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“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom” (Psa 111:10) When awe of anything but God kidnaps and controls your heart, you simply will not stay inside God’s boundaries. But when a deep, reverential fear of God has captivated your heart, you will willingly and joyfully live inside the fences He has set for you. When the glory of some created thing rules your…

“Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness, and for His wonderful works to the children of men!” (Psalm 107:8) If we complained less and were more thankful, we would be happier, and God would be more glorified. Every day thank God for ordinary mercies – we refer to them as ordinary, and yet they are so priceless that without them we are ready to perish.…

“So, when he had gone out, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man is glorified, and God is glorified in Him.” (John 13:31)

“for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23) As Christians, we know that this universal sense of imperfection and that our moral failures incur debts are rooted ultimately in our estrangement from our Creator. Paul tells us in Romans 3:23 that “all have sinned and fall…

“The kingdom is the Lord’s, and He rules over the nations” (Psalms 22:28)   Understanding God’s sovereignty over the nations opens the door to peace. When we realize that God influences the hearts of all rulers, we can then choose to pray for them rather than fret about them. Rather than wring our hands we bend our knees, we select prayer over despair. Jeremiah did…

I have never heard a sermon on what I consider to be, perhaps, the greatest text on the subject; namely, III John 8. Which is as follows:  We, therefore, ought to take up (support) such men   so that we may be fellow-workers for the truth.  Gaius, along with unnamed others, had been thrown out of the church by Diotrophes (whom we assume was the pastor), who refused to…

“These were more fair-minded … in that they received the word with all readiness…” [Acts 17:11] Just think what our lives might be, if only we heard every sermon as the Bereans heard Paul’s sermons. If only we heard the Word so gladly and then considered it carefully, comparing it with the Holy Scripture as a whole — not only to verify its…

“Father in heaven, long ago you wrested Abraham from the grip of idolatry, delivered your people at the Red Sea, and preserved them in the wilderness. You reversed the curses of Balaak and issued blessings through Balaam. You gave your people a home they did not build, and food they did not…

When Peter says “Be holy for the Lord is holy” he’s obviously encouraging us to pursue likeness to God. But precisely where do we look to find this? I think holiness needs to be seen in a Trinitarian framework where we think of imitating the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. When God says “be holy for I…

The stories of the Old Testament contain much more than mere moral lessons. In fact, these stories reveal a bigger story, a more expansive plot. While we can and must learn from the good examples we find in the Bible, we need to see that what unites these stories isn’t morality but redemption. From Adam to Abraham to David, all of these Old Testament characters and…