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James 1:12–15: Does God Ever Tempt Me to Sin?
God’s sovereignty means he reigns over every trial. And his love means that he intends them all for our good and his glory.
7 years, 1 month ago
James 1:12–15: Is God Testing Me?
Don’t get discouraged if the fight against sin seems endless. The fight is necessary, the fight is winnable, and the fight will end.
7 years, 1 month ago
Philippians 3:7–10: Suffering Can Be an Answer to Prayer
Christian, God is working in your suffering. He is working Christlikeness, working trust, working to draw you closer to himself.
7 years, 1 month ago
Philippians 3:7–10: Where to Turn When Suffering Comes
God gives us power — not to escape or avoid suffering — but to endure suffering while looking to Christ.
7 years, 1 month ago
Philippians 3:7–10: The Mark of a True Christian
In this life, we will suffer. And through that suffering, we will know Christ in a way nothing else can provide.
7 years, 1 month ago
Luke 5:1–11: How a Prosperity Preacher Abuses a Verse
Prosperity preachers not only twist and mangle the Bible’s message. They twist and mangle their hearers.
7 years, 1 month ago
Philippians 3:8–9: One Way to Know You’re in Christ
Faith is the experience of Christ as our surpassing worth and all else as rubbish by comparison.
7 years, 2 months ago
Philippians 3:8–9: The Garbage We Bring to God
When we gain Christ, we get a right standing before God that depends upon Christ and not ourselves.
7 years, 2 months ago
What Christ Might Cost You: Philippians 3:7–8
A Christianity that never inconveniences us, never discomforts us, never costs anything, is not Christianity.
7 years, 2 months ago
Philippians 3:2–7: Morality Minus Jesus Damns Us
We can feel safe before a holy God and boast of a sure eternity. But we cannot do that by looking to ourselves.
7 years, 2 months ago