Till men have faith in Christ, their best services are but glorious sins. —Thomas Brooks
He Understands Our Suffering
God’s compassion for and solidarity with the oppressed is embodied in Jesus Christ. Christ not only suffered for his people but also suffers with them. “The decent of God to earth is the descent of God to the underside of the knife, plague, or rain of fire.”* He understands our sufferings. His identity was attacked. […]
For Those Who Suffer
When the cares of my heart are many, your consolations cheer my soul. (Psa 94:19 ESV)
Trust in Christ Receives Salvation Now
Based on Acts 13:39 The believer in Christ receives a present justification. Faith does not produce this fruit by-and-by, but now. So far as justification is the result of faith, it is given to the soul in the moment when it closes with Christ, and accepts Him as its all in all. Are they who […]
Confession of Sin
Introduction: People come to me who have been a Christian for many years, but have never heard about how to get rid of the results (guilt, anger, bitterness, fear, frustration, unsettledness, anxiety, etc.) of their sin. They asked Jesus into their heart when they were young and were immediately filled with joy and gratitude, but […]
Fear, Worry, and Anxiety
Introduction: The motto of many twenty-first century Christians seems to be, “Why trust when you can worry?” Some realize it is wrong and try to hide their worry by giving it other titles such as “concerned,” “troubled,” “disturbed,” “interested,” or “bothered.” Regardless of the term used, worry saps your energy, drains your joy, destroys vision, […]
Secular is Pagan
We live in a world where people want to distinguish between faith and secular, between belief in God and things that don’t pertain to God. But nothing is neutral. Everything is either bringing us closer to God or taking us away from God. Everything is worship. We either worship God or we worship whatever other […]
The Most
My core conviction is that we as Christians should be the most caring, probing, insightful, and helpful counselors on the planet. David Powlison
Our Burden
Let us examine our burden. It is altogether an interior one. It attacks the heart and the mind and reaches the body only from within. First, there is the burden of pride. The labor of self-love is a heavy one indeed. Think for yourself whether much of your sorrow has not arisen from someone speaking […]