Our son Zephaniah is one year old. For the first half of his life, his dad could not have cared less about the Chicago Cubs. For the second half, he has become an enthusiastic fan....
Keep ReadingBeloved author Jerry Bridges entered into the joy of his Master on Sunday evening, March 6, 2016, at Penrose Hospital in Colorado Springs, the day after he suffered cardiac arrest. He was 86 years old....
Keep ReadingI hope that a new generation of believers discovers the rich treasure of wisdom found in Richard Lovelace’s The Dynamics of Spiritual Life: An Evangelical Theology of Renewal (IVP, 1979). ...
Keep ReadingWhat are you afraid of, that you dare not venture your soul upon Christ? Are you afraid that he cannot save you, that he is not strong enough to conquer the enemies of your soul? But how can you desire one stronger than “the almighty God� as Christ is called, Isa. 9:6....
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Keep ReadingI have been to a lot of conferencesâ€"probably more than I can countâ€"which means that I have heard a lot of conference talks. Some good, some not as good; some long, some short. Many of the speakers are relatively famous in our circlesâ€"the sort of people whose books we buy and whose sermons we download and whose interviews we listen to and whose blog posts we ...
Keep ReadingThis election season is a good time to remember that the Christian life is a paradox. Take, for example, the question of where our citizenship resides. The apostle Paul once warned that “no soldier gets entangled in civilian pursuits†(2 Tim. 2:4), and he insisted that “our citizenship is in heaven†(Phil. 3:20)....
Keep ReadingInspect but don’t introspect The same apostle who wrote “Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or do you not realize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?��"unless indeed you fail to meet the test!†(2 Cor. 13:5) wrote in an earlier letter to the same church “But with me it is a very sm...
Keep ReadingThe following is not intended to be comprehensive, but a few pointers as we think together about how to apply God’s revealed Word to the situation of Osama bin Laden’s recent execution....
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