To War, to Christ, to Glory
Greg Morse | If God is for us in spiritual war, then who can stand against us? Rise up, men of the cross, sisters of the crown, soldiers of Christ.
Apr 03, 2024•14 min
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Risen to Love His Own: The Surprising Mercies of Easter
Scott Hubbard | On the first Easter, Jesus surprised our sorrow with joy, our guilt with forgiveness, our confusion with clarity. And so he still surprises today.
Mar 31, 2024•12 min
Life Is for Living
Greg Morse | How needful is it to know our end before we get there? How priceless to feel our fleetness before our ship sails?
Mar 30, 2024•14 min
Good Friday for Bad People
Marshall Segal | Good Friday bids us to stop and remember just how sinful we were — just how bleak it was for us before that darkest day in history.
Mar 29, 2024•12 min
Bring Your Grief to Gethsemane: The Healing Wounds of Maundy Thursday
David Mathis | Tonight is not first about our griefs. But as we draw near to the sorrows of Jesus, we do indeed find comfort for every grief — and grace for every sin.
Mar 28, 2024•12 min
What (Not) to Preach: How to Build and Cut a Sermon
David Mathis | After a preacher has wrestled for days, even weeks, with a sermon text, and wrestled hard with the needs of his particular people, he can ask, Which glories here am I most excited to preach?
Mar 23, 2024•11 min
Restore My Soul: In Pursuit of Personal Revival
Scott Hubbard | Follow Christ long enough, and you’ll find yourself in some spiritual valley, in desperate need of renewal. When you do, follow the map God has drawn for us: Remember. Return. Remove. Restore.
Mar 20, 2024•11 min
Sin Won’t Comfort You: How Satan Tempts the Hurting
Marshall Segal | The “comforts” of sin may seem safer and more appealing in the fires of your trials, but they will only make your pain that much worse.
Mar 16, 2024•12 min
Revival in the Making: God’s Central Means for Spiritual Renewal
David Mathis | Seeming revivals come and go, but genuine, God-wrought awakenings share one vital ingredient: they are centered on the word of God.
Mar 13, 2024•13 min
The Joy of Genuine Revival: Four Signs of the Holy Spirit
Marshall Segal | When the Holy Spirit fills a person, he brings supernatural, countercultural joy: joy that submits, joy that endures, joy that spreads, and joy that waits.
Mar 09, 2024•12 min
Start Small, Step Up, and Fail Well: How to Pursue Pastoral Ministry
Scott Hubbard | Before you are called to pastor Christ’s church, practice serving her, loving her, edifying her. Let your favorite word while you wait be “progress.”
Mar 06, 2024•13 min
Why We Long for Revival
Jon Bloom | Why do earnest Christians long for revival? Because revival gives us more of our heart’s deepest desire and strongest delight: Jesus.
Mar 02, 2024•11 min
Uprooting Sensibility: The Plain Speech of Godly Men
Greg Morse | Politeness and niceness are not the only categories of godly speech. Sometimes, the painful word is best, even if it incites offense.
Feb 24, 2024•16 min
Are You Sailing or Sinking? A Tool for Diagnosing Spiritual Health
Marshall Segal | If you want to assess the health of a soul, try asking these four questions from Tim Keller: Are you sailing? Are you rowing? Are you drifting? Or are you sinking?
Feb 21, 2024•15 min
Even Believers Need to Be Warned: How Hell Motivates Holiness
Scott Hubbard | When Paul mentioned hell, he warned not only the lost, but believers. Why might that be, and should we be warning one another in the church today?
Feb 18, 2024•14 min
The Gospel of God’s Happiness
Greg Morse | God was happy before this world existed, and he’ll be happy long after it passes away. Have you been properly introduced to the happiness of heaven?
Feb 16, 2024•14 min
Hell Can Heal Any Bitterness: Finding Peace in God’s Vengeance
Marshall Segal | Forgiveness may feel impossible right now, but you can find peace, even pursue peace, by learning to trust God and his coming, perfect justice.
Feb 10, 2024•15 min
Hell Is for Real
Greg Morse | If we really believed in hell — in eternal, conscious torment — might we have more courage to tell people about Jesus?
Feb 07, 2024•13 min
Hand Back the Fruit: Trusting God with the Mysteries of Evil
Jon Bloom | How can we respond when faced with profound and seemingly senseless evil? We can begin by cultivating the spiritual discipline of handing the fruit back to God.
Feb 05, 2024•11 min
Hell Should Unsettle Christians: Embracing the Most Emotionally Difficult Doctrine
David Mathis | Eternal conscious punishment may be the most emotionally difficult doctrine to affirm in our day. How do we handle the existential angst that hell creates?
Feb 03, 2024•12 min
When This Season Ends: How to Let Good Things Go
Scott Hubbard | Many of us try to make the best parts of this life last forever. But God made our best seasons short to prepare us for a better season that will never end.
Feb 02, 2024•11 min
Prayers of the Apocalypse
Greg Morse | The Bible tells us that the prayers of the saints will usher in the end of the world. What will those kinds of prayers be like, and how will they come true?
Jan 31, 2024•13 min
Respectable Drunkenness: Subtle Ways to Numb a Soul
Marshall Segal | Many of us who never abuse alcohol still experience a kind of respectable drunkenness, an indulgence in something good that dulls our hearts to God.
Jan 28, 2024•11 min
Start the Day Happy in God: The Lost Art of Bible Meditation
David Mathis | Getting our hearts happy in God can be hard work, but our Lord loves to meet us and warm us as we put away excuses and train our souls for true delight.
Jan 27, 2024•15 min
What Makes a Woman Beautiful? A Guide for Young Men
Scott Hubbard | Men of the world may chase physical beauty no matter where it leads — to bed, to idols, to ruin. But beauty without discretion is a gold ring in a pig’s snout.
Jan 24, 2024•13 min
The Joy of Being Left Behind: Releasing Children to Follow Jesus
Jon Bloom | When our children go far from home to follow Jesus, we have an opportunity for paradoxical joy. We can join the happy fellowship of the left behind.
Jan 20, 2024•9 min
The Three Most Important Words in Prayer
Marshall Segal | Sometimes the last three words in our prayers — in Jesus’s name — slowly lose their weight and meaning. Here are six reasons to slow down and savor them.
Jan 17, 2024•15 min
Put God’s Word to Work: Four Ways Pastors Use the Bible
David Mathis | Teaching is the pastors’ first and greatest calling, but it’s not the only way we put God’s word to work. Paul gives us four ways to use Scripture in Christian ministry.
Jan 16, 2024•14 min
Why Not Me? The Quiet and Consuming Eye of Envy
Greg Morse | If we let envy have its way with us, the gifts we have fuel pride and the gifts we don’t breed bitterness. How can we train our eyes with grace?
Jan 13, 2024•11 min
Heart-Deep Prayers: Why We Prioritize Spiritual Needs
Scott Hubbard | If the apostle Paul joined our prayer circles, we might be surprised how different his prayers seem. We often focus on circumstances, but he takes aim at the heart.
Jan 07, 2024•12 min
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