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It Will Be Worth It: Overcoming Obstacles to World Missions
When it comes to missions, reasons abound to stay rather than to go. But for every apparent obstacle, countless promises say, “It will be worth it.”
3 years, 6 months ago
Is Jesus an Egomaniac? Overcoming a Major Obstacle to Christian Faith
What do we call an obsessively self-centered person? An egomaniac. Then what should we call God, who demands all our praise? We call him gracious.
3 years, 6 months ago
Glorious Together: Six Steps for Abounding in Hope
Hope produces joy and peace, and as we patiently endure tribulation by the power of the Holy Spirit, hope feeds on its own fruit and abounds all the …
3 years, 6 months ago
The Joy of the Puritans
The Puritans took joy seriously because they read the Bible carefully. They saw that delight in God is at the heart of all true obedience.
3 years, 6 months ago
How Can a Holy God Have Pleasure in Sinners?
You will not be perfect in this life, but you can be pleasing to God. You can become a real ingredient in the divine happiness.
3 years, 6 months ago
The Purposes of God in the Pain of the World
Before he created the earth, God knew pain would plague this world. And not only knew, but planned. And not only planned — but purposed.
3 years, 7 months ago
God Made the World for Worship: His Glory in Individuals and Gatherings
The individual soul’s affection for God is essential to the corporate, eternal reality of the worshiping church.
3 years, 7 months ago
How Is Joy the Root of Sacrificial Love?
When glad in God, we bend low in love for others. We imitate Christ, who not only bowed the knee but hung his body on the tree.
3 years, 7 months ago
Water from the Rock for Undeserving People
God promises us his life-sustaining presence, even as he leads us into waterless regions of suffering and loss.
3 years, 10 months ago
Seventy Years Without Shipwreck: Five Reasons That Some Fall Away
Faith does not shipwreck upon the rocks of history, logic, science, or ethics, but on the mountains of sinful desire.
3 years, 11 months ago