Matt Carter
The good news of the parable of the prodigal son overwhelms us with the truth that, more than anything—including His hatred of our sin—our God loves us unconditionally. If you’re a wandering prodigal ...
The spotlight is not on Joshua’s moral example or on timeless principles of conduct but on Yahweh’s fulfillment of a historical promise. Even Joshua’s name (“Yahweh Saves!”) points away from himself t...
How can we as God’s people today benefit from Amos? What is it that God has to say to us today through this Minor Prophet?...
Paul E. Miller
There’s a running joke in Christian circles that the answer to every Sunday school question is “Jesus.” In a similar way, “pride” has become the reflexive Evangelical Christian answer to why we sin. ...
Liz Auld
Many are invited or called via the general call of the gospel, which is presented through the Bible, churches, missionaries, and any type of evangelism. Few are chosen means that, of those invited, on...
Rylie Fine
One of his puzzling phrases is found in Romans 12:1 where he says, “I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice….” What is a livi...
Lucas Hagen
You may have heard the popular song that includes this scriptural line. The original words were penned by King David in Psalm 103, and exhort listeners to praise the Lord for all of His wonderful deed...
Jesus, like the stories he told, didn’t look like much, but the power of the eternal God was in there....
Mike Leake
My aim here is to outline what the Scripture tells us about the different types of angels and to go no further into speculation. It is an important topic. And I believe angels still act in our world t...
Ed Jarrett
The gospel of Matthew, like the other three canonical gospels, tells the good news about Jesus. They are not biographies in the modern sense. They tell us very little about his early life. Rather th...
Meghan Trapp
Churches often find themselves in trouble. Ecclesiology helps us understand what went wrong and where to go next....
Ed Jarrett
The doctrine of the Trinity holds that the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are one in essence. But within the one God, there are three distinct persons. These three persons are fully integrated i...
Kristi Woods
What does the Bible say about relationships? We all have them—with friends, spouses, parents, children, and more. Some flow easily and bring much joy. Others not so much. What, then, should we...
Tim Brister
For the Christian, thanksgiving is altogether different. We don’t offer thanksgiving because of work we have done but because of the work Christ has done on our behalf....
Meg Bucher
Jesus stands at the center of salvation, He is the author of freedom: “So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.” John 8:36...
Derek Brown
When we face temptation, we tend to think only of ourselves. Rarely do we consider how our actions might affect others. But temptation is an interpersonal issue that draws people into a tangled web an...
Part of what it means to be a Christian is to believe the unbelievable: that the historical human person, Jesus, who was born in a stable in a backwater village outside of Jerusalem some two thousand ...
Ed Jarrett
The mercy seat in the Old Testament was God’s dwelling place among his people, and that is really a good description of Jesus as well. He was God, wrapped in human flesh, and dwelling among us – Emman...
"Simon the Magician" tried to purchase the power of the Holy Spirit from Peter. His name consequently has not been remembered for any great deeds, but for the payment of money for church office ('simo...