Positive and encouraging.” When I tune my radio to the local Christian station, that’s the theme I hear—over and over. It’s not just the station’s motto. The music is upbeat. The hosts are jovial. There’s plenty of laughter. The only “downer” is the news. But then we get back to our regular programming. Unfortunately, most […]
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When I read Paul’s prayers, I am always struck by the fact that many of the matters that are the focus of my prayers are absent in his. Read his prayers in his letter to the Ephesians (or anywhere else in his epistles), and what is striking is the absence of material issues. The believers
Proverbs 4:23, “Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.” The heart is the command center of the Christian life. If you want to thrive spiritually, you must guard your heart diligently. Imagine if you planted a beautiful garden but failed to maintain it over time. Instead of watering
On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave Jenkins and Christina Fox discuss the sufficiency of Jesus, anxiety, and contentment in the Christian life, preaching the gospel to ourselves, supporting mothers in the local church, and her book, Sufficient Hope Gospel Meditations, and Prayers for Moms (P&R, 2019). What you’ll hear in this episode How
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God is acquainted well with every square inch of the baggage we each carry. My baggage is the same as her baggage is the same as your baggage, and so on. Someone’s baggage may look more beautiful on the outside, but on the inside, it is still filled with sin. I was dusting off some
There is nothing on earth like the local Christian church. Hundreds of conferences offer life-changing experiences for several days but can’t come close to the life-long impact of a local church. Evangelistic crusades may draw tens of thousands to hear the gospel, but the crusade team can’t possibly facilitate the spiritual growth of those converts
Right around New Years and a little afterward is when people commit to making resolutions. Some people make the goal for the year to diet, to work out while others make resolutions to read through the Bible in a year. In this post, I want to challenge you in five specific ways to commit to
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It’s been said by many theologians that the Holy Spirit is the neglected Person in the Trinity. Critical to understanding the Holy Spirit is knowing how the Holy Spirit empowers Christians to live on mission for God in order to spread the gospel to the nations through making, maturing, and multiplying disciples in and through
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