Lisa Loraine Baker
Every time believers celebrate the Lord’s Supper (Communion), we look in remembrance of what Jesus did on the cross, and we look forward to the time when Jesus will drink the promised cup of wine with...
Frank Santora
But let’s face it. It’s not so easy to let our lights shine in our current culture, where any truth (but especially biblical truth), is constantly mocked and challenged by lies. Indeed, there are peop...
Sometimes when we come to passages like Matthew’s condensed Christmas story, we don’t come with that childlike curiosity and wonder—looking at the everyday with awe, perceiving the familiar as fascina...
Pamela Palmer
God has made all things beautiful in their time. He is the author of beauty and it is God’s designation that makes something beautiful. Truly, beauty is more than outer appearance or something nice to...
Pamela Palmer
Maybe you heard a great sermon on community, or you've been seeing the same flyer every Sunday for weeks, advertising a new small group Bible study. But you wonder if it will really be worth your time...
Heather Adams
The benefits of having a positive attitude are pretty easy to see - more enjoyment of each day and stronger relationships, just to name two. But Scripture stresses even deeper results of a right minds...
Michael Jakes
While the spotlight seems to be on Jonah and his response to the call of God and the eventual outcome, there are other things in this story that deserve our attention. When we look at all that takes p...
Dr. Michael A. Milton
The goal of giving is altogether related to the worship and the kingship of the Lord Jesus Christ in our lives. And that is why giving is better than receiving. The thing is, because of all of these t...
Kirstyn Mayden
In the midst of the global coronavirus pandemic, it's easy to be overwhelmed with anxiety and grief. And although we were able to take a moment to reset at Easter and turn to the cross, it is so easy ...
Frank Santora
While it is His will to bless us with things to richly enjoy (Romans 8:32; Matthew 7:11), He doesn’t owe us. That is, we are not “entitled” to anything! He is not a genie that exists for our pleasure;...
Meredith N Mills
When Jesus corrected Martha, he didn’t condemn her or say her service didn’t matter. Instead, he pointed to the turmoil in her soul. Her restless heart revealed a deeper issue — she was missing the po...
Clarence L. Haynes Jr.
In Scripture, fire can be used as a form of judgment but it is also used in purification or refining. With that being the case, what are the things God would turn his attention to consuming or burning...
Blair Parke
As we go through death on earth as Jesus did, we will be resurrected in the same way to join Him in heaven when God calls us there. We won’t have to go to the pits of hell if we have accepted Jesus as...
Joel Ryan
What we ultimately know about Joel, who he was, and when he ministered, are probably less important than his actual ministry and message. According to Macarthur, “the message of Joel is timeless, form...
Tim Brister
Even our expressions of thanksgiving can be a form of self-justification, and this is what we discover from this man in our text. Such self-justified thanksgiving is unacceptable to God....
David Paul
If you’re like me and have several children who aren’t old enough to read well yet, reading the Bible to your kids should be a part of your daily routine. They have no other way to benef...
Clarence L. Haynes Jr.
Outside of religion and politics, few issues cause such division as that of vaccinations. But no matter where you stand, how should Christians respond to this issue? Does the Bible support, or deny va...
Mike Leake
I do not believe that these years of silence are like a spurned lover or an angry parent who chooses silence over communication. The people had rebelled and God was continuing to hand them over to jud...
Clarence L. Haynes Jr.
This verse speaks to the dilemma that everyone who chooses to follow God faces, how to trust and how to choose. We all have decisions to make, and yet this Proverb is clearly stating that you should n...
Sheila Alewine
I am so grateful that my earthly father had trusted the words of our Heavenly Father. He had beheld the Son and believed, and now, all the promises God made have come to their full experience for him....