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The Secrets of God in Our Suffering
We, the Google generation, don’t wait for answers. Why should we? Our smartphones and desktops anticipate and complete our questions for us, and with one more tap, ranked answers return to us at the...
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What Happens When the Spirit Falls?
Have you ever been in a prayer meeting and heard someone pray something like this: “Father, we ask you to send the Holy Spirit,” or, “Let the Spirit fall in our gathering this morning”? Have you ever...
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Love Is the Main Thing in Saving Faith
Love is the main thing in saving faith. Those are the words of Jonathan Edwards, and if they are true, life and ministry are changed forever.By “love,” he means love to God. And by “main thing,” he...
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Has My Sexual Sin Made Me Unsavable?
Pastor John counsels a man who struggles with sexual sin and worries that he may be beyond repentance. Listen Now
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God’s Rehab for Weak, Weary Faith
I’m not sure how God feels about our having favorite books of the Bible.It’s not like any of his words are throw-aways. Perhaps such preferences betray certain kinds of immaturity in us, not being able...
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Growth Is Not the Goal
Christian discipline is not about self-improvement.As much as we may feel drawn to make growing in Christ the goal of our various spiritual disciplines, or habits of grace, we have something far...
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Holy Women Are Fueled by Hope
Underneath a wife’s submission to her husband must be the anchor of fearless hope in God. Where does that come from and where do we see it?Watch Now
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Is Your Jesus Too Small?
I remember the remarkable success of a little book published by J.B. Phillips entitled Your God Is Too Small. It was a ringing challenge to seek a deeper understanding of the nature and character of...
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Good Marriages Say No to Good Things
One of the subtle pitfalls in Christian marriages is an inability, when necessary, to prioritize ministry in the home over ministry to others. It can be a temptation anywhere, but especially for...
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Marital Intimacy Is More Than Sex
“We just don’t feel connected.” Both of them felt the same way. Somewhere in the timeline of their relationship they had begun to drift apart and now they felt as if they were living lives that were...
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The Doctrine of Election Saved Me from Depression
A.W. Tozer wrote, “What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us.”For many years, what immediately came into my mind when I thought about God crippled me....
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Husbands Should Be Heads, Not Idols
Submission is a controversial and sensitive subject in our society. As we define what it is, it is just as important for us to clarify what it is not.Watch Now
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Hope for the Lonely Heart
There is no stage of life immune from the fear of loneliness. The nervous student fears loneliness due to a lack of the familiar. The single person fears a life of loneliness without a spouse. The new...
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Why We Must Earnestly Desire Spiritual Gifts
The clear teaching of the New Testament is that God gives spiritual gifts to the church for the common good of the saints (1 Corinthians 12:7) and to empower her mission to evangelize the world (Luke...
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Foster Care and the Father Who Never Says Goodbye
The knot in our stomachs wound tighter as the elevator climbed to the eighth floor. The doors slowly squeaked open, and we made our way down the long hallway.It was a dreary November morning, and the...
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Inject Your Prayer List with Life
I want to pray more this year. More than ever before.God promises that he hears and actively responds to prayers as we come to him in the name of Jesus. We have not, because we ask not. I’m resolved to...
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Speed Limits Are a Call to Worship
“Be subject for the Lord’s sake to every human institution. . . . Live as people who are free” (1 Peter 2:13, 16). Isn’t it remarkable that subjection and freedom are so in tension here? They’re in...
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Your Single Most Important Habit
The final frontier of biological research is still the enigmatic human brain. And at the cutting edge of recent study has been this phenomenon we call “habits.” One important finding has been what...
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Justification Is the Door to Unsearchable Riches
The glories of Christ are not limited to the glories of his work in justification. In fact, justification is a golden key to the inexhaustible treasures of divine glory. Training Christians that...
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Jerry Bridges (1929–2016): Five Lessons from a Remarkable Life of Faith
Life lessons from Jerry Bridges, who passed away today at the age of 86.Listen Now
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