...Listening hard to other Christians who differ from you forces you to evaluate the foundation upon which your Christianity rests.  It puts two human beings who differ side by side.  Our inclination is to...

Maybe this question echoes faintly in the back of your mind. Perhaps it slips in unnoticed as sorrow fills your heart and quickly becomes something to dwell on. This question is a functional rite of passage for...

...These conclusions are not only out of step with the biblical picture that emerges when the passages on hell are considered together, but they are also out of step with the Christian tradition.

...God seems to suddenly pour out anointing and favor on a faith-filled ministry, only to have that person betray his grace with a false kiss — with some equally surprising act of unbelief. With egregious sin.

...One of the most significant Scripture passages about singing, Ephesians 5:18–21, suggests that we sing not merely to express sudden emotion but to cultivate the fruit of the Spirit—specifically, self-control.

...AI tools can be very helpful in ministry. They excel at turning articles into outlines and outlines into articles...Most pastors now use AI...and the level of work AI does in sermon prep could be troubling.

Americans believe Christmas happened. What many don't fully understand is why it happened--and that gap in understanding may be the most important spiritual conversation of our time.

Jesus lavishes his children with gifts, but he longs to give us far more than the ones of this earth. And he knows the greatest gift he can give us is himself and the redeeming hope of the gospel. 

...God created us originally in His image — a natural and moral image of God. The word “image” speaks of a reproduction, bearing some similarity with the original. God created us after His likeness...

Even though 2.6 billion people claim to be Christian, the New Testament predicts false Christians will be many, true Christians will be few, and the world will increase in wickedness.

...I will first suggest that James echoes Jesus and so does not aim to contradict Paul. Taken together, these two arguments demonstrate how James and Paul agree on justification.

...When Jesus says to His disciples “I have overcome the world,” He says it in the perfect tense in Greek, signifying a completed action with a resulting state. Jesus won the victory, and His victory endures.

...When I read the story of Abraham and Sarah’s long wait for a promised son, I think of another Son that was promised. The hope of the world rested on the shoulders of this Son, but it seemed as though...

The holidays are great times for families to get together, but let’s not forget about the single people, widows, widowers, those in rest homes and in prison.

...As the three travelers feasted, Abraham realized somehow that he was hosting the Lord himself. God! The God who had called him out of Ur, who had promised a son and a future, had come to dinner.

...This Christmas, all believers should reflect on and celebrate their reception of the greatest gift God could ever give to anyone: His one and only Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. Merry Christmas!

...Every Christmas, we are pressured to go out and buy things for our children, family, and friends whether they want, need, or ought to have more stuff or not.