We are in constant spiritual warfare against Satan. He tries to enslave our bodies with addictions and excesses, our minds with heresies and paralyzing doubts, our spirits with guilt and shame. He seeks to take away our joy, rip apart our families, and wreck our...
“About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, ‘Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?’ (which means ‘My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?’)” (Matt. 27:46). This fourth statement from the cross is the very core of our...
In today’s world, and even in many of our churches, grace is no longer amazing; it is boring, just as J. I. Packer has diagnosed: “The thought [of grace] means nothing to them; it does not touch their experience at all” (Knowing God, 129). It is...
If you visit Rome, you can see the dungeon that once housed the Apostle Paul. You can stand within the same four solid walls that once formed his cell. There are no windows, no doors, no way of escape, and yet, for Paul, it was not a place of defeat or fear. It was...
Parents who have been blessed with compliant children often can’t understand the unique challenges the parents of a defiant child face. But there is good news: These defiant children have the potential to do great things for God. Read Luke 15:11-32. The...
Have you ever given an expensive present to someone who never thanked you for it? Most of us are guilty of the same indifference toward our gifts from God. God blesses His children in many ways — from our talents and resources to the assurance of eternal life in...
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