Is It Sinful for a Married Couple to Not Have Children?
Is It Sinful for a Married Couple to Not Have Children?
Is it sinful for a married Christian couple to not have children if they can? Is it defrauding God's design to be married and enjoy sex, but not have children?
Don’t Be Deceived
Don’t Be Deceived
The Bible commands us to not be deceived and delude ourselves. Paul says, "Evil people and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived."
Our Marriage to Christ is Most Important
Our Marriage to Christ is Most Important
Marriage is indeed important and defining in the believer's life, but it is not the most important thing to be said of the Christian's life.
Examples of Unwise Counsel to Awakened Sinners
Examples of Unwise Counsel to Awakened Sinners
Nettelton's feelings were often severely tried by the unwise counsel which some professing Christians were in the habit of giving to awakened sinners.
Surrendering to Christ is Not Drudgery
Surrendering to Christ is Not Drudgery
Surrendering to Christ is not drudgery. We are surrendering to His kindness and goodness. We should not fight against the Lord's will because...
Enslaved to the Desires of The Flesh (Part 4)
Enslaved to the Desires of The Flesh (Part 4)
Believers once lived in the passions of their flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind. All lost men are still enslaved to the desires of their flesh.
Prioritizing in the Busy Seasons of Our Lives
Prioritizing in the Busy Seasons of Our Lives
In the busy seasons of our lives we have to prioritize on how we use our time. There are seasons in all of our lives in which we will have more time than others...
Are Certain Hand Signs Satanic?
Are Certain Hand Signs Satanic?
Are certain hand signs satanic? Hand gestures can have a variety of meaning depending upon their use in a specific culture. So can a hand signal mean something satanic?
People Pleasing and the Fear of Man
People Pleasing and the Fear of Man
When we are snared by the fear of man, we are no longer trusting in the Lord. We must stop regarding man in whose nostrils is mere breath.
Call to Me and I Will Answer You (Jeremiah 33:3)
Call to Me and I Will Answer You (Jeremiah 33:3)
God calls us to call upon Him in prayer. When we cry to Him, He promises to answer us and show us great and hidden things that we have not known. Jeremiah 33:3 says...
Believer, What Happens When You Sin?
Believer, What Happens When You Sin?
What makes you doubt your salvation? Many will say, "When I sin I doubt my salvation." "When I sin there is the worst grief that comes in my heart...."
Holy Spirit: Your Best Friend to Kill Sexual Sin
Holy Spirit: Your Best Friend to Kill Sexual Sin
The Holy Spirit must be the believer's best friend in the battle to kill sexual sin. You cannot have victory against sin unless it is victory...
Afraid I Committed The Unpardonable Sin
Afraid I Committed The Unpardonable Sin
Do you fear that you have committed the unpardonable sin? You may have, but nevertheless run to Christ. You say, "Isn't that a contradiction?"
Three Exhortations to the Newly Married
Three Exhortations to the Newly Married
Appreciate Your Spouse: You Got the Better End of the Deal | Necessity of Communication in Marriage | As for God His Way is Perfect
A Muzzled Mouth
A Muzzled Mouth
The sins of the tongue are easiest to commit and most subtle of all. How often they are engaged ignorantly! And we know it not until we begin to reap their bitter fruits.
Show Me in the Bible Where I Can’t Do That
Show Me in the Bible Where I Can’t Do That
There is a subtle form of legalism that some fall into when they are constantly asking, "Show me in the Bible where it says I can't do that."
Questions Preachers Should Ask of Every Sermon (Part 6)
Questions Preachers Should Ask of Every Sermon (Part 6)
When it comes to preparing and delivering a sermon, there are countless questions that must be asked: Am I preaching my own opinion or what the text is saying?
Rejoice in Hope
Rejoice in Hope
The Christian is the only person who has a hope that can truly be rejoiced in and will truly last.
Encouragement for Pastors’ Wives
Encouragement for Pastors’ Wives
Pastors' wives have unique challenges and blessings. Ruby shares about four things that have been helpful to her over the years: humility, helper, heaven, and holiness.
Trials and Blessings in the Ministry
Trials and Blessings in the Ministry
There is no other path in the ministry except one that has trials and suffering along its way. At the same time, pastors also experience many blessings.
What Mindset Promotes Unity in the Local Church?
What Mindset Promotes Unity in the Local Church?
A mindset of humility promotes unity in a local church. That is a mindset that is not always being opinionated, or thinking we always know what is right...
Surrendering to His Love
Surrendering to His Love
Express your absolute allegiance to Christ and be surrendered to His love. Be able to say, "Lord, You are enough; and if I have You, though You strip everything else away, I am satisfied."
The Unhappy Holy Christian Does Not Exist
The Unhappy Holy Christian Does Not Exist
Some use the expression, "God doesn't want you to be happy, He wants you to be holy." Yet they forget that there is no such thing as the unhappy holy Christian.
Prayerfully Pursuing God’s Gracious Power and Loving Presence
Prayerfully Pursuing God’s Gracious Power and Loving Presence
Believer, because we are the temple of God, we should ask the Lord for more power from the Holy Spirit. This power that is received, according to grace...
Content? Or Everything Would Be Ok If?
Content? Or Everything Would Be Ok If?
Everything would be okay if _____ ? What comes to your mind, if anything? Have I put something plus Jesus in my equation for contentment?
Contentment is Found in Christ Alone
Contentment is Found in Christ Alone
What is contentment? Contentment is being fully satisfied in our soul, it is an idea of complete sufficiency. It is used in reference to God, in His self sufficiency...
Warning: Don’t Let Conferences Cause You to Despise Your Church
Warning: Don’t Let Conferences Cause You to Despise Your Church
God has sovereignly placed you in your local church and given you the pastors you have. He has given you the people in your fellowship and they have imperfections...
Maintaining Unity in Your Church
Maintaining Unity in Your Church
As a believer maintaining unity in your church should be a priority. However, there are some in the church who are divisive, and a critic of every little thing that...
The Devil: Prince of the Power of the Air (Part 3)
The Devil: Prince of the Power of the Air (Part 3)
Who is the "prince of the power of the air"? Is it of course the Devil? Or is it referring to someone else? We are confronted by a spirit outside of ourselves, a personal...
Glory in Christ’s Work on The Cross
Glory in Christ’s Work on The Cross
We are to glory in Christ's work on the Cross alone. What Jesus did on the Cross is all that matters, and that is the message that will batter...
Bible Meditation
Bible Meditation
Bible meditation is not necessarily Bible reading, not necessarily Scripture memory, not reading good books and commentaries, not listening to good sermons, not prayer nor singing...
Homiletics: Eisegesis Is Not a Light Matter (Part 5)
Homiletics: Eisegesis Is Not a Light Matter (Part 5)
When the preacher's sermon preparation leads him to commit eisegesis and he reads his own idea and meaning into the text, it is not a light matter.
Following the Course of This World (Part 2)
Following the Course of This World (Part 2)
This world is a system with a mindset that has a force and power of darkness behind it. It has such a hold over us that if God doesn't come and deliver us we will be swept away by it.
How Dead is Dead? The Five-Fold Fallenness of Man (Part 1)
How Dead is Dead? The Five-Fold Fallenness of Man (Part 1)
When we were lost, we were dead in trespasses and sins. It wasn't that we transgressed against God every once in awhile. All we ever did was sin and trespass...
Christ Died to Bring Us to God
Christ Died to Bring Us to God
Jesus Christ suffered, the just for the unjust, not so you might know a Book; but to bring us into a living fellowship and relationship with God.
Knowing God Both Intimately and Intellectually
Knowing God Both Intimately and Intellectually
Do you know God both intimately and intellectually? Jesus Christ didn't die just to give you doctrine and insights into the nature of God; He died to bring us to God Himself.
Homiletics: Asking Questions of the Text (Part 4)
Homiletics: Asking Questions of the Text (Part 4)
When studying the Bible for sermon preparation you must ask questions of the text. Then when preaching bring some of those same questions up to the listener.
Giving: Considering the Poor
Giving: Considering the Poor
Consideration for the poor will not buy us pardon for our offenses against God, but it is the unfailing evidence of the person who has the grace of God in his heart.
Parents: Train Your Children at Home
Parents: Train Your Children at Home
Parents must consistently train their children at home in order for them to behave properly during a church service. Having family devotionals is an excellent time for that training to take place...
Paul’s Struggle for the Unity of the Saints
Paul’s Struggle for the Unity of the Saints
Disunity is a very discouraging thing. But what strength comes from unity. Like the little wires, all knit together, make the strength of the cable, so it is for the church.