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Jesus and the Wild Animals
It’s one of the stranger asides in all the Gospels. In Mark’s first chapter, verses 12–13, after Jesus’s baptism, “The Spirit immediately drove him into the wilderness. And he was in the wilderness...
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How Mission Sanctifies
Not only does God's work in us (sanctification) help his work through us (mission), but it works the other way too. Engaging in God's mission can jumpstart our sanctification as well. In this brief...
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Do We Ignore the Bible?
I can remember it clearly. I was at a conference on how to make places of worship more accessible to people with disabilities when a woman asked a panel of religious leaders, “what should we do with...
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Election: Handle with Care
I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory. –2 Timothy 2:10 The doctrine of election is a sharp scalpel. It can...
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Why You Don't Have to Fear Terror
You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day, nor the pestilence that stalks in darkness, nor the destruction that wastes at noonday. –Psalm 91:5–6 You don’t have to be...
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What Is at Stake If I Don't Date My Wife?
Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her (Ephesians 5:25). That is, we should pursue our wives in sacrificial love, leading as husbands who have been...
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Don’t Get Organized, Get Enthralled
“…let us also lay aside every weight…and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us” (Hebrews 12:1). Do you want to be productive? Don’t get organized. Get enthralled. Get smitten. Get on...
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The Sanctifying Job
I once worked at a ministry where I was evaluated on both specific work goals and on five character traits. My annual review addressed how well I did on achieving certain production targets and whether...
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When You’re in a Spiritual Storm, Trust Your Instruments
“Spatial disorientation” is what a pilot experiences when he’s flying in weather conditions that prevent him from being able to see the horizon or the ground. Points of reference that guide his senses...
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Sanctification When "It Is Finished"
How is Christian sanctification different than so-called growth, or personal advance, in any other system of belief? Jared Wilson points us to the gospel's unique declaration, and how it changes...
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10 Reasons You Should Read the Book of Job
God is sovereign and he is good. These are the twin theological pillars of childlike faith. Bigger and smarter than we are, all that God does is aimed at our benefit in Christ. But as simple as it...
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Pray and Go
Missionary William Carey (1761–1834) said this in a sermon on May 31, 1792: Expect great things from God; attempt great things for God. (Design submitted by Jennifer Knight.) Previous quote images —...
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Why Read the Bible?
What is our goal in reading the Bible? In this five-minute video, Don Carson explains that we read the Bible to know God better, as he says, "to think God's thoughts after him, to love what he loves,...
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Who Is Your Neighbor? Well, Who Are You?
"Who is my neighbor?" An earnest lawyer asks Jesus this question in Luke 10:29. We soon learn it's one of those conversations that's padded out in advance. He asks a question to set up something he...
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Fighting to Be Who You Are
When we believe in Jesus it's not just "well I'm still a dead sinner who just loves Jesus now." No, actually, I've been reborn. I'm a brand-new creature. Yes, I'm still a sinner, but I'm a redeemed...
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How to Watch the Olympic Games
The Bible has something to say about the Olympic games. “Everyone who competes in the games,” writes the apostle Paul, “exercises self-control in all things. They then do it to receive a perishable...
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How Does Physical Exercise Relate to Sanctification?
Exercise, sleep, and diet — how do they relate to our sanctification? Over 40 years ago John Piper was confronted with this issue after realizing the relationship between patience and sleep. Basically,...
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Why We Don't Walk Around Naked
Have you ever stopped and wondered why we wear clothes? If you think about it, it’s an odd custom. Before exposing ourselves to the public, we choose to hang colored material from our shoulders and...
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Why Was Jesus Unintimidated by Pilate?
Ponder with me the lesson of Pilate’s authority over Jesus. Pilate said to Jesus, “You will not speak to me? Do you not know that I have authority to release you and authority to crucify you?” Jesus...
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Andrew Fuller Biography (Free eBook)
In October of 1792 the Baptist Missionary Society was formed in the home of Andrew Fuller. For the next twenty-one years Fuller served as the leader of this organization, raising funds, writing...
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