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In the end we may be able to sustain a pulse, but it is hard to call it life. It is artificial and plastic. People gather in small groups for discussions, but lives are not transformed by the gospel. Real life begets more life. It changes lives and transforms cities. I want us to have that kind of life. That is the life that is promised through

The alternative to motivating by guilt is its antidote: grace. The alternative to motivating by greed is its antithesis: grace. Believers need to serve God preeminently out of loving thankfulness for the redemption he freely and fully provides.

An encouragement to search the Bible for answers. The sufficiency of Scripture should encourage us as we try to discover what God would have us to think (about a particular doctrinal issue) or to do (in a particular situation). We should be encouraged that everything God wants to tell us about that question is to be found in Scripture.

Discussion Questions 1. Has discovering God’s will for your life typically been easy or hard for you? Why is that? 2. Which question resonates more deeply with you: “Where’s the energy?” or “What breaks your heart?” 3. Where is the energy for you? What does break your heart? 4. How has prayer helped you in the past when you were trying to find

Human bodies are teleologically organized according to our distinct role in reproducing the species. The structure of our bodies is arranged to produce either large sex cells or small sex cells. These sex cells are called gametes. Large gametes are ova, and small gametes are sperm. A physiology arranged to produce ova is female, and a physiology

Biblical teaching about the role of the mind in the Christian life and the value of extrabiblical knowledge requires integration.

Think of the Spiritual Disciplines as ways by which we can spiritually place ourselves in the path of God’s grace and seek Him, much like Zacchaeus placed himself physically in Jesus’ path and sought Him.

As a movie director in Hollywood has said: “L.A. is the town that controls world storytelling for both children and adults.”54 Hollywood and other elite institutions that produce and cultivate art have an inordinate influence on the narratives that shape our world, and if we want Christianity to be viewed as reasonable and desirable, Christian

Ezekiel 37 is parallel to Gen. 2:7 in which God breathes neshamah—a virtual synonym of ruach that means “the breath of life”—into an already formed body. In both texts, the entity God adds is (1) that which animates and makes alive, (2) something that is added by God and is non-emergent. The ruach is something that can depart upon death (Ps. 146:4;