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How Long, O Lord?

If you have ever experienced the glory of God, you know that nothing else will ever satisfy your soul like God. And like Isaiah, we want this joy, not just for ourselves, but for others... even when i...

What Does Jesus Want for Christmas?

John Piper

What does Jesus want this Christmas? We can see the answer in his prayers. What does he ask God for?...

What Facts Do We Have to Prove the Resurrection?

Frank Santora

But one of the most difficult things for unbelievers to grapple with is the account of the resurrection of Jesus Christ found in the Gospels. Claiming a man came back to life after a torturous death a...

How Does Guilt Fit into Our Christian Life?

Ed Jarrett

All those who have put their faith in the crucified and risen Jesus, and follow him as his disciple, have had their status changed from guilty to not guilty. But, so long as we live in the flesh,...

What Must Someone Believe in Order to Be Saved?

What are the most basic things a person needs to believe in order to be saved?...

10 Important Things the Bible Says about Death

Jennifer Slattery

Death. The very word can trigger images of darkness, men and women in black, of grief, and for some, fear. But God doesn’t want us to live in fear nor defeat. He wants us to live, and die, with the co...

3 Truths These Verses about Breastfeeding Moms Can Teach Us All

Emma Danzey

The need for a newborn to be nourished and loved is great. The baby cannot walk to the fridge for food, much less even lift his head. He is completely dependent upon his mother for survival. How often...

10 Women in the Bible Who Exceeded Expectations

Kate Edwards

While plenty of women in the bible were strong, capable women, these ladies didn’t sit around waiting for someone else to get the job done. They feared God and lived faithfully. They did what they nee...

Prayers for Lent for Renewal in the 2022 Lenten Season

Lia Martin

Every spring, we’re offered a beautiful opportunity to “…throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles” (Hebrews 12:1). So whether you are considering giving up something for ...

Wordplay in Jonah

What is a “bank”? Is it the land beside a river? A financial institution? Yes, depending. It’s ambiguous until you know the context. In a similar (but more sophisticated) way, the author of Jonah play...

What God Really Thinks about Women

Sharon Jaynes

We can tell how beloved women are to God by how radically Jesus treated women as he walked the earth. He broke every societal rule to include, encourage, and uplift women--and believes in you the same...

What Is Quiet Time?

Linda Lyle

While peace and quiet calms us physically, we also need quiet time with God to restore us spiritually....

Who Is Jesus?

Jason Soroski

To some, he is a great teacher with good moral ideas. To others, he is an interesting myth. There are even some who fail to believe, contrary to all evidence, that he ever existed at all. To believers...

The Strange Math of Jesus: Emptying Himself by Adding Human Nature

Since the divine nature in Jesus was eternal and infinite while the human nature in Jesus was created and finite, one of the questions we ponder is just how these two natures could coexist in the one ...

Will People Come Back to Church after COVID-19?

Mel Walker

There are some saying the new habit of watching church services at home will continue after the current stay-in-place orders are lifted. Others believe that Christians will miss the fellowship with ot...

Why Did the Veil Tear in Two at the Moment of Jesus' Death?

Meg Bucher

God’s ancient people followed religious laws for every way of their lives, from personal to societal, even in the way they worshiped God! When the curtain, which represented so much of that, tore in t...