The book of Hebrews can be summed up in just one word: greater. As in, Jesus is greater. He’s...
The Gospel and the Christian Life
Daily Bites Of God’s Word on Psalm 119:17-24
On this new Daily Bites of God’s Word, Andy discusses Psalm 119:17-24 and helps us understand what...
Help! I Find Myself Perpetually Discontent
A Sequence of Balloon Pops After driving ten hours, the family pulls into their place of lodging....
Beyond Death
Six-year-old Katie is sleeping soundly in her room. At once, an unfamiliar thud echoes from the basement. Katie shoots up, clutching her blanket and teddy bear as her eyes strain to adjust to the blackness. Fear gripping her senses, her quivering voice musters the...
God’s Abiding Love: The Beauty and the Blessing of the Perseverance of the Saints
Doctrinal disagreements among “men of goodwill” are not uncommon. Fourth-grade country boys “duke-ing it out” in the schoolyard over unconditional election is appallingly real but mercifully rare (as rare as, say, once in two millennia). The author of the words you...
Walking the way to justice
How many of us have felt caught between radical positions on justice issues? This summer, doubtless quite a few. Whether at work, church, or at the screen of social media screeds, God’s people are being bombarded with words and actions that provoke and shock us, all...
The Person of the Holy Spirit
There is great confusion today regarding the person of the Holy Spirit. Things done under the guise of the Spirit are oftentimes mere sensationalism and emotional manipulation. On the other hand, there is often such a reaction to these extremes that many believers end...
Entrusting Yourself to a Sovereign God
In a prayer meeting, a fellow church member asked for prayer for a man dying of lung cancer. He asked that we pray for the man’s healing of cancer, which was a fairly routine request as far as prayer meetings go. After the prayer meeting, I discovered that the man who...
Practical Faithfulness in the Throes of Motherhood
Full Hands How can you hold on to the spiritual disciplines that feed your faithfulness when your hands are more than full? How do you freely confess your failure to treasure Christ while not giving yourself a free pass to disconnect from him? What steps can you...