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If you’re currently employed or were once engaged in the workforce, you understand what it means to answer to someone in authority over you. Since that’s true, you need no convincing of the value of a great boss…one who is caring, equitable, and respectful. In ...
The hardest work we can do is “knee” work. We'll find anything else easier ... (Luke 18:1), He showed us by praying Himself. One with the Father, Jesus still felt the need to pray—and He prayed all the time. ... of the most remarkable and longest intercessions in all of Godﾕs Word. From it, we can learn how to pray and get a glimpse into Jesus‘ ...
... 6:1–8, Jesus teaches how we are to directly engage with God. The religious highbrows of Jesus’ day gave, prayed, and fasted for the sake ...
God offers to each of us at least two great moments in life: the moment when we were born—though we might not wish to dwell on the number of birthdays from that day to this—and the moment we realize why ...
... of poetic prayer, Jeremiah weeps over Jerusalem’s fall—the tragic consequence of God’s judgment.
Above the rubble, however, the promise of restoration ...
One truth that emerges from the life of Abraham over and over again is that our vertical relationship with God is secure. Regardless of our moral mess-ups or foolish frolics, God’s promises are fixed. In fact, it’s because of His promises that ...
The tomb is empty. The stone is rolled away. The disciples are bewildered and confused. But ... his risen Saviour, he boldly proclaimed, “My Lord and my God!”
Chuck leads us through several gospel scenes and shows how ...
The Friday before the Jewish Passover Sabbath was a dark day for the followers of Jesus. As their Messiah hung on humankind's most dreadful ...
Does Jesus’ arrival mean we can trash the Old Testament and the law?
Hardly! Jesus told us He came to fulfil the law rather than ... about the Scriptures and the nature of true obedience to God.
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... gift. Many are more comfortable earning it.
Yet, God gives the greatest blessing with only the requirement of belief. But just because the ...
... . Just reading that word can spark a fire within us, but the idea isn’t easy to define. According to the dictionary, passion has ... the name of Christ would be on his lips, and the passion of God would throb in his heart.
Four particular periods in Paul’s life, ...
... no name in history is more synonymous with traitor than the name “Judas.” Judas enjoyed the advantages of a close association with the Lord as one of His twelve select ...
In the opening section of John’s gospel, John describes Jesus as the Word—the faultless revelation of God who became flesh to communicate God’s love and holiness to humanity. John argues that Jesus must be the ...
In many ways, our walks with God are something we shouldn’t keep to ourselves. By sharing our faith, we not only spread the good news; we go on record as being Christians…and not ashamed of it. On ... be noticed by them” rather than walking humbly with our God (Matthew 6:1). In this section of the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus took on ...
As Moses appealed to Pharaoh to let the Israelites go, Pharaoh offered to grant only part of the request. Yet Moses knew he couldn’t accept less than God’s full plan.
Pharaoh’s heart was so hard, not even the destruction ...
When life falls apart, how do you pick up the pieces and move forward? The answer is REFRAME.
To reframe is to see your losses, struggles, and burdens through God’s lens of grace and to let Him reshape your pain into new purpose. Paul ...
Virtually every emotion that ever swept across the human soul is recorded in the Psalms. This book is the epitome, the very nucleus of worship…and yet it ...
We’ve reached the halfway point in Solomon’s journal. By now we have a pretty good handle on the man’s mental perspective as well as his method of pursuit. But something ... This comes as a surprise because Solomon had considerable, God-given wisdom. That’s true except for a strange period in his life when he ...
At long last, we have reached the climax of the first section of Romans. Finally, the truths we’ve gleaned thus far begin ... and comforting words in all his writings—he reminds us of God’s magnificent providence. Only by coming to terms with this great ...
... and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. And on the next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper and said, “Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, when ...
