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Do Not Believe Every Spirit: The Threat and Defeat of False Teaching Today
Are biblical warnings about false prophets still relevant? Yes, the threat looms as large today as in the first century.
Published on 2 years, 2 months ago
Before You Quit the Ministry: Learning to Count Like Jesus
David Mathis | Good pastors are not naive: ministry comes with many costs. Even so, Christ has not called us to an impossible, joyless task. The cross proves otherwise.
Published on 2 years, 2 months ago
What’s It Like to Be a Christian? Faith, Obedience, and Living as Strangers
David Mathis | What is Christian faith? Hebrews 11 not only answers the question but tells us what faith feels like, and how it leads to obedience, and living as exiles in this world.
Published on 2 years, 2 months ago
Whose Son Is the Messiah? King David and the God of Israel
When Jesus asks the Pharisees how David calls the Messiah “Lord,” they refuse to answer. What made that seemingly simple question so incendiary?
Published on 2 years, 2 months ago
God Is: The Life-Altering Reality of Sheer Divine Existence
God is. No reality is more mind-boggling, more valuable, more life-altering, more electrifying than the absolute being of God.
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
Grace Will Order All Your Pain: Retirement Message for Dana Olson
John Piper | What is sovereign, sustaining grace? It is not grace that spares us pain, but grace that orders our pain — and then sustains us through the pain.
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago
The Leader You Long to Follow
David Mathis | From principals to presidents, leadership failures fill the news. We long for someone in power to lead with wisdom and fairness. Praise God, the ideal king has come.
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago
The Spell That Opened Heaven: Funeral Message for Daniel Fuller (1925–2023)
Romans 8:32 is perhaps the greatest verse in the Bible. No other text quite describes how far God has gone for our salvation and will go for our joy.
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago
The Final Hours of Suffering: Funeral Message for Nancy Nelson (1952–2023)
God’s word speaks to the mysteries of suffering. We will only bear pain well as we begin to see it like he does.
Published on 2 years, 6 months ago
Happy Pastors Make Healthy Churches
Christ’s blood bought more than our pardon, precious as it is. His death also purchased the power we need to live a radical Christian life.
Published on 2 years, 7 months ago