Whether you’re a high-end leader in a glass tower or a sojourner under a bridge, you can find rest when your soul is anchored in the riches of Christ. Your life, your circumstances, your lot — all are handcrafted by God for your good and His glory.     How does your soul handle change?... Continue Reading

There is a reason God had to give a commandment in the New Testament to let no one neglect the assembling together of God’s people as is the manner of some ( Heb. 10:24-25). The Scriptures warned that there would be a problem of people saying they don’t need to come to church. We live... Continue Reading

The spiritual condition in Judah at the time was so bad that the temple was in gross disrepair and the Word of God had been lost potentially for fifty-seven years, which was the combined reign of the previous two wicked kings. Judah needed a spiritual revival. So, in the eighteenth year of his reign, Josiah... Continue Reading

What can explain such rage and fury against One so good, so holy, so righteous, so kind, so powerful, and so benevolent?   When we read the four Gospel accounts (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John), we are astounded at the vast numbers of human beings that our blessed Lord Jesus Christ cured (of every kind... Continue Reading

I was 18 and home, face planted in the pillows strewn about my bed. My Bible lay open next to me, each verse a reminder that I’d lost God’s favor. Each kind promise reassured me that it wasn’t mine.     For many years, I lived in a world where failure cordoned off God’s presence,... Continue Reading

When the church in Jerusalem was struggling to minister to the widows in Acts 6, the answer was to find godly men to address the problem. The situation was volatile. Some women were being overlooked in the daily distribution, and the oversight looked like ethnic prejudice to boot (v. 1). The apostles knew they couldn’t... Continue Reading

“God only is the saint’s treasure and chief good; he lays up treasure in heaven and this treasure is God.”    What is it that we, as Christians, long for? What is it that we crave? What is it that will quiet our restless hearts? We want forgiveness, for we know our rebellion. We want... Continue Reading

“For how can a man have this true faith, this sure trust and confidence in God, that by the merits of Christ, his sins be forgiven, and be reconciled to the favor of God, and to be partaker of the kingdom of heaven by Christ, when he lives ungodly, and denieth Christ in his deeds?”... Continue Reading

If you are aware of a conflict in a church, someone else’s or your own, it is imperative that you follow biblical guidelines and principles as these. If all church members did so, the peace and purity of the church will be maintained despite the conflicts that will inevitably come.   We’ve all had it... Continue Reading

The Lord does not call you to pretend tomorrow is safe. He calls you to live as though He is faithful in every season of your life.   Coming out of a very painful winter season of unrelenting, intrusive, fearful thoughts, I recently made the mistake of oversharing some of my experience with someone who... Continue Reading