“For it is not mere words that nourish the soul, but God Himself, and unless and until the hearers find God in personal experience, they are not the better for having heard the truth. The Bible is not an end in itself, but a means to bring men to an intimate and satisfying knowledge of […]
Parish Bible Studies Starting Again
“Theologian Wayne Grudem provides a fine, concise definition of this critical doctrine: “Sanctification is a progressive work of God and man that makes us more and more free from sin and like Christ in our actual lives.”3 That’s the goal of the Christian life, isn’t it? Increasing freedom from sin and increasing resemblance to Jesus. […]
The Biblical way of Making Choices
Hi, Somebody has asked me how God answers prayers. For example, when we pray because we do not know what decision to make, in what way can God show us what we should do? Jane Hi Jane, First, if the Bible tells us what decision to make, we do what it tells us. For example the […]
Knowing Him Better
“Come near to the holy men and women of the past and you will soon feel the heat of their desire after God. They mourned for Him, they prayed and wrestled and sought for Him day and night, in season and out, and when they had found Him the finding was all the sweeter for […]
Demythologizing Counseling
Biblical counseling – is it just for the pastors and elders? Or for trained professionals? What does it look like to restore counseling to the local church? Church leaders and lay people alike need to broaden their definition of “counseling.” Counseling is found in both the formal and interpersonal interactions and advice we give and […]
If Only…
But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God (Act 20:24).
Constrained by the Spirit
And now, behold, I am going to Jerusalem, constrained by the Spirit, not knowing what will happen to me there, except that the Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city that imprisonment and afflictions await me (Act 20:22-23).
Love of Truth
Dr. Lawyer, Sometimes, when I’m talking about Scriptural issues with some of my friends I tend to allow my passion for making the argument get in the way of communicating in a right spirit. I get so wrapped up in making the case that I sometimes use words or phrases that seem to offend the […]
A Holy People
The Christian life is inescapably corporate. Teaching on Christian holiness has frequently concentrated almost exclusively on the “holy man” or the “holy woman,” to the neglect of the biblical concern for the “holy people” or the “holy church.” (Bruce Milne in Why Small Groups, ed. C. J. Mahaney, p. 5.)