ARTICLES
Category: Faith
The Secret of Knowing God’s Will
The single most pressing question that I hear is: “How can I know God’s will?” The good news is that the secret of knowing God’s will is right in front of us.
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Can You Hear the Loud Cries of Jesus?
“In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears” (Heb. 5:7). Jesus was tempted, more fiercely than we ever will be tempted. The pull on him to sin was relentless, ferocious. What do we learn about Jesus’ love for us from his loud, fervent, and tearful prayers?
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Want Abundant Life? It Only Grows on the Solid Rock—the Third Day of Creation
So many of us are unhappy because we don’t know why we exist. God pours out love-gifts of sun and breath, food and family, and we don’t see him. We are dying, and we don’t want our lives to end. We don’t know where we are going, nor how to get there. Yet, even in the most vicious trials of this life, we can find joy.
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Is Your Pastor Preaching the Gospel or Something Else?
Some pastors think they need to frame their sermons to deal with the social justice issues of the day and actually end up enveloping the congregation in weariness. What are pastors commissioned by God to do?
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How Unity in the Church Happens
The Bible says that Christians are to “be united in the same mind and the same judgment” (1 Cor. 1:10-13) and “love one another” (John 13:34). Yet, why is there so much division in Christ’s church?
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Why Your Little Sins Are a Big Problem
Drip. Drip. Drip. Like a leaky faucet we don’t want to take the time to fix, we can often make light of what seem to be little sins in our lives and brush them off. Yet, our problem with sin is no little thing at all.
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Where Spiritual Formation Goes Wrong: Laying Burdens Where God Declares Freedom
Spiritual formation is trending in churches. We’re exhorted to seek solitude, journal towards holiness, go on nature walks to connect with God, and take extended periods of silence to grow closer to God and be holy. Does the Bible tell us to do these things?
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What Can We Know and How?
We are like God in certain ways, but we are not God. Can we know anything, even for a moment, the way God knows it?
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Why Thomas Was Wrong to Doubt Jesus’ Resurrection
Believing the Resurrection without seeing is not believing without thinking. Why was Thomas wrong to doubt his fellow apostles’ testimony about Jesus’ resurrection?
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