The Proverbs 31 Man
By a delightful stroke of God’s providence, the English language bears witness to a husband’s job description in the very ...
Articles
Lean into the Hill: A Runner’s Lesson for the Christian Life
Sometimes I wonder if the apostle Paul might have been a runner. Running is a curiously common theme in his ...
Does God Love Everyone in the Same Way? Ephesians 2:4–7, Part 4
Does God love everyone in the world? Does God care about both the elect and non-elect in the same way?Watch ...
The Land That Turns Women into Ostriches
When God looks down at America, does he see a land where ostriches roam? In Scripture, the presence of ostriches ...
Am I Too Hard on Myself?
God has given us a high and holy calling in Christ. But can a Christian ever be too hard on ...
Will You Wake Up a Christian Tomorrow?
There are two ways that God’s children could conceivably fail in the Christian life. One is for us to turn ...
Trembling at Sin, Marveling at Grace
Seeing and savoring God’s providence in our redemption fills us with wonder and trembling joy. We owe everything to his ...
Remember Our Chains: The State of the Persecuted Church
ABSTRACT: At the end of Paul’s letter to the Colossians, he writes, “Remember my chains.” Thousands of Christians around the ...
Has God Withheld Good from Me?
God wants to give us good things. Not only that, he promises good things to us and assures us they ...
God Is Not Stingy with Mercy: Ephesians 2:4–7, Part 3
Where would we be today, or in a thousand years, if God were not rich in mercy?Watch Now
Martin Luther King and His Partner in the Cause
Christian citizenship expands far beyond the country on our passport. We share a citizenship with those from every nation who ...
Tempted and Unarmed: Why We Need the Armor of God
It was the boy’s first day of junior high. All was going well until three older kids took his lunch, ...
More Than Sexual Purity: Five Ambitions for Christian Men
If our discipling of young men consists merely of encouraging spiritual disciplines and checking sexual temptation, why would we be ...
Faith That Satisfies — and Saves: What It Means to Come to Jesus
The nature of genuine saving faith isn’t mere mental assent, but receiving all that God is for us in Jesus ...
How Do I Explain the Trinity to Children?
How do we teach our children about the Trinity? The Trinity is mysterious, of course, to us adults. God is ...
Are You Amazed You Are a Christian? Ephesians 2:4–7, Part 2
It always takes immeasurable power to raise the dead to life. Every Christian has an amazing testimony.Watch Now
Is an Audio Bible Sufficient for Devotions?
Is listening to the Bible just as good as reading it? Or do we risk missing something if our Bible ...
‘Life Unworthy of Life’: How a Holocaust Was Born
Lebensunwertes Leben is a chilling German phrase that means “life unworthy of life.” It was coined in 1920 by two ...
Some Trust in Numbers: How Counting Can Ruin a Ministry
Today, more than ever before, we live in a world obsessed with numbers. Modern technology has made life more measurable, ...
We Believe: The Story of the Apostles’ Creed
The Augsburg Confession. The Helvetic Confession. The Gallican Confession. The Belgic Confession. The Westminster Confession and Catechism. The Second London ...
Confronting Lukewarm Worship
When we see and savor the providence of God, lukewarm worship gives way to wonder, awe, and holy reverence before ...
Does God Save Us from God? Ephesians 2:4–7, Part 1
When Christians say that we are “saved,” what exactly are we being saved from?Watch Now
Welcome to a God-Entranced World: Invitation into the Wonders of Providence
It is a tragic fact of the modern world that most contemporary, scientifically minded people think it is more true ...
Death Is Not the End: What We Still and Will Believe
“And they lived happily ever after. The end.” That’s a common way to end a story that begins “Once upon ...
