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When we talk about spiritual formation, the Christian life, or maybe even just growth, we all presuppose a paradigm for what we are talking about....

This blog post is part one of four in the series “Renewing Expository Preaching.” Expository preaching plays a vital role in the life of the...

In Philippians 1:19, Paul writes, “for I know that through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ this will turn out for my ...

Hear, O sons, a father’s instruction, and be attentive, that you may gain insight, for I give you good precepts; do not forsake my teaching. When...

Oíd, hijos, la enseñanza de un padre, Y estad atentos, para que conozcáis cordura. Porque os doy buena enseñanza; No desamparéis mi ley. Porque yo...

Church matters, and because church matters, what we mean by church matters. The New Testament presents the church as both universal and local, but...

Here’s a thought experiment. Suppose that we were to take the statements in Psalm 90:4 and 2 Peter 3:8 about a thousand years being like a day...

In our previous post, we discussed faith in Gideon’s story. Here in Part Two, we discuss the remaining three individuals from Judges who are...

Hebrews 11:32-34 mentions four infamous individuals from the book of Judges (ordered Gideon, Barak, Samson, and Jephthah). [1] But these four are...

My thoughts wandered this morning on my prayer walk. [1] I kept bringing my mind back to prayer, but my mind was wandering from my very first...

For though I am free from all, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win more of them. To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order to win...

Por lo cual, siendo libre de todos, me he hecho siervo de todos para ganar a mayor número. Me he hecho a los judíos como judío, para ganar a los...

In John 4:9, the Samaritan woman is surprised that Jesus asked her for water from the well. The reason for her surprise is that “Jews do not ____...

God trains us through waiting. On the day I started writing this post, I was waiting for God to answer a prayer. You see, Trudi and I have been...

I will extol you, my God and King, and bless your name forever and ever. Every day I will bless you and praise your name forever and ever. Great...

Te exaltaré, mi Dios, mi Rey, Y bendeciré tu nombre eternamente y para siempre. Cada día te bendeciré, Y alabaré tu nombre eternamente y para...

“I just don’t get it,” pastor Randy Gallo (not his real name) commented, while holding the cell phone closer to his ear. “During the announcements...

You then, my child, be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus, and what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses...

Tú, pues, hijo mío, esfuérzate en la gracia que es en Cristo Jesús. Lo que has oído de mí ante muchos testigos, esto encarga a hombres fieles que...

This morning, I spent time in Hebrews 12:18-24 during my morning reading in God’s Word.[1] I found myself particularly attuned to some things I had...

“When are you going to mow the lawn, pastor?” The question astonished pastor Miller (not his real name). He had only served Crossroads Church for...

Pastors seize an adventurous, daring enterprise — making disciples of all people! The last words of Jesus to his disciples included a command to “...

Everyone is not equally temptable. One person can be severely tempted by something that another person barely or is not-at-all tempted. Some...

This is a Q&A blog post by our Visiting Scholar in Philosophy, William Lane Craig. Question I’m a big fan of your work, and I have argued...

This coming July marks the 100th anniversary of the Scopes Monkey Trial, the event, more than any other, that stigmatized Fundamentalist...