We Stand for Truth Himself
David Mathis | Christians stand for truth, but not in the way the world might. Truth, for us, is unavoidably and irreducibly personal.
May 02, 2022•12 min
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You Have Put More Joy in My Heart
Marshall Segal | The joy God gives is not a fragile joy, ready to vanish in painful circumstances. It is strong enough to sustain fragile people through them.
May 01, 2022•9 min
How to Entertain the Holy Spirit
Scott Hubbard | How do we show hospitality to the Holy Spirit? We hear his voice, heed his motions, hate his enemies, and receive his grace.
Apr 27, 2022•11 min
Me, Myself, and Lies: The Spiritual Dangers of Isolation
Marshall Segal | One of Satan’s favorite strategies is isolation, and smartphones and social media have made his work that much easier.
Apr 26, 2022•12 min
Invisible and Unmistakable: How Scripture Pictures the Holy Spirit
Joe Rigney | If you want to understand the Holy Spirit better, you can begin by grasping the images of the Spirit given in Scripture: wind and breath, spirit and river, oil and bird.
Apr 21, 2022•9 min
All-Sufficient, All-Satisfying: What Saving Faith Sees in Christ
John Piper | How does saving faith honor Christ? By seeing him as not only all-sufficient, but all-satisfying. Not only efficacious, but glorious. Not only trustworthy, but a treasure.
Apr 20, 2022•15 min
The Love in His Grief: How the Spirit Responds to Our Sin
Greg Morse | The Spirit can be grieved with us. But if we are in Christ, the Spirit will never leave us.
Apr 18, 2022•10 min
The Son Must Rise: What Made Easter Inevitable
David Mathis | Jesus did not merely rise from the dead — he had to rise from the dead. His resurrection was not optional. Do you know why?
Apr 17, 2022•11 min
Behold the Man Upon the Cross
Jon Bloom | Why do Christians call this Friday, of all Fridays, good? Because we would have no good apart from the horrors of the cross.
Apr 15, 2022•11 min
When the Dawn Seems to Die: How Jesus Keeps Us from Falling Away
Scott Hubbard | When hope flees, and faith feels weak, and the dawn seems to die, what will keep us from falling away? Jesus prays for us.
Apr 14, 2022•9 min
I Have No Good Apart from You: Prayer of the Satisfied Heart
Joe Rigney | Many of us struggle to experience contentment because we look for it in the wrong places. The satisfied heart prays, “You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you.”
Apr 11, 2022•7 min
The Best Sermon for Marriage: Seven Lessons for Lasting Love
Marshall Segal | The best marriages take their cues not only from the romance of the Song of Solomon, but from the daily, unspectacular faithfulness of the Sermon on the Mount.
Apr 10, 2022•19 min
What God Can Do in One Conversation: Recovering the Power of Personal Evangelism
Greg Morse | In all the emphases on slow, patient, relational evangelism, have we forgotten just how much God can do in a single conversation?
Apr 09, 2022•12 min
Did Jesus Need the Spirit? Pondering the Power of the God-Man
David Mathis | Jesus’s miracles certainly show that he is God — but the New Testament’s answer as to how he performed those miracles is not quite as simple.
Apr 08, 2022•14 min
Our God-Sized Ordinary: Six Ways to See the Holy Spirit
Marshall Segal | If you belong to Christ, God has flooded every familiar and unremarkable corner of your life with his Spirit.
Apr 04, 2022•12 min
Roses Grow on Briers: Unsentimental Love in a Sentimental World
David Mathis | When you think about the love of God, how much has your imagination been shaped by the sentimental age in which you live?
Apr 03, 2022•12 min
Sympathy Without Distress: The Exalted Compassion of Christ
Greg Morse | The risen Jesus remembers us, loves us, intercedes for us — and not in a way that diminishes his heavenly joy. That is really good news.
Apr 02, 2022•14 min
The Joy of God in Us: Why the Spirit Produces Happiness
Jon Bloom | Why is the Holy Spirit so often connected to joy in Scripture? Because he is the Joy at the center of reality.
Apr 01, 2022•12 min
How to Pray Like Jabez
David Mathis | Twenty years ago, ‘The Prayer of Jabez’ became one of the bestselling Christian books of all time. What made it so popular, and how might we learn from Jabez today, without throwing away Scripture?
Mar 30, 2022•18 min
The Prayer to End All Prayers
Marshall Segal | In the world to come, we will have nothing to fear, nothing to mourn, nothing to endure, nothing to confess. Can you imagine?
Mar 27, 2022•12 min
Some Kindness Stings: Why Love Uses Hard Words
Jon Bloom | The most loving people do not delight in wounding others, but they are willing to, for the sake of real healing. They know that soft words can sometimes be cruel, and hard words kind.
Mar 25, 2022•12 min
The Subtle Way to Waste Your Life: Confessions of a Sophisticated Sloth
Greg Morse | Life is rarely wasted all at once, but rather through thousands of small, seemingly insignificant moments.
Mar 24, 2022•12 min
Kneeling Among Lions: Learning to Pray Like Daniel
Joe Rigney | Before Daniel courageously survived the lions’ den, he courageously knelt before his God. What can we learn from his brave prayer?
Mar 20, 2022•12 min
Live Closer to Home: How Proximity Shapes Responsibility
Scott Hubbard | The best place to live today is the place you already are. And the best people to give your attention to are those already near you.
Mar 18, 2022•12 min
After Two Whole Years: Have We Humbled Ourselves Yet?
David Mathis | The question isn’t whether God’s humbling hand descended over these last two years, but have we acknowledged it, and humbled ourselves before him?
Mar 15, 2022•12 min
The Strange Sounds of Praise: A Sufferer’s Introduction to the Psalms
Jon Bloom | Why do we love the psalms? In part because we know, deep down, that real worship sometimes means weeping.
Mar 14, 2022•11 min
Lord, Let Me Die: Mercy for Those Tired of Living
Greg Morse | Some walk through the valley of the shadow of death and long to just lie down. How does God respond to those who pray for life to end?
Mar 13, 2022•15 min
The Stories We Tell Ourselves: Questioning How We Frame Reality
Joe Rigney | Are you ever perplexed that two people can experience the same event and come to very different conclusions about what happened?
Mar 12, 2022•10 min
Did We Kiss Purity Goodbye?
Marshall Segal | The pursuit of sexual purity always goes awry when we try to enforce the laws of God without extending the heart of God.
Mar 11, 2022•16 min
The Power of a Praying Mother
Scott Hubbard | Many of the greatest victories and advances God has worked in history have been answers to a mother’s persistent prayers.
Mar 09, 2022•10 min
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