A Welcome from Jesus Christ

The only qualification for receiving a welcome from Jesus is to be in need of what he can supply....
Keep ReadingThe only qualification for receiving a welcome from Jesus is to be in need of what he can supply....
Keep ReadingTrying to maintain unity apart from a commitment to pursuing truth is destined to fail far worse than any division that comes while ignoring the pursuit of truth....
Keep ReadingThe Christian response to authority ought to demonstrate our confidence in the One who occupies the highest place of authority above all....
Keep ReadingIf you cannot gather with your church right now, be sure you do all you can to mitigate the risk to your soul....
Keep ReadingThe Bible calls us to live in the reality that the most consequential prophecies have already been fulfilled....
Keep ReadingHow we vote is a matter of Christian liberty requiring us to develop our biblical convictions and acting in a manner worthy of our calling as Christians....
Keep ReadingChristians are called to a bold, unhurried life that refuses to bow to the unhealthy busyness of the world....
Keep ReadingGod sees the idols of our heart and will tolerate no rival. He loves us too much to do that....
Keep ReadingThe power we need to see real change take place in our lives is the assurance that God’s love for us is secure....
Keep ReadingThe grace of God can be fully seen and applied to our lives only as we begin to grasp the inseparable realities of Christ’s person and work....
Keep ReadingEvangelical Christians should learn from some basic principles that guided King and the Civil Rights Movement in its earliest days....
Keep ReadingA new creation brought about by the incarnate Word of God is the only hope for our eternal salvation....
Keep ReadingWe should come to Christ whose blood washes away our sin and whose body was completely broken and wasted to remove any last hint of our reproach....
Keep ReadingThe Bible exhorts church members to do what they can to minimize the hardship and to maximize the joy of ministry for their pastors....
Keep ReadingThe world is not headed for obliteration but for the liberation of the new creation....
Keep ReadingThe church ought to baptize only those who profess faith and are unbreakable members of the new covenant....
Keep ReadingJust as in salvation, God is the primary actor in the sacraments of baptism and the Lord’s Supper....
Keep ReadingThree ways we can not only fuel our prayer lives but also become more fruitful in prayer....
Keep ReadingTo freely confess that we are the most despicable moral creatures on earth encourages us to hold on to Christ as our only hope....
Keep ReadingThe good news upon which Christianity is based is true whether anyone believes it or not....
Keep ReadingWhat are Missional Families and why are they essential to the ministry of the local church?...
Keep ReadingChristians must prioritize the kingdom of God over every kingdom of this world although this will make them appear less patriotic in the eyes of the non-Christian world....
Keep ReadingBoredom might be our clue that we have lost the ability to delight in the ordinary goodness of God....
Keep ReadingThe ground for assurance is always what Christ has done and never what we have done....
Keep ReadingJust because you feel affection for someone doesn't mean you don't feel superior to them....
Keep ReadingJohn Perkins and the conviction that only the church and the love of Christ can overcome racial injustice....
Keep ReadingWhat if this was the year that you and I could witness an extraordinary work of God if only we would faithfully ask him for it?...
Keep ReadingWhat we believe about eternal security determines our beliefs on the doctrines of grace....
Keep ReadingEven if we are externally doing the “right things,” we might find sin lurking in the motives and attitudes of the heart....
Keep ReadingWe need God’s commands as much as we need his comfort....
Keep ReadingThe doctrine of the Trinity is mind-blowing, but it is essential that Christians know the doctrine well....
Keep ReadingOur disbelief and disobedience ends up teaching us the most glorious truths we must believe about God....
Keep ReadingBefore we can appeal to the Bible's teaching or ethics, we need to ask and answer this important question: How do we know that the Bible is the Word of God? ...
Keep ReadingBecause God is the first and best of beings, we either live in this reality or live in a fantasy....
Keep ReadingRemorse and resolution are easily confused with repentance....
Keep ReadingThere is a purpose for rest, a purpose we need to work hard to achieve....
Keep ReadingThe second commandment urges us to resist making God by our imagination....
Keep ReadingAmbition, diligence, and hard work are vices and not virtues when they are driving the building of our own glorious kingdom....
Keep ReadingLet us commit ourselves to the work of careful meditation of the Word of God....
Keep ReadingHow do we explain Jesus's apparent lack of truthfulness in John 7?...
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