How many times have you heard a sermon that called you to “preach the gospel” and fulfill the Great Commission (Matt. 28:16-20)? These kinds of sermons are necessary...
Knowing history always provides a wider perspective. In particular, I’ve noticed that the state of religious freedom in the United States has remarkable similarities to that of the...
The Bible clearly portrays the truth about government: God is the sovereign ruler from which all authority flows (Rom 12:1-7). Since last fall, we’ve been working through what...
Israel demanded a king, but their royal rulers diminished after only four generations, as we read in my last post. After Solomon’s son Rehoboam, Israel was snatched up...
If you’re a Christian you don’t have “a calling,” you have three. Two of the three are fundamental and universal—that is, they aren’t optional and they aren’t individual,...
One of our readers recently asked several questions I hear often: “In the life after death, what will we do? Will we work? Will any of the things...
This, then, is how you should pray: “‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in...
The people of Israel’s first experiment with a king did not go very well, as we saw in my last post. The first king, Saul, put himself above...
We are called to do good as Christians—in fact, the Bible makes it clear that we are called to do all the good we can. Paul tells us...
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