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Should We Desire to Be Perfect?

Rachel Britton

Overall, we are not attracted to perfection in human beings. Instead, we are drawn to people just like ourselves who have imperfect families and difficult relationships, whose homes are messy. So how ...

Does Having Faith Mean We Have to Turn Off Our Brains?

Clarence L. Haynes Jr.

“Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see” (Hebrews 11:1).What is faith? Well according to Hebrews 11, faith is being confident and assured of things we canno...

What Does It Really Mean That Your Body Is a Temple?

Jessica Brodie

The Holy Spirit is part of God, the trinity encompassing father, son, and spirit, three in one. Therefore, because we have someone so holy and almighty within us, we need to understand that we as eart...

What Does it Mean to Be a ‘Living Sacrifice’ and How Do I Be One?

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...

5 Verses that Encourage Us to Have Peace in This Difficult World

Emma Danzey

What’s on your mind? What is troubling you? How can knowing Christ enable you to take on the difficulties around you and rest in Him to be holding the world even during its chaos and strife? ...

What Is the Breakdown of the Lord's Prayer?

Dolores Smyth

The Lord’s Prayer is much more than a handy guide on what to pray when no other words come to mind. The prayer, if we meditate on each petition, serves as a moral compass that reveals the best way to ...

Why Is Vulnerability So Crucial to Growing Our Faith?

Ruth Clemence

Although being vulnerable can seem daunting, we do not need to walk the road of vulnerability alone. Jesus walked the most vulnerable path. He stepped down from the heavens, becoming like a man in hum...

Does Prayer Change Things?

Heather Adams

God certainly doesn’t need us to pray in order to accomplish His plans. He already has all the strength and might He needs. And yet He calls us to do it, as Paul wrote, “at all times.” That’s because ...

What Is Saving Faith? Do James and Paul Disagree?

David Paul

We are told in no uncertain terms in the Bible that if we believe in the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, and that whosever believes in him will not perish, but have everlasting life. Faith is c...

What We Must Understand When We Say “God Is Good”

Clarence L. Haynes Jr.

The reason why God is good is because he continues to show us love, grace, mercy, generosity, and favor even when we don’t deserve it. This perfect God keeps demonstrating love to sinful people, which...

What Is the Doctrine of Heavenly Intercession?

Greg Grandchamp

Personally, I can’t even imagine Jesus praying for me. And yet we are told multiple times in Scripture that He does. This isn’t talked about or preached about a great deal anymore, but Jesus intercede...

What Are the Oaks of Righteousness and Why Do They Give Us Hope?

Emma Danzey

Isaiah 61 talks about believers being oaks of righteousness. As we study the concept of an oak tree today, may we have a greater appreciation for the meaning of this statement....

Where Does the Bible Talk about Our Blessed Hope?

Mary Oelerich-Meyer

When Paul tells his disciple Titus to hold onto the blessed hope in difficult times, what is he talking about?...

Is It True That Jesus Prays for Us?

Michael Jakes

These three things Christ prayed are what He desires, because they are what we need. But simply due to selfishness and carnality on our part, these things have a difficult time settling in our lives. ...

The Forgotten Fear that Christians Need to Face

Ruth Clemence

Fear of the Lord is not usually given much airtime in churches, nor much thought in the day-to-day lives of Christians. However, Deuteronomy 13:4 is clear that we should fear the Lord. This type of f...

Christ Followers Are Commanded to Love One Another

Amanda Idleman

I think this idea, this truth that we are commanded to love, struck me because it flies in the face of most of what our culture teaches. Our culture says love is a commodity that is supposed to first ...

Blind Faith? 6 Reasons We Can Trust a God We Can't See

Ruth Clemence

There is a difference between faith and blind faith. Blind faith is having a belief that is not rooted in true understanding. The Christian faith is evidence-based faith founded on truth and reality....

How Will You Run Your Race This Coming Year?

Jordan Standridge

We are to consider the men and women of Hebrews 11 and think upon their faithfulness and faith in order to be propelled to run our race better. ...

How Jude Helps Us Understand Our Culture Today

Emma Danzey

Jude reminds us that in a time of great confusion and deception, that Jesus is still reigning. Maybe you feel discouraged or are tempted to despair at the news of today. However, Jude reminds those wh...

What Jesus Teaches about Prayer in the Parable of the Persistent Widow

Mike Leake

Her persistence gets her justice. But what are we to make of this story? Does it mean that if you keep asking God over and over for something he will eventually buckle and give you what you want? Is t...