April Motl
Scripture doesn’t specifically define greed. In America, we often relegate greed as some abstract quality only the uber rich are guilty of. The rest of us just “want” stuff…...
Kristi Woods
The Bible uses the word “man” throughout its pages. All twelve disciples were men. Many of the stories we read center on males, including those of Moses, Abraham, Paul, David and Joshua. But what does...
Sheila Alewine
The Christmas season is a whirlwind. It's hard to focus on all the traditions, movies, cooking, parties, shopping and family time, let alone sneaking in some Scripture reading every day. But that ...
Clarence L. Haynes Jr.
When you think about what sin is, you must recognize that sin looks to dominate a person’s life. Sin doesn’t come in to be nice, sin comes in to take control. Sin is a relentless master that looks to ...
Annette Griffin
Euodia was one of the women Paul felt the need to exhort in his letter. But as with any conflict, it takes two—and Syntyche was her partner in crime. ...
Bethany Verrett
Because God loved the people He created, He gave them the law. But the law could not redeem people from their sins, only show them their evil. To forever separate individuals from their sinful hearts,...
Bethany Verrett
Trying to navigate those waters in a way that is Christ-like, God-honoring, and personally healing can be difficult, but God has given believers the Holy Spirit, the Bible, and one another to find pea...
Lancelot Tucker
Polycarp was one of the first second-generation Christians to be martyred, and a foundational figure in the early church. Here is what we know about his life and how it ended....
Mike Leake
Through our union with Christ, all the blessings of Israel become ours. But this new covenant obedience is different than that of the Old Testament. It is not a servile obedience, but a friendship obe...
Greg Gilbert
God revealed to us that sin, by its very nature, deserves and demands death as its payment. But He also taught us something else: the penalty of death did not have to be paid by the sinner!...
Ironically, whereas our past gospel presentations have sometimes produced self-centered, consumerist Christians with little life change, it is very possible that our current presentations will produce...
Blair Parke
Jezebel is known by many as the name representing a woman with dangerous and harmful intentions in mind, who never hesitated to create the downfalls of others in order for her plans to work. Jezebel w...
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 ...
Bethany Verrett
Part of having a correct understanding of who Jesus is, why He needed to come, and why His death and resurrection are significant, is tied to having a right understanding of the nature of God. Because...
Michael Jakes
In the simplest terms, salvation is the deliverance of one from impending danger. As stated, this salvation is prompted by His love, but it is given to us by grace. We read from the book of Ephesians:...
Clarence L. Haynes Jr.
We know the Bible tells us "love keeps no record of wrong," but how do we actually practice that? Do we need to practice that when dealing with toxic people? Fortunately, the Bible gives us further in...
Dawn Wilson
In submission Christians remember what God has done in saving, providing, protecting, and much more. Submission should well up from a heart of gratitude. Formerly enemies, God’s children were rescued ...
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We can see that marriage is an intimate and complementing union between a man and a woman in which the two become one physically, in the whole of life. ...
Dawn Wilson
As a young girl, visiting a little street-corner church in Chicago, I heard a preacher quote Matthew 18:20: “Where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.” It w...
Britt Mooney
Dagon in the Bible was a major focus of worship in the area, and God dealt with this idol a few times in the historical narrative....