Brothers, Consider Your Spirit: The Manly Business of Pastoring
Greg Morse | The pastorate is a manly vocation — one that no man should do alone. Pastors need the Spirit of courage, power, love, and self-control.
Feb 14, 2025•16 min
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Better to Give Than to Get? Remembering God’s Promise of Reward
David Mathis | “More blessed to give than to receive.” These simple words from Jesus can transform burdensome requests into happy opportunities to get more from God as we give to others.
Feb 11, 2025•15 min
Laugh Before Devils: Joy as Spiritual Warfare
Greg Morse | The miserable Christian is a billboard for Satan. If those who know God toil on, sorrowful and never rejoicing, God appears a very poor treasure indeed.
Feb 05, 2025•10 min
Do You Fight for Joy?
John Piper | The enemies to our joy in God are many, but so are the weapons he has given for the fight — including his promise to help us prevail.
Feb 02, 2025•10 min
No One’s Born to Preach: The Myth and Truth of Pulpit ‘Gifting’
David Mathis | God may make believers in a moment, but he makes preachers over a lifetime. If you desire to preach, but doubt your present ability, envision the long arc, and seek to make progress over decades.
Jan 31, 2025•12 min
Go Get Her: To Men Delaying Marriage
Greg Morse | When it comes to getting married, Martin Luther does not mince words: “Stop thinking about it and go to it right merrily.” Young men, God helping you, find a wife.
Jan 25, 2025•11 min
Awe with Audacity: The Spirit of Christian Prayer
David Mathis | Our God is a great King, whom we approach with awe. And he is our Father, whom we run to with confidence. How does Christian prayer balance this paradox?
Jan 12, 2025•12 min
Prayer Dies Without Delight
Marshall Segal | God is looking for people who pray to him in need and in plenty, in the wilderness and in paradise, in desperate dependence and in adoring delight.
Jan 08, 2025•10 min
Never Too Busy to Pray
Scott Hubbard | In a world of urgent needs, urgent demands, and urgent responsibilities, one priority is more urgent than them all: prayer.
Jan 05, 2025•10 min
Outpray God’s Goodness
Greg Morse | Our God is not just a hearing God, nor even an answering God, but a God able to do infinitely above the tallest ask. This year, pray to this God.
Jan 01, 2025•12 min
How Healthy Is Your Soul? Six Questions for a New Year
Scott Hubbard | Unless we keep our hearts with all vigilance, they won’t be kept. So, on the cusp of a new year, how warm is your heart toward Jesus?
Dec 31, 2024•13 min
Holy Bravery: How Christian Men Act Like Men
Greg Morse | In an age that suppresses God’s design for men and women, what does it mean to act like a man?
Dec 27, 2024•16 min
Famous for His Grace: How Christmas Makes Us Family
John Piper | Because of Christmas, we get adopted, and God gets acclaim. We become his family, and he becomes famous for his grace.
Dec 25, 2024•11 min
He Came to a World at War: O King of Nations
David Mathis | Real peace during the holidays may seem like a far-off dream, but remember, the one who came will come again, and establish himself as King of Peace.
Dec 22, 2024•8 min
He Came to a World in Darkness: O Day-Spring
Jon Bloom | When the Son of God was born, the light of the world dawned on us. He broke upon a world in darkness and lit up the shadows of our hearts.
Dec 18, 2024•8 min
He Came to a World Barred from Heaven: O Key of David
Greg Morse | A locked door needs a key to open. And the bolted gate of Eden, keeping men from God, demanded the strongest key heaven could offer: Jesus Christ.
Dec 15, 2024•7 min
Why Your Life Isn’t Working
Greg Morse | Though God made us for more, we often live caged in our own choices. Yet he bids us, “Come and be free.”
Dec 06, 2024•10 min
Light and Warmth in Winter: Three Glories of His Advent
David Mathis | The prophet Micah took a piercing glimpse across the centuries to see a child emerging in Bethlehem, arriving from ancient times, and rising in strength to shepherd God’s people.
Dec 03, 2024•10 min
He Came to a World Without God: O Immanuel
Scott Hubbard | From Eden to Advent, the world endured a long loneliness, exiled from God’s presence. But Christ came to bring us home, to end our exile, to be God with us without end.
Dec 01, 2024•8 min
Prepare to Speak on Sunday: The Ministry of Conversation
Greg Morse | Some of the most important words on Sunday morning come from the pews. So, gather with your church not just to listen, but to speak.
Nov 24, 2024•12 min
Forget About Yourself: Six Paths to Better Thoughts
Scott Hubbard | The healthiest Christians forget about themselves often. So, if you find yourself too focused on yourself, consider six modest steps toward joyful self-forgetfulness.
Nov 22, 2024•16 min
When Your Heart Condemns You
Greg Morse | Are you drowning in guilt over your sin? What can we do when our hearts condemn us and simply won’t relent?
Nov 15, 2024•12 min
When Offenses Come: How to Forgive and Move On
Scott Hubbard | The offhand jab, the subtle snub, the thoughtless comment — within the body of Christ, offense is inevitable. How do we keep on overlooking and forgiving?
Nov 12, 2024•12 min
Love the Church Like Jesus
David Mathis | When you think of the church, do you fixate on present blemishes or remember the heart, and promises, of Christ? He knows her spots, and he keeps working to make her breathtaking.
Nov 08, 2024•11 min
Satisfy Me to the End: Praying with Wisdom as We Age
Jon Bloom | The longings of the saints do not lessen with age — they get stronger. As the world wears thin and years grow long, wise souls want more of God.
Nov 05, 2024•9 min
What Makes Jesus Marvel?
Greg Morse | We marvel at many things — athletes, artists, nature. But what made Jesus marvel?
Nov 03, 2024•12 min
Come to Church to Get
Marshall Segal | The banner flying over corporate worship is not “come and give” but “come and get.” Our first business each Sunday is to seek a happy soul in God.
Nov 01, 2024•10 min
The Making of More Than a Conqueror
Scott Hubbard | What if the worst happens? In Romans 8, the apostle Paul takes us to our darkest fears and inscribes above them all, “More than conquerors through him who loved us.”
Oct 27, 2024•11 min
Escape from Doubting Castle: Counsel for Christians in Despair
Greg Morse | No matter how long you have lived in despair, nor how dark your heart has become, the dungeon that holds you has an escape.
Oct 25, 2024•17 min
First Up: Get Your Soul Happy in God
David Mathis | When your eyes first open, what’s your first priority? Your burning need each day is to get your soul happy in God.
Oct 22, 2024•14 min
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