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God Can Work Through Anyone and Everything — Even You and Your Sin

If you can truly grasp the idea that God has fully conquered all sin in this way—that his power and glory are undefeatable no matter how it looks at any one moment—then you will finally have rest from regret and discouragement.

Unsearchable Riches: 100 Facets to the Diamond of Christ

He is inexhaustible. Unsearchably rich (Eph 3:8). Bottomless. We receive him, thinking he’s a pond, only to disc...

The Kid Who Got Noticed

The good thing about being six years old is that you can squeeze through a crowd.

Which is what Jacob did. He pushed his way through past rows of villagers, bumping the odd arm, moving to the front with only a few protests. He could hear Jesus talking with his friends. Most of them didn’t have time to react.

He made it almost to the front.

“Where do you think you’re going?” a big man asked, standing in his way.

Jacob froze. He didn’t know what to say and was about to make his escape, until he heard ...

When People Don't Want to Hear About Jesus (Acts 4)

Big Idea: Pray for courage to share about Jesus and to see opposition as an opportunity to talk about him.

We have a serious tension, and here it is in a nutshell.

On one hand, we want people to know about Jesus. If you follow Jesus, you probably want others to know about the good news of Jesus: God's Son lived, died, and rose again to make us right with God. This is such good news that we simply want everyone to know about it.

But here’s the other side of the tension: we’re terrified to tell peopl...

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Gen Z and the Draw to Serious Faith

Today, if you want to attract young people, lead with the fine print. Shock them with the seriousness of a faith that requires rigor, a rule of life that brings structure for spirituality, grounded in the grace of the gospel.

“Brace Yourselves!“: The Reduction of Public Bible Reading

We need to renew our focus on the public reading of the Bible.

The Church Should Mind Its Spiritual Business

A variety of competing claims threat...

You Don't Need a Bucket List

While in Belgrade, Serbia visiting missionaries, we figured we had time for one side-trip. After looking at the options, we picked Thessaloniki.

Thessaloniki was a great pick. It’s not only a bustling city with great food with a great waterfront, but it’s packed with history. We walked where Paul walked. At the archaeological museum, we saw unbelievable artifacts, not only from Greco-Roman times but from before.

After two days, we boarded the plane back to Belgrade via Zurich. After leaving Zurich...

A Personal Gospel Blessing (Hebrews 13:18-25)

Big Idea: We need a personal blessing based on the gospel.

Out of all the beginnings of books of the Bible, I think Hebrews may be my favorite. I admit it’s close. “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth” (Genesis 1:1). That’s really good. Or John 1:

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life, and the life wa...

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Don’t Confuse Secondary or Tertiary With Unimportant

The truth is, there are lots of tertiary things that will have a significant impact on your church.

Your Elders Will Fail You

My elders have fumbled and failed at times. Your elders will too. That does not mean we sweep things under the rug or excuse sin. But we can show grace.

25 Questions a Christian Woman Should Ask Herself When a Man Starts to Show Interest

Here’s a list of 25 questions we sometimes share ...

The First Step to Sin

Researchers invited one hundred people to participate in a study. They put participants in pairs. The task: to guess how many coins were in a series of jars. One participant would be shown large images, while the other would see only small, fuzzy images. The person who’d seen the large images would help the person who saw the small, fuzzy images to make good guesses.

The more accurate the guess by the person who had seen only the small, fuzzy image, the more both participants would receive.

They p...

The Greatness of Jesus Applied at Church (Hebrews 13:7-19)

Big Idea: Jesus calls churches to follow godly leaders, guard their teaching, and suffer like Jesus.

What is the greatest threat to this church?

Years ago, Francis Schaeffer said:

The central problem of our age is not liberalism or modernism, nor the old Roman Catholicism or the new Roman Catholicism, nor the threat of communism, nor even the threat of rationalism and the monolithic consensus which surrounds us. All these are dangerous but not the primary threat. The real problem is this: the churc...

Saturday Links

Curated links for your weekend reading:

The Case for Holy Obstinacy

An often overlooked element of Christian witness is holy stubbornness—the unbending refusal to go along with what the world says, no matter the cultural pressures or ramifications.

7 Tips for Reading the Book of Revelation

As I’ve grown as a reader of Revelation, I’ve found the seven suggestions below invaluable.

In a Scrolling World, Are We Numb to the Resurrection’s Shock?

Why are we numb to the resurrection’s shock and seemingly bo...