Have you ever read a Christian romance novel? The one with a misled girl who meets that perfect Christian guy who has it all figured out, and who from the day they met was her spiritual guide to encourage her in a closer relationship with God? They saved their first kiss for the altar, and […]
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While watching a highly recommended made for television movie last holiday season, I couldn’t believe my ears as the show ended with the stars of the film walking hand in hand into the sunset with the narrator wrapping up the “happily ever after ending” by stating: “…And she forgave God for all they had been
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Discipline is not something many people like to think about regularly. Discipline is how anyone makes it in life. It takes discipline to go to work every day, keep up a hobby, and maintain strong relationships. Everyone disciplines themselves in some way every day. The question is not whether or not someone is disciplined, but
Unlike other sections of Ecclesiastes chapter 7:1-12 is a string of proverbs that does not have a unifying theme. There are many themes the Preacher strings together, whereas most of the chapters have a consistent line of thinking. This stringing together of wisdom sayings is not abnormal for Wisdom Literature. The Book of Proverbs contains
I interviewed Ray Rhodes, pastor and author of Susie: the Life and Legacy of Susannah Spurgeon. This is one of my all-time favorite books, and I was so blessed by the discussion we had. Thank you, Ray Rhodes, and Moody publishers!
“Ecclesiastes 6 is one of the Bible’s darkest chapters,” wrote one commentator. Next, to Job 3, I agree with him. The Preacher ended chapter five by describing how God gives everything we have to us, including the ability to enjoy it (Ecclesiastes 5:19). Enjoying the good gifts of this life under the sun is only
When we say the gospel is the answer to the world’s problems, we don’t mean some ethereal, high in the sky notion of abstract thought. The gospel changes hearts of humans, and the hands follow as a result depending on where the posture of our heart are at in a given moment. The Gospel Changes
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On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave Jenkins and Ian Duguid have a wide-ranging conversation about the grace of God and spiritual warfare, the place of the Word of God in spiritual warfare, along with his book, The Whole Armor of God: How Christ’s Victory Strengthens Us for Spiritual Warfare (Crossway, 2019). What you’ll
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