The Gospel Triumphs Through Suffering
“The word of God is not bound.” Does that mean the word can work and spread apart from workers willing to suffer for it?Watch Now
View ArticleHow to Pray Aloud in a Group
In 2012, researchers at the University of Nebraska-Omaha asked 815 college students to identify their three greatest fears. Far more than they feared heights, flying, deep water, and even death, the...
View ArticleHow to Kill Sinful Anger
All sinful anger is hard to fight. It’s a selfish, hot-blooded passion our flesh enjoys indulging. But I find it particularly difficult to fight the sinful anger that I feel I have a right to...
View ArticleThe Mind Serves the Heart
What does it mean to love Jesus? And if you don’t love him, what can do to feel differently? In this session, John Piper explains how true knowledge about God leads to new passions for God which...
View ArticleYour Hospital Visit Is Coming
I know hospitals. I wish I didn’t, but over the years I’ve become all too acquainted with their stale corridors and freezing-cold operating rooms.It started back in 1967 when a reckless dive into...
View ArticleCome, Lord Jesus
I recently compared two large selections of worship songs. The first was the most commonly sung congregational songs in the United States since the year 2000; the second was the most commonly published...
View ArticleA Husband’s Manual for Marriage
Husbands, when was the last time you stared into the face of a task that you thought you could tackle, only to find out it was basically impossible? It might have been when you confidently opened up...
View ArticleOur Needs Point Us to God
Over Spring Break, my husband and I took our three boys to the zoo, where we happily chased peacocks around and marveled at the length of the giraffes’ tongues as we fed them from paper cups.We also...
View ArticleDo We Participate in Our Own Salvation?
In The Pilgrim’s Progress, author and pastor John Bunyan relates the vision of a man whom his main character, Christian, sees sweeping the wooden floor of a large room. The man’s sweeping produces an...
View ArticleElection Gives Evangelism Power
If God chooses some for salvation, why do we risk our lives to share the gospel? God’s sovereignty does not replace human effort in ministry; it fills it with power.Watch Now
View ArticleThe Beauty of Womanhood
“Who is this who looks down like the dawn, beautiful as the moon, bright as the sun, awesome as an army with banners? (Song of Solomon 6:10 ESV)Who indeed? A woman, of course.Where but in the...
View ArticleDrunk in Love
Recently, an old friend messaged me and asked for prayer. He had come home from work to discover an empty house and an absent wife and child. No, his house hadn’t been robbed and his family hadn’t been...
View ArticleSingles Don’t Miss Out on Sanctification
“You must be learning so much! All my newlywed friends say that they learn so much about the Lord through marriage!”The girl looked earnestly at me, her face alight with congratulations. Having been a...
View ArticleA Gutsy Prayer for Grown Men
You probably admire someone in your life for the love they have for Jesus. You hear it in their voice, see it in their smile, and feel it in their love for you. You know this person has communed with...
View ArticleGod Blesses You to Bless the World
Why does God love and bless his undeserving children like he does? These seven verses unlock several reasons, including one that should shape the direction and purpose of your life.Watch Now
View ArticleYou Also Are in the Body
As we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith. (Galatians 6:10)Large and small scale attacks happen daily to Christian communities around...
View ArticleLike Any Prince
You are gods, sons of the Most High, all of you; nevertheless, like men you shall die, and fall like any prince. (Psalm 82:6–7)Prince sang on the soundtrack of my high school years. I can still see...
View ArticleFaith and Fear Produce Love
If God is the safest place for sinners, why does the Bible tell us to fear him? God’s justice and Christ’s sacrifice should cause us to fear ever doing anything to make the cross look cheap.Watch Now
View ArticleAdvice for Better Bible Memory
A couple years ago, I was part of a conference about global missions called CROSS. David Platt was one of the speakers, and preached an incredibly inspiring message from Romans. Early on in his talk,...
View ArticleGive Us Eyes for the Lonely
Can you see them? Do you know who they are?They sit among us in the congregation, sometimes at the heart of the body, sometimes on the fringes. They worship on Sundays and gather for Bible studies....
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