Married With a Lost Spouse: What to Do?
Married With a Lost Spouse: What to Do?
What should a newly saved Christian husband and father do who has a lost and contentious wife? Tim first considers how the believer must think correctly...
Why Are Millennials Leaving the Church?
Why Are Millennials Leaving the Church?
Why are so many millennials leaving the church? It seems fewer people are attending a church in this generation than in previous generations.
Is it Right to Alert Pastors When You See Problems and Divisions Arising?
Is it Right to Alert Pastors When You See Problems and Divisions Arising?
Do members of a church have the responsibility to alert the pastors when they see divisions arising in the church?
The Christian’s Boldness and Confidence
The Christian’s Boldness and Confidence
Jesus Christ is the Christian's foundation for having bold access to God. It is not our performance that allows us to come boldly before God, but the merits of Christ.
Do Not Scoff at God’s Warnings
Do Not Scoff at God’s Warnings
God is mercifully giving warnings of His coming judgment so that we can find refuge. Do not scoff at God's warnings.
Don’t Let Anyone Take Your Crown
Don’t Let Anyone Take Your Crown
Revelation 3:11 I am coming soon. Hold fast what you have, so that no one may seize your crown.
The Exclusivity of Christianity
The Exclusivity of Christianity
Christianity is the exclusive faith that can save us and bring us to heaven. There's only one God and one Savior and the Bible is dogmatically clear on this.
The Truth is Never Arrogant
The Truth is Never Arrogant
The truth is never arrogant but the truth is a matter of fact. Now in the delivery of the truth, the messenger can be proud, unloving and arrogant. It is true that our actions...
The Seed of the Woman & The Serpent
The Seed of the Woman & The Serpent
A major theme in the Bible is the battle between Christ and the Devil. We see this promised from the very beginning in Genesis 3. Because of the Fall...
Crushing Idols and Communing With God
Crushing Idols and Communing With God
Are willing to eliminate things in our lives that are displeasing to God? Are we willing to be rid of idols in our lives that are not only displeasing...
The Worth of One Sinner
The Worth of One Sinner
Many "churches" are impressed by big numbers, but Jesus is concerned about the individual. Christ considers one sinner worth dying for...
Learning Christ
Learning Christ
Being a Christian is not just learning facts about Christ, but rather it is actually learning Christ personally. This is what causes us to live radically different from how we lived formerly.
The LORD Regretted That He Had Made Man?
The LORD Regretted That He Had Made Man?
Genesis 6:6 - And the LORD regretted that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart.
The Exalted Christ
The Exalted Christ
Sadly, we can love the idea of Jesus more than Jesus Himself. It's so easy to take our eyes off of Christ and put them on something else.
What is the “Old Man”?
What is the “Old Man”?
What does the Bible mean when it talks about the "old man"? Do we still have the old man? Is the old man completely gone? Is there a tension or balance between the two?
Experiential Christianity
Experiential Christianity
Christianity is not just all about head knowledge and getting the facts right. We need the experiential reality of that knowledge to be vibrant in our own souls.
Sanctification is Not Passive
Sanctification is Not Passive
One of the greatest hindrances to sanctification is when we view it as though it is passive. We are not told to be passive in dealing with sin, but rather we are called to actively put it off.
Do You Use Facebook to Platform Yourself as an Authority?
Do You Use Facebook to Platform Yourself as an Authority?
Social media has become such a convenient platform for people to display themselves as an authority on certain matters.
David’s Great Sin
David’s Great Sin
David conquered the giant Goliath but fell to a bigger giant, that of fleshly lusts. When you look at his life as a whole, you just cannot believe that this great sin happened to him.
Should I Only Marry a Virgin?
Should I Only Marry a Virgin?
Is it an unreasonable standard to want to marry someone only if they are a virgin? Should their immoral past be more important than their present godliness?
Give God No Rest
Give God No Rest
God makes amazing and incredible promises to us in His Word. But do the promises of God towards His people resemble our present condition?
Be Renewed in the Spirit of Your Mind
Be Renewed in the Spirit of Your Mind
So much of the Christian life consists of the mind being renewed and working properly. We must not settle for mere outward imitation and external conformity; we must be renewed in the spirit of our minds.
Abiding in Christ
Abiding in Christ
Jesus Christ is the True Vine for us to abide in and bear fruit. Fruit doesn't earn us salvation, but it is the infallible proof that our faith is genuine.
The Christian is a New Man
The Christian is a New Man
The Christian is not someone who is trying to better themselves; the Christian is someone who has been recreated and made new.
Don’t Just Have External Conformity
Don’t Just Have External Conformity
Being a Christian isn't just learning how to say the right things. It is very easy to join a biblical church and try to externally mimic the behavior and speech of everyone there.
Put Off Lying & Falsehood
Put Off Lying & Falsehood
The Bible calls us to put off the old man with his practices, and one practice, in particular, is lying. Interestingly, one of the reasons Paul tells us to put off lying is because we are members of one another.
Why Do People Lie? They Love Themselves
Why Do People Lie? They Love Themselves
And why do people lie? You don't have to think too hard about it. It's not rocket science here. If you want to boil it down, it comes down to this - it comes down to this desire: Man loves himself. It's selfish what's...
Good Anger & Bad Anger
Good Anger & Bad Anger
Christians have been recreated in the likeness of God, and one of God's attributes that we're actually called to have is anger.
What Should Make Us Angry?
What Should Make Us Angry?
We typically think of anger as a work of the flesh that we need to put to death and flee from. And in most cases it certainly is, but there actually is a time and place to be angry.
Entering Heaven Based On Someone Else’s Test Score
Entering Heaven Based On Someone Else’s Test Score
In order to go to heaven, you must be as holy as God and have a perfect record in keeping all of God's commandments. Every human being has failed miserably...
The Foundation of a Transformed Life
The Foundation of a Transformed Life
If you are a Christian, your life is one of continual transformation into the image of Christ. But if we are to be transformed, we need to know the foundation of that transformation. If we fail to understand the found...
Transformation Produces Separation
Transformation Produces Separation
For us to be transformed into the image of Christ, one essential factor is that we don't conform to this world. We can't let the world define terms and morality for us; we have to renew our minds according to how God defines terms.
Do Not Conform to the World’s View of Social Justice
Do Not Conform to the World’s View of Social Justice
It is no mystery; one of the most heated controversies in our day is social justice. How should we as Christians view the world's concept of social justice?
Dealing With Idols That Creep Into our Lives
Dealing With Idols That Creep Into our Lives
What should we do about idols that creep into our lives and hinder our walk? We live in a generation where distractions from technology are at an all-time high...
Transformation Through Tribulation (Part 3)
Transformation Through Tribulation (Part 3)
We are saved by faith and much is said by Christians about faith. But the true, infallible test of the reality of faith is how it responds when it is tested.
Takers and Givers: Stop Stealing, Start Giving
Takers and Givers: Stop Stealing, Start Giving
We are called to put on the new man, and another essential quality that characterizes the new man is to be a giver and not a taker. We need to put off stealing; but it is not enough to stop stealing, we need to also start giving.
Transformation For Proclamation (Part 4)
Transformation For Proclamation (Part 4)
God is a King and He has transformed us to be His ambassadors. We are representatives of God with an authoritative message to proclaim to this world.
Speaking Like No Other
Speaking Like No Other
Another garment of the old man that we need to put off is rotten, corrupt language. Our tongue can do tremendous good or unspeakable evil.
The Salvaging Response & Sovereign Rights of God
The Salvaging Response & Sovereign Rights of God
Does God only decree only what He desires? Does God decree things He doesn't desire? Does God desire things He doesn't decree?
The Tongue Isn’t Neutral
The Tongue Isn’t Neutral
So many of the thoughts and feelings we have inwardly are expressed outwardly by our tongues. Our tongues are either doing good to others or corrupting others. How are you using your tongue?