By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers…. Little children, let us not love with words or talk but in deed and in truth (1 John 3:16-18) Local news reported on two brothers who decided to play on mounded…
We must, as Douthat argues, make the most of the time, as there is growing dissatisfaction with secular materialism. But we must not encourage any to find solace merely in religious commitments.
Thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which you were committed, and, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness. (Rom. 6:17-18) There is a math of the mind that reasons, “If God will forgive…
Here’s a list of the fastest growing churches in the PCA using two different measurements.
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. (1 Pet. 2:9) I have a friend who traverses the world helping corporations turn around their company culture. One…
Chuck Ezell, a ruling elder in the PCA, talks with byFaith about his background and his presidential appointment to serve as acting director of the Office of Personnel Management.
I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.” (Genesis 3:15 NIV) There are not many places in the Bible where God addresses Satan, and this one is crucial. If we’re going to understand how grace unfolds throughout Scripture…
God only and always creates humans as male or female. And the body God gives us governs and guides our gender identity.
He has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” So we can confidently say, “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?” (Heb. 13:5-6) Leaving home for the first time can be an exciting but overwhelming experience. My own trip to college was such. At first,…
He sent from on high, he took me; he drew me out of many waters. He rescued me from my strong enemy and from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me. (Psalm 18:16-17) Sometimes we think that we need a hero to drop from on high to save us from whatever calamity or evil we’re…