The Bible uses a variety of words pictures to describe our salvation in Jesus. Justification pictures us as offenders pardoned in a courtroom. Adoption depicts us as orphans brought into a family. Redemption imagines us purchased at a slave…
When I served as a missionary, I carried with me a brown and yellow backpack I had since the 8th grade. It was functional, but it showed the marks of time. The top handle had broken off back in…
Thomas Watson is one of my favorite Puritans to read. His works are very descriptive and have very concise and short illustrations. He puts repentance into 6 ingredients to be true repentance. Dear church, Jesus declares that unless you repent…
In 1738, Charles Wesley wrote a hymn called And Can It Be? and penned these words that describe the natural state of the human heart and what it takes to change it: Long my imprisoned spirit lay, Fast bound…
Dear church, it has been one of my greatest joys to teach and disciple our youth for almost seven years now, and I want to thank you for all the prayer and practical support you have invested in the…
The world has mauled biblical standards. In my time through high school, hardly anyone I met wanted a mature partner or a godly relationship; I’ve seen many seek the opposite (and with much desperation). I’ve seen relationships that were terribly…
In the silence that falls on my spiritWhen the clamor of life loudest seems,Comes a voice that floats in tremulous notesFar over my sea of dreams.I remember the dim old vestry,And my father kneeling there;And the old hymns thrill with…
By: Herbert Farnham God took pieces of everything wonderful to make moms. God took the fragrance of a flower…The majesty of a tree…The gentleness of morning dew…The calm of a quiet sea…The beauty of the twilight hour…The soul of a…
Look Up — Since God has invited us to his table, it is appropriate for us to acknowledge He is central. He invites us to his table through Christ. When you celebrate the Lord’s Supper with your church family, look up…
Contentment is quite an elusive commodity, but it’s something we’re called to cultivate in our lives as Christians. In his excellent book called The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment, Jeremiah Burroughs provides a helpful definition. He says, “Christian contentment…