Stop reading this for a moment, and try to say the Ten Commandments from memory. Do you know them? Many people may have heard about them on the news, but they have never read them. Exodus 20:7 lists the first ...
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Sufficiency Of Scripture: The Bible’s Most Practical Teaching For People Today
The backdrop of opinions on the Bible vary from contempt to celebration. Some are bothered by passages they don’t understand; others are troubled by the ones they do. Scripture is seen by some as a stumbling block in the path ...
Read More »Do You Find It Hard To Forgive Others?
Have you ever forgiven someone who didn’t deserve it? Or, do you find it hard to forgive? Regardless of which category you fall into, this post is for you. In many respects, our culture has come to reject the idea ...
Read More »Can I Know God And Believe What I Want?
“Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle,” said President George Washington in his farewell address. But Washington’s words can be more broadly understood as a good representation of how ...
Read More »What Is The Church?
When you hear the word “church,” do you first think of a building or a people? Famous revivalist Leonard Ravenhill said: “In the church in Acts, the Scripture says they were all amazed, but today, everyone just wants to be ...
Read More »If God Is Good, Why Is There Suffering?
“Why?” is a question we often ask about suffering. This question is so important because it directs people in one of two directions: toward God or away from God. We ask this question for ourselves, and for others. Often ...
Read More »Unity In The Church
When we lose our unity in the church, it’s because something has become more important to us than Jesus. And in any church with sinners — which, of course, is every church — conflict will exist, and achieving resolution is ...
Read More »Are Christians Narrow-Minded Bigots For Believing Jesus Is The Only Way?
“Will those who are saved be few?” (Luke 13:23). Or, said another way, “Is this Jesus really the only way to heaven?” That was a big question in Jesus’ day, and it’s a big question in our day, too. Jewish ...
Read More »Can You Really Worship As You Work?
As a pastor, I often hear something like this: “What I do at work is—work. What I do at church is for the Lord.” Is this the right attitude? What does the Bible say about our work? In Genesis 2:15, ...
Read More »‘If God Is Loving, Why Does He Send People To Hell?
Some our deepest longings, played out in box office hits, call for swift justice against wrongdoing. Yet, our society is built on the foundation of the rule of law and justice for all — the very antithesis of this spirit ...
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