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Beautifully True
How can we know the Bible is true? In this new three-minute feature video, we see God’s glory on the canvas of Scripture, a book that is completely and beautifully true.Watch Now
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Is My Singleness a Gift?
Christian commentators continue to note that marriage in the United States is in the midst of a historic (some say, precipitous) decline. This is most certainly attributable to the self-centered,...
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Should Christians Cremate Their Loved Ones?
My proposal in this article is that Christian churches be willing to help families financially with simple Christ-exalting funerals and burials, so that no Christian is drawn to cremation because it’s...
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Bless Those Who Revile You
We know we are supposed to love our enemies, to bless those who curse or revile us, but how do we do that? Where does that kind of heart and response come from? Watch Now
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The Daily Work of the Spirit
Growing up in the church I was familiar with ministry nights. I also grew up experiencing the full gamut of Christian conferences and retreats. These events included extended times of prayer and...
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Prayer for Beginners
How’s your prayer life?It’s a simple question, but it can be tough to answer. Literally it sounds like, “How has your talking to God been lately?” Emotionally it might feel like, “Sum up your...
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Moms, Your Secret Sacrifices Matter
I’d been a mom for a few short days the first time it hit me. Sore and sleep-deprived, recovering from a long labor and emergency C-section that had the hospital suggesting I get a blood transfusion, I...
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The Bondage of the Will, the Sovereignty of Grace, and the Glory of God
For Martin Luther, the issue of man’s bondage to sin, and moral inability to believe or obey, was the root issue of the Reformation — and the lynchpin of Protestantism.Watch Now
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What Does It Really Mean to Be #Blessed?
Feeling blessed is in vogue. A quick look at Facebook and Twitter shows how many people today feel #blessed. In our social-media world, saying you’re blessed can be a way of boasting while trying to...
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How Do We Obey Commands to Feel?
We do not have immediate control over our feelings, so how do we obey commands to feel? Here are five places to start in pursuing changes in your personality.Watch Now
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How Businesspeople Can Reach the World
My parents were businesspeople. My in-laws were businesspeople. And my wife and I both followed suit. As a young businessman, I believed the Great Commission was not just for pastors and missionaries,...
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Die to Your Flesh and Live
In Gethsemane, after agonizing prayer, Jesus came looking for his friends whose prayerful attentiveness would have been such a comfort to him. But he found them sleeping. What he said to them was...
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Your Desires Want to Kill You
When God saved us from our sin, he brought us from death into marvelous light and life. But sin still tries to entice us and destroy us, so the call to faith is a call to war.Watch Now
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Five Awkward Conversations Every Teen Needs to Have with Their Parents
So you’re a parent. Or you’re a teenager. That means you know what’s coming. You can sense it deep inside, see it in the broken eye contact and the cleared throat. You can hear it in the quiet,...
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How Our Children Can Know the Bible Is True
I want to help parents (and leaders of children’s ministries) see how the Bible shows itself to be true — and how to communicate this vital truth to our children.Listen Now
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God Invites You into His Happiness
Of all God’s infinitely glorious attributes, perhaps his happiness should cause us the most envy. In God is the perfect union of all good things. He has an eternally infinite fullness, delight, and joy...
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Big-God Living in a Man-Pleasing World
My wife and I are expecting a son in the next seven weeks. We’ve named him Walter Wynn Holmes, and my emotions are countless in anticipation of his arrival. Naturally I have doubts about my ability and...
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The Most Powerful Apologetic Tool in the World
Most people don’t feel the need to struggle with Descartes over how they can be sure that they exist. And most don’t doubt the existence of the sun. These things are self-evident and...
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Four Steps to Kill Nagging Sins
The Bible portrays sin as a powerful, ever-vigilant enemy. Sin deceives (Genesis 3:13), desires (Genesis 4:7), destroys (Genesis 6:7). Even forgiven sin within the Christian is powerfully active,...
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Those Who Suffer Receive a Blessing
How does our future inheritance in heaven help us suffer well? The answer is one key to loving those who wrong and mistreat us. Watch Now
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