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Perseverance

When Your Dreams Haven’t Come True

By Le Ann Trees / March 10, 2025

Is there a dream you’ve been holding onto for a long time and it hasn’t come true yet? Maybe you’re wondering if God really loves you after all. Here are five good things to remember in such times.

Pressing On in the Shade of His Presence

By Simona Gorton / February 11, 2025

Every time I catch myself minimizing the importance of dying to my flesh as it wars continually with the Spirit, I’ve usually made several choices already to undermine my own personal holiness. Here’s why we should never let anything in our lives eclipse a breathless, wholehearted pursuit of God.

10 Reasons Christians Can Be Thankful in Trying Circumstances

By Nick Batzig / November 26, 2024

How can we be thankful and joyful in the midst of a painful trial? The answer is found in all that the Scriptures teach us about trials.

The Fruits of Affliction in the Christian Life

By Christina Fox / November 7, 2024

In the midst of our heartache, we often cling to the truth that good will come from it. But what is that good we hope for? Here are six fruits of affliction in the Christian life.

4 Important Things to Remember If You Are a Doubting Believer

By Nick Batzig / October 14, 2024

Even John the Baptist began to have doubts about the identity of Jesus while in prison. How does the example of John help us to distinguish between doubt and unbelieving skepticism?

3 Things You Can Do While Waiting on the Lord

By Christina Fox / May 15, 2024

Waiting is hard because we are impatient by nature. We want to speed things up and make things happen. The Bible encourages a particular kind of waiting for believers—waiting on the Lord—and sees it as a good thing.

4 Good Ways to Run the Christian Race Well

By Jonathan Landry Cruse / April 29, 2024

The Bible compares the Christian life to the effort and exertion of a race. The book of Hebrews teaches us four good ways to run the Christian race well.

5 Reasons Every Christian Should Seek Assurance of Salvation

By Derek J. Brown / February 27, 2024

Plenty of Christians are content to walk through life without the sure knowledge that they belong to Christ. Why is assurance of salvation essential to genuine Christianity?

“Guilt, Grace, and Gratitude”: Part 2 — Grace

By S. M. Baugh / July 19, 2023

It is common for Christians to describe grace as “God’s unmerited favor,” but this falls short, for we were God’s enemies when Christ died for us. In part 2 of a 3-part series, New Testament scholar S. M. Baugh explains what grace means for every believer.