PlayStop Popout X There are few things in life more painful than broken relationships. Shattered marriages, wayward children, and disrupted friendships produce intense suffering and deep sorrow. When those broken relationships involve fellow believers, the pain is even more severe. Watching believers suffer the consequences of their sinful conduct compounds the grief from the breaking…
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PlayStop Popout X As we strive for true holiness, we should express the genuine characteristics of true love. One commentator writes, “The most difficult, painful experience for a faithful minister is to be misrepresented, to be falsely accused, to have one’s integrity unfairly attacked…Throughout history, God’s faithful servants have endured such slanderous false accusations. But…
PlayStop Popout X The essence of our theology and the heartbeat of our ministry is this sentence: God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him! Therefore, whenever I see God at work in His word to provide satisfaction to my soul, I see him at work to glorify His name.…
PlayStop Popout X Two weeks ago we looked at the fact that rather than fight the Church, marriage, or home, the Devil would rather join them. God clearly commands the Christian to be separate from the world and its selfish worldview. However, we are not to be isolated from the world, but rather we are…
PlayStop Popout X Saving faith in the Lord Jesus Christ produces a radical transformation of every aspect of a Christian’s being. Christians are “new creatures,” for whom “the old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new” (5:17). Believers and unbelievers inhabit two opposing worlds. Christians are in Christ’s kingdom, which is characterized…
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PlayStop Popout X It is an ironic truth that the preacher is often one of the most loved and respected of men, yet at the same time one of the most hated and despised in his community. To those who believe the gospel he preaches, he is a respected spiritual father, mentor, and teacher. He…
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