Not long ago, purity was something all Christians seemed to admire, and want, without qualification. Now, many professing believers associate the pursuit of personal purity with the scandal of âpurity culture.â Christian pleas for purity, some claim,...
Not long ago, purity was something all Christians seemed to admire, and want, without qualification. Now, many professing believers associate the pursuit of personal purity with the scandal of âpurity culture.â Christian pleas for purity, some claim,...
As one who for fifty years has known the Lord, and has laboured in word and doctrine, I ought to be able, in some little measure, to lend a helping hand to these younger believers. And if God will only condescend to use the acknowledgment of my own f...
As one who for fifty years has known the Lord, and has laboured in word and doctrine, I ought to be able, in some little measure, to lend a helping hand to these younger believers. And if God will only condescend to use the acknowledgment of my own f...
On May 27, 1564, just after eight oâclock in the evening, a nurse urgently summoned Theodore Beza (1519â1605) to Calvinâs bedside. âWe found he had already died,â Calvinâs friend and fellow pastor later wrote. âOn that day, then, at the same time wi...
On May 27, 1564, just after eight oâclock in the evening, a nurse urgently summoned Theodore Beza (1519â1605) to Calvinâs bedside. âWe found he had already died,â Calvinâs friend and fellow pastor later wrote. âOn that day, then, at the same time wi...
âWhen I run, I feel Godâs pleasure.â Such were the memorable words of Olympic sprinter and Christian missionary Eric Liddell (1902â1945), at least through the lens of Chariots of Fire , the 1981 Oscar-winning film that told his story. Perhaps you...
âWhen I run, I feel Godâs pleasure.â Such were the memorable words of Olympic sprinter and Christian missionary Eric Liddell (1902â1945), at least through the lens of Chariots of Fire , the 1981 Oscar-winning film that told his story. Perhaps you...
Whatâs your favorite charge, or piece of counsel, you have heard in a wedding homily? Any Christian minister who has performed a wedding knows the challenge and opportunity of that moment. We have a precious few minutes to capture the moment and h...
Whatâs your favorite charge, or piece of counsel, you have heard in a wedding homily? Any Christian minister who has performed a wedding knows the challenge and opportunity of that moment. We have a precious few minutes to capture the moment and h...
Murdering a human being is an assault on God. He made us in his own image. Destroying an image usually means you hate the imaged. Murdering Godâs human image-bearer is not just murder. Itâs treason â treason against the creator of the world. It is a ...
Murdering a human being is an assault on God. He made us in his own image. Destroying an image usually means you hate the imaged. Murdering Godâs human image-bearer is not just murder. Itâs treason â treason against the creator of the world. It is a ...
A hunter in a little village set out early in the morning with his twelve year old son for hunting. As they walked, the hunter envisioned a dinner of wild rabbits and squirrels with his family, he thought of the proceed he could make from the sale of...
A hunter in a little village set out early in the morning with his twelve year old son for hunting. As they walked, the hunter envisioned a dinner of wild rabbits and squirrels with his family, he thought of the proceed he could make from the sale of...
What does Jonathan Edwards have to do with baseball? It relates to how he saw the world. The technical term is typology â the mechanism of his God-entranced vision of all things. He explains, God does purposely make and order one thing to be in ag...
What does Jonathan Edwards have to do with baseball? It relates to how he saw the world. The technical term is typology â the mechanism of his God-entranced vision of all things. He explains, God does purposely make and order one thing to be in ag...
When the Holy Spirit cultivates his fruit in our lives, he often works in ways we would never pray for (Galatians 5:22â23). To grow the fruit of love in us, he may give us an enemy; to grow the fruit of peace, he may allow conflict to come near. And ...
When the Holy Spirit cultivates his fruit in our lives, he often works in ways we would never pray for (Galatians 5:22â23). To grow the fruit of love in us, he may give us an enemy; to grow the fruit of peace, he may allow conflict to come near. And ...
"Oh, of course, I intend to be saved sometime; but there is no use being in a hurry about it. There is always a chance, even at the eleventh hour. Remember the dying thief!" carelessly said a young man at the close of a meeting, when spoken to about ...
"Oh, of course, I intend to be saved sometime; but there is no use being in a hurry about it. There is always a chance, even at the eleventh hour. Remember the dying thief!" carelessly said a young man at the close of a meeting, when spoken to about ...
Chances are you are among the massive majority of Christians who rarely or never fast. Itâs not because we havenât read our Bibles or sat under faithful preaching or heard about the power of fasting, or even that we donât genuinely want to do it. We ...
Chances are you are among the massive majority of Christians who rarely or never fast. Itâs not because we havenât read our Bibles or sat under faithful preaching or heard about the power of fasting, or even that we donât genuinely want to do it. We ...
I made a life plan when I was ten years old (yeah, I know, crazy). It included all the normal things: graduate high school, go to college, travel the world. With regard to romance, though, I always assumed I would get married at 23, because âWhy not...
I made a life plan when I was ten years old (yeah, I know, crazy). It included all the normal things: graduate high school, go to college, travel the world. With regard to romance, though, I always assumed I would get married at 23, because âWhy not...
