We who deserved hell but have been saved by faith in Jesus’ atoning work on the cross are the recipients of God’s great, prevailing steadfas

We can and should be reading, studying, immersing ourselves, giving ourselves wholly to Scripture. It is God’s Word; His very words breathed

Paul’s perspective runs contrary to the world’s thinking. It’s even contrary to the way many Christians think and live. Paul knew that the o

Jesus didn’t grasp all the glory of heaven but took on flesh and humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death. Jesus didn’t se

Before each description of God, David uses the word my. Covenantal, holy, self-existent, eternal God is personal not distant or aloof. And H

On my eighth birthday, I wanted to place myself at the center of the universe. I wanted the glory. My selfish, prideful attitude completely

Paul ends his sentence contrasting the four deceptive methods of taking us captive with “and not according to Christ.” This is the crux of t

It is Christ’s finished, complete, and sufficient work on the cross and in His resurrection that is the only thing we need to be rooted, bui

we need to hold to the truth that God’s waiting has purpose: His glory, to lavish His love on us, to grow our faith and conform us to the im

God is still the exalted, sovereign, ruler even when wickedness seems to flourish. He alone holds the wicked’s past, present, and future.

We were made to glorify God, and there is never a shortage of reasons to glorify Him nor are they difficult to discover. We find joy when we

Jesus Himself is what we desperately need not a change in our circumstance, not a calming of our storm.

We all too quickly forget Jesus as we go about our day. We forget to trust Him. We forget God’s Word. We forget who God is and what He has d

Our sin is great, but God’s grace, mercy, and salvation are infinitely more. Jesus our almighty Savior paid for our sin on the cross, bearin

Jesus in being despised, rejected, crushed, afflicted, and in suffering, and dying in our place, for our sin is the One who ultimately prepa

God tenderly cares and provides for His flock including those struggling through the clouds of discouragement, anxiety, or depression.

We don’t stand firm or strive for our own recognition or advancement. We don’t even do it for the sake of the church. We do it for the faith

We often live as if being a child of God were not enough, as if there were other better options for us to chase after.

In our heart idols, pride, and fear of man, we are exalting something or someone else besides God when God alone is to be exalted.

The ten spies saw themselves as insignificant grasshoppers in comparison to the people of the land. Caleb and Joshua saw the people of the l