue Reading

If a professing Christian is unholy in their heart and actions then he or she has no hope of being counted among God’s people. On the other hand, the true Christian will be washed clean through regeneration and changed forever with a heart that loves God and His holiness while abhorring sin and evil. He... Continue Reading

The Bible doesn’t reveal the god of Deism, who is mostly unconcerned and uninvolved with his creation. Scripture presents us with the one true God, who is close at hand (Jer. 23:23–24) not just in the sense that He is everywhere present with His creation but that He is present in and through the events of creation... Continue Reading

That we are to teach our children the truth of God’s Word is a sacred, holy responsibility that God gives to His people. And it’s not something that is to be done only one day a week That we are to teach our children the truth of God’s Word is a sacred, holy responsibility that... Continue Reading

A father loves a daughter — and oh, do fathers love their daughters — as someone who is not like me but rather like the most important person on earth to me: my wife… A father looks at his son as one who will become what he is — a father — and so needs to learn... Continue Reading

Jesus is calling us to a radical perspective on our possessions and relationships! Our focus on Christ and his kingdom should be so great that we are willing to forsake all possessions and relationships to please him. Thankfully, God most often times uses our possessions and relationships to build His Kingdom.   One of Christ’s... Continue Reading

How can we possibly convey the seriousness and urgency of the public eternal encounter with the event that is Gospel preaching – heaven or hell rests on hearers response: the Rahabs of this world are saved by sovereign softening grace, while the Sihons of this age will be sovereignly left to justly perish in their... Continue Reading

Some of those who stayed kept their faith without telling others about it, while some prepared to fight back. They eventually created what they called “the Church of the Desert,” with secret meetings in caves or private homes. Those who attended these meetings ran terrible risks. If caught, the women were sent to jail and... Continue Reading

Perhaps the most simple mark of living by faith – that we just keep going. We persevere. We endure, all the way to the end. Certainly all of us have had a good, hard lesson in endurance over the past year. We have all been hit with challenges from all sides – financially, emotionally, relationally,... Continue Reading

We should never expect a fair shake, nor whine when it is not given. We are not to play the victim. That is disloyalty to Christ. “Followers of Christ flinch at times from the pain of wounds and the smart of slights,” Os Guinness wrote, “but that cost is in the contract of the way... Continue Reading