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Spiritual Disciplines

Why Fight Sin If Salvation Is Sure?

April 29, 2020 / Filed Under: Devotions, Q&A

Why Fight Sin If Salvation Is Sure?

I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified (1 Corinthians 9:27). Paul, writing to the church at Corinth to correct their problems, confesses that he himself has to be careful to avoid sin. In fact Paul intimates he goes to great lengths — disciplining his body, keeping himself under control — to avoid the pitfalls of willful sin. But why? Did Paul not believe in the perseverance of the saints, or in the eternal security of believers?

There Is a Healthy Hatred

April 25, 2020 / Filed Under: Devotions

There Is a Healthy Hatred

I will not set before my eyes anything that is worthless. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me (Psalm 101:3). There is, according to God’s Word, a kind of healthy hatred — a hatred for sin and its ravaging effects. As I was contemplating this reality recently, I thought of at least four ways in which a healthy hatred for sin should evidence itself in the sanctified life:

Lessons From Monastic Life For Quarantine

April 23, 2020 / Filed Under: Articles, Guest Writers

Lessons From Monastic Life For Quarantine

The present crisis has forced many of us into a cloistered life in our homes. For those of us with roommates or families, our residence has become something like a monastery. For those of us who live alone, our residence has become like a monastic cell. The cloistered life exposes our sins and weaknesses. Impatience, selfishness, pride, anger, laziness, indiscipline, anxiety, lust, and many other sins make themselves known when we’re confined to a small space for a long time. The revelation of such sins is a divinely appointed opportunity for repentance and revival.

How Can I Discern God’s Will?

April 17, 2020 / Filed Under: Q&A

How Can I Discern God’s Will?

While every decision, whether or large or small, is going to have its own distinct set of challenges, there are three basic principles that we should apply in every life situation. This does not mean discerning God’s will always be easy, but God does promise to lead us, in his own good time and way, when we apply these principles faithfully!

Exhort Each Other Daily

March 24, 2020 / Filed Under: Devotions

Exhort Each Other Daily

Exhort one another every day, as long as it is called “today,” that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin (Hebrews 3:13). I was thinking recently about cases where a person who has been a professed believer, maybe even a well-known Christian leader, falls into public sin or even apostasy, and walks away from the Christian faith. Sadly, there have been many such cases in the news lately. We often think, and maybe even say, afterward that in hindsight there were some tendencies we could see in that person’s life that led to their eventual demise:

Getting Organized For the Glory of God

March 7, 2020 / Filed Under: Devotions, Well Said

Getting Organized For the Glory of God

Now concerning the collection for the saints … on the first day of every week, each of you is to put something aside and store it up, as he may prosper, so that there will be no collecting when I come (1 Corinthians 16:1-2). Paul here instructs the Corinthian church to lay aside funds before he comes to visit them. Why lay aside funds? “So that there will be no collecting when I come.”

FAQ: How Can We Improve Our Family Devotions?

November 10, 2019 / Filed Under: Q&A

FAQ: How Can We Improve Our Family Devotions?

This series of brief videos offers bite-sized, meaningful answers to commonly asked questions. We hope they will be a help to you! Please also share them freely. If you would like to submit a question of your own, please note the contact info at the conclusion of the video. We look forward to hearing from you!

FAQ: Should Christians Observe the Sabbath Command?

October 21, 2019 / Filed Under: Q&A

FAQ: Should Christians Observe the Sabbath Command?

This series of brief videos offers bite-sized, meaningful answers to commonly asked questions. We hope they will be a help to you! Please also share them freely. If you would like to submit a question of your own, please note the contact info at the conclusion of the video. We look forward to hearing from you!

How Can I Finish Well?

September 2, 2019 / Filed Under: Messages

How Can I Finish Well?

Having begun the Christian race, how can I finish well? Can I be assured of God’s continued work in and through me, as I seek to follow and honor him? Or will I peter out, fall spectacularly, or fail in the end? Thankfully, the Bible does promise us that God will continue and complete his saving work in us. Yet, God does use certain means to establish and strengthen us to that end.

What About When God Doesn’t Answer Prayer?

July 29, 2019 / Filed Under: Messages

What About When God Doesn’t Answer Prayer?

While, as believers in Jesus Christ, we all have known marvelous periods of grace, deliverance, and unspeakable joy – most of us probably have also known moments (perhaps very long periods) of utter discouragement, grief, and unspeakable pain. In times such as these, we can sometimes feel as though God is not answering our prayers. In fact, He may not be granting the precise thing for which we are asking. Join us, then, as we consider this experience in the light of God’s perfect and reliable Word.

“Open My Eyes”: a Meditation on God’s Word

February 8, 2018 / Filed Under: Devotions, Guest Writers

“Open My Eyes”: a Meditation on God’s Word

Here’s a brief meditation I wrote down from Psalm 119, a great text for Bible reading. You might find it encouraging as you continue looking for wonderful things in God’s law this year: “Open my eyes that I may behold wonderful things out of your law” (Psalm 119:18).

Benefits of Reading Through the Bible

December 28, 2017 / Filed Under: Articles

Benefits of Reading Through the Bible

I recently finished reading through the Bible for the sixteenth time. While this is a personal milestone I’m thankful for, I certainly am not boasting about it. In fact, when I consider that George Mueller, who was converted at the age of 20 and died at the age of 92, read the Bible through 100 times while simultaneously caring for over 10,000 orphans—I am a bit embarrassed and reminded I have a long way to go!

Panning for Time: How I Finally Found the Gold Right In Front of Me

October 19, 2017 / Filed Under: Articles, Guest Writers

Panning for Time: How I Finally Found the Gold Right In Front of Me

I am not what they call a math brain. Yet not long ago I stumbled upon an equation which thrills me now as much as it did when I first blinked at it with stupid awestruck eyes. It goes like this: 7 x 365 / 60 = 42.58. As I say, thrilling. Really, it is. Here’s why: Let’s say you do an activity for seven minutes every day—and keep it up every day for a year. That’s forty-two and a half hours every year!

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