Understanding the Nature of Corruption

Examine your personal life. Are you grasping for autonomy? Refusing to let God rule your life? Trying to be as God?Read More

The Transfiguration

Matthew 17:1–8

In placing the transfiguration of Christ in between two predictions of suffering and death (Matt. 16:21–28; 17:9–13), God provides assurance that trouble will not always be the lot of His Son and His people. When adversity tempts us to despair ...Read More

Facing Double Jeopardy

What has been your perception of Satan in the past? How has this perception affected your response to him? To God?Read More

Anchoring Your Soul

Is your soul anchored to the biblical hope of the future, the new heaven and earth, where there will be no more sin and suffering?Read More

Giving Meaning to Life

Are you living your life “under the sun” or “under heaven?” Have you found true purpose and meaning to life?Read More

The Rich Young Ruler

Mark 10:17–22

Not all of us will be asked to sell everything that we have, but all of us are commanded to set aside any idol that may be present in our lives. We must all give up relying on our own ...Read More

The Millennium, Part II

Habakkuk 2:14

Postmillennialists do not deny that there will be tares in God’s kingdom until Jesus returns (Matt. 13:24–30). Still, Dr. Keith A. Mathison notes that “at the end of the age, the Son returns to a field of wheat, not a ...Read More

Commander of the Lord’s Army

Joshua 5:13-15

Even believers can presume that God is on their side on a particular issue without due consideration. Though he was not an evangelical, Abraham Lincoln’s famous words can serve us well here: “My concern is not whether God is on ...Read More

Probing the Remote Purpose

What past or present circumstances in your life have caused you to ask “Why?” Ask God to show you how His good intentions are reflected in these situations.Read More

Moving Out of the Temple

Are you actively moving outside the walls of the church and taking your faith to the world?Read More