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Our world is filled with events and situations that can cause great fear and anxiety. It’s easy to become overwhelmed and live imprisoned by fear. But that is not the way of God! We are promised in Go...
The beginning of Colossians tells us how we can be like Christ. We learn the theology necessary to fight evil and the practicality of loving Jesus....
Psalms 1 and 2 are as different as night and day, but can be studied as one unit using a method scholars call the canonical approach....
Mel Walker
It is a natural human inclination to think that living through trials and negative circumstances would not be an occasion for joy. Choosing to respond to life’s difficult situations with inner content...
The Song of Solomon teaches that intimacy within marriage is received with thanksgiving, as all of God’s created gifts should be. Here right love is rightly exalted. Here desire and the fulfillment of...
Sometimes when a New Testament writer quotes the Old Testament, the two passages do not match precisely. Is the New Testament writer misquoting the Old Testament? Or is there another explanation?...
Rachel Britton
As we think about this special relationship with God, we should remember our heavenly Father is not human (Numbers 23:19). “God is spirit” says John 4:24. Yet because God is Spirit, this can make Him ...
Nancy Leigh DeMoss
Suffering will indeed come, but God can give us grace and power to overcome every trial and to fulfill our purpose and mission in His kingdom. In his second epistle to Timothy, the Apostle Paul shares...
G. Connor Salter
You may not have grown up lighting an advent candle or know what the word “advent” even means. You can still take part in this centuries-old tradition that teaches us about the central themes of Chris...
Jeannie Myers
The Book of Ephesians is packed full of truth about your identity in Christ. God knows you inside and out (Psalm 139:1-4). He is not deceived by appearances (1 Samuel 16:7). He cannot lie (Titus 1:2)....
Dr. Michael A. Milton
Beyond the exposition of passages, scholars identified systematic truths collected from the Bible and placed in a grouping: e.g., “the seven deadly sins,” “the seven virtues.&rdquo...
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...
Kirstyn Mayden
Times are tough for so many of us right now. Whether it's financial trouble, health concerns, or anxiety over political issues and current events, there is plenty to worry about. 1 Peter 5:7 says to c...
As you celebrate Thanksgiving today, use these verses to remind yourself the real reason we have to be thankful....
Emma Danzey
Psalm 1:1-2 - “Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, but whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who...
Jessica Brodie
Whichever way we choose to refer to God does not change God’s nature, and it is the same with the Holy Spirit. As long as we are in full understanding that the Holy Spirit is a person, a full and comp...
Pamela Palmer
Many Christians around the world are looking ahead as Easter approaches. Believers of Christ anticipate Holy Week and seek ways to prepare their hearts for this special season. Many Christians partici...
Clarence L. Haynes Jr.
If you live long enough, you will experience things in life that seem unfair. There may be times when you do everything right to the best of your ability, and yet something goes wrong. This can cause ...
Heather Adams
In God’s view, gaining self-control is part of our progression toward Christ-likeness. In fact, the Apostle Paul included it in a list of basic qualities that believers should cultivate. “But the frui...
Lori Stanley Roeleveld
The Bible not only claims that Jesus loved us enough to die on the cross for us, but that he saw a joy that would come after it. What kind of joy would make up for the pain of the cross?...