christianity

True satisfaction in life is directly proportionate to one’s obedience to God. In this context, moral boundaries take on a whole new perspective: They become benefits, not burdens.

Because if He were a King in name only, I would rather go back to the chocolate factory. I would remain a Christian, but I would know that my religion was only a set of principles, excellent and to be followed, but hardly demanding devotion. Suppose on the other hand that I were to discover God to be a Person, in the sense that He communicated and

DAILY CHALLENGE Pray for the Holy Spirit to teach you today and throughout this challenge for you to see the lessons to be learned with your strict diet and exercise program. When you feel hunger pangs today take time to pray and ask the Spirit for strength to let those feelings pass. View these opportunities like practicing free throws and

We don’t need a praying life because that is our duty. That would wear thin quickly. We need time to be with our Father every day because every day our hearts and the hearts of those around us are overgrown with weeds. We need to reflect on our lives and engage God with the condition of our souls and the souls he has entrusted to our care or put in

In sum, here it is not human planning but what God wills that drives well have had a plan to go to Asia, to take the response. Paul may gospel to the end of the earth. Stott (1990: 261) speaks of the elements that often characterize divine guidance here: God's use of a period of time, the circumstances of open and closed doors, pondering what was

The flesh will always desire instant gratification without thinking of the consequence, where the Holy Spirit always thinks about the consequence of the seed we are sowing into our lives. Throughout this challenge we will experience this together, and Hell Week will help us all identify the voice of the flesh clearer than ever before…it’s going to

Many an error has been made by interpreting proverbs as promises, prophecy as history, parables as facts, and poetry as science. For example, proverbs are truisms, statements so tending to be true that the wise take them to heart. A modern proverb on child rearing says, “As the twig is bent so grows the branch.” The ancient equivalent is, “Train a

Sheep, on the other hand, are always completely dependent on their shepherd. They never outgrow their need for the shepherd to care for them, feed them, lead them, and protect them. The shepherd cares for the newborn lambs and is still there when the sheep grow old and weak.

What, then, is marriage for? It is for helping each other to become our future glory-selves, the new creations that God will eventually make us.