Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. (Matt. 6:9-13) Have…
The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin. (Exodus 34:6-7) Sometimes we use catch phrases to describe the grace we require for a relationship with our holy God: We describe grace as a…
Two PCA teaching elders are facing criminal charges in separate cases.
Thiago Silva shares about the danger of an inward facing church, and the ever-important call to “go and make disciples.”
I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world. (John 16:33) When English missionary Ann Judson accompanied her husband, Adoniram, to Burma, she could not have predicted how important she would be in reaching millions…
Like so many people in the Bible, we are frail and tempted to doubt God’s love for us. Yet, he calls us beloved.
The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working. Elijah was a person with a nature like ours, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain., and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth. Then he prayed again, and heaven gave rain, and the…
How can we learn to get better at disagreeing so that we can avoid the painful consequences of being bad at it?
For even if I made you grieve with my letter, I do not regret it . . . because you were grieved into repenting. For you felt a godly grief. (2 Cor. 7:8-9) The Apostle Paul tells us in Second Corinthians 7:10 that “godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas…
Simon, behold, Satan demanded to have you, that he might sift you like wheat, but I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned again, strengthen your brothers. (Luke 22:31-32) We can make terrible decisions that damage us and those around us. A pastor friend went down such…