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But our gospel is big enough, and our God is strong enough. Teens must stand up against the untruths they hear from culture and from within themselves.Ī Christian’s Perspective on Economic Downturnĭiscipling people for the new economy is a major challenge. In 1655, when the matter of his soul was settled, John Bunyan was asked to exhort the church, and suddenly a great preacher was discovered.Ĭhurch can be an indispensable source of stability and growth a treasure trove of communal and Spirit-infused wisdom that we’d be foolish to neglect. The Fruits of Suffering in the Life of John Bunyan The most fundamental reason that people don’t believe the miracles in the Bible is because they already believe something else, namely, that miracles are impossible. In typical prophetic form, Joel gives his readers both the bad news of God’s judgment and the good news of his promised deliverance.Ī commitment to wholesome talk isn’t first a commitment to a restricted vocabulary but rather to change at the level of the thoughts, desires, intentions, and choices of the heart.Īre Miracles Still Possible and Probable? The Digital Greek Scripture Journal provides a flexible, on-the-go interaction with the original Greek text. Introducing the Digital Greek Scripture Journal God’s incommunicable attributes are important for us to understand because they’re the ones that tell us how God is not like us. Why You Should Study God's Incommunicable Attributes We are searching for joy, hope, and fulfillment. No, it’s an incredible opportunity to help kids see Christ!Īwe: Why It Matters for Everything We Think, Say, and Do We live in a culture more accustomed to questioning authority than submitting to it.Ĭhildren’s ministry shouldn’t merely be about teaching Christian character and morality to the younger generation. The word submission is loaded with a powder keg of emotions. Martin Luther saw clearly that the Christian life is actually distinguished not by elaborate complexity but by its beautiful, simple, accessible Christ. Keep It Simple Stupid: Martin Luther on the Christian Life We don’t have to accept our culture’s ever-changing and ever-more-tyrannical definition of beauty. When you come to church with a consumer mindset, you’re actually never able to fully commit or fully love it. What to Remember When Looking for a Church When we cannot articulate our prayer requests to God, the Holy Spirit understands our groanings and translates them into intelligible prayers that God the Father can understand and will answer. How Christianity Transformed Our Understanding of HistoryĪccording to Herman Bavinck, the very understanding of history itself was transformed by Christianity. Packer has argued, we need to read the Puritans, and John Owen especially, because we are spiritual dwarfs by comparison. God created our lives to be propelled and directed by hope, and he meant our capacity for hope to drive us to him. Hopelessness Leads Us to the True Hope of Christmas How do we talk to our heavenly Father like we might to good friends? Quite simply, what does it mean to become human again as a group? The thrust of 1 Timothy is that godliness is central to the Christian’s continuing in the gospel and the church’s proclamation of the gospel.ĩ Conversation Starters to Help You Get Out of a Prayer Rut

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This series of posts pairs a brief passage of Scripture with associated study notes drawn from the Gospel Transformation Bible. This represents a missed opportunity of massive proportions.Ĭhrist in All of Scripture - Ezekiel 36:24-27 The literary approach to the Bible, and the importance of genre as a chief ingredient of such an approach, are subjects of neglect. Ortlund for a 30-episode journey as he reflects on the riches of the psalms.Ī Missing Ingredient in Today’s Preaching In the Lord I Take Refuge: Daily Devotions through the Psalms with Dane Ortlund

Or, I've tried, but I can't keep it going. I've noticed when I talk about family worship that people say, I've tried it. Living a balanced life does not mean doing everything in moderation rather, it means being obedient in every area of life. He loves them before they love him back, and before there’s anything in them worthy of his love. God loves his people despite their sin against him. God Doesn’t Love You Because You’re Special or Good What Does It Mean for a Man to Lead His Home?Ī father who understands the Bible, loves the Lord, and has surrendered his life to Christ should not apologize for being the head of the house.

The undistracted ones a book about philosophy