We wake up to a beautiful spring morning. The sky is blue, the birds are chirping, and there is green everywhere. And the gates of hell stand wide open, longing to devour. It takes an eye of faith to ...  Read More

Last Sunday we studied together 1 Peter 4:10–11 and our Lord’s direction for believers on how to build His church in a hostile culture. We saw that discovering your gift and abilities was a starting p...  Read More

Corrupt talk is rotten to the core (Ephesians 4:29) but has great appeal to the depths of our flesh (Ephesians 4:22). As such, it is so easy to fall into the deceptive trap of believing that a few loo...  Read More

God is bountiful in His grace, so we can bountifully sow our resources, expecting a bountiful harvest from Him and a multiplication of our seed. What a joy! Mostly when we read these truths from 2 Cor...  Read More

“To live is Christ and to die is gain" (Philippians 1:21) is a great claim to make about our Lord Jesus. He is our all-sufficient portion in this life and the great hope of our soul to see Him face to...  Read More

The believer belongs to two families: his earthly family and the eternal family. Both were created by God, Who was a Father to His Son before Creation. Although believers are justified and righteous t...  Read More

We have received grace upon grace from our Lord Jesus Christ, and He is our everlasting reservoir that we draw from to give grace in our family relationships. If we were to draw on our own strength in...  Read More

If Jesus is beautiful, so is His Bride. If our Head is our “One Thing,” His Body is closely united. Love flows down from Him, so does His beauty.David, in Psalm 27, longed to gaze at the beauty of the...  Read More

 During a disagreement early in our marriage, I once yelled across the room at my wife, “You need to submit to me!” I had the verses to prove it, but, in my immaturity, I saw it as a law more than gra...  Read More

How futile it would be for a man to salt the icy church parking lot using a small kitchen funnel. As the salt slowly trickled out and eventually clogged, the man would freeze, and the parking lot woul...  Read More

What if Jesus was really Lord of all, and all things were under His feet, and He was far above all powers, rulers, dominions, and every name? What difference should this make in our lives?It is probab...  Read More

“O LORD, you have searched me and known me!” Psalm 139:1 There is a deep desire in the human heart to be searched and known. Yet, in the busy, self-focused world we live in, so few take the time to kn...  Read More