Christ, Culture, and Abortion …
Sanctity of Life Sunday
Social involvement is demanded by a biblical orientation toward life.
Social involvement is demanded by a biblical orientation toward life.
Christ is alive and able to persuade you that he is true and the greatest treasure in the universe.
If you are in Christ, all of God's action toward you is almighty mercy and omnipotent assistance.
God takes the initiative to cause a person to love him, and he takes the initiative to keep them to the end.
John Piper tells how Romans 9 changed his life and then discusses its overarching theological purpose.
God chooses who will believe and undeservingly be saved, and who will rebel and deservingly perish.
Churches move forward by grace in the midst of great inadequacy.
Any effort to renew our minds must follow the Holy Spirit's initiatives and enablings.
You can be a liberal hypocrite, and you can be fundamentalist hypocrite. But love is not that way.
God's glory is manifest both when he heals and when he gives hope and peace to the person he does not heal.
We're made of the same stuff as the saints of old, and they help guide us so that we persevere to the end.
The way to get ready to make a case for your hope is to get hopeful. Apply yourself to settling the questions of your own heart.
For me, the end of a year is like the end of my life. And in these last hours, I face the inevitable question: Did I live it well? Will Jesus Christ, the righteous judge, say "Well done, good and faithful servant"?
Jesus' birth brought a new era in the history of redemption, but one that is still in complete harmony with the old.
The great problem in contemporary Christian living is not learning the right things to do but how to do the right things. The problem is not to discover what love looks like but how to love by the Spirit.
The fundamental meaning of being filled with the Spirit is being filled with joy that comes from God and overflows in song.
How you do your job is an essential part of Christian discipleship.
Witnessing physical hunger should cause the church to wake up to the worldwide ravages of spiritual starvation.
God shows great power on behalf of his people so that others might see and fear.
If you ever meet a man who cares nothing for the praise and approval of men (Mark 12:14), but whose one controlling desire is to glorify God whom he loves with all his heart, believe that man. He is true.
Turn away from all the intellectual, physical, and religious tactics the world uses to evade its guilt, and rest in Jesus.
The more you know of Christ and his way, the more severe your judgment will be for not trusting and obeying him.
In order to be acclaimed Messiah and Lord, the Son of God had to come, defeat the enemy, and lead his people out of bondage in triumph over sin and Satan and death. And that he did on Good Friday and Easter.
When you finally hear and believe the drumbeat of the gospel, the rhythm of your step changes. There is a life in step with the gospel, and there is a life out of step with the gospel.
Your enjoyment of freedom is much more important to God than many of the day-to-day decisions that fill us with so much concern.
We live in a superficially Christianized society where thousands of lost people think they do believe in Jesus.
What was freely given under Moses was purchased by Christ.
If the Spirit of God indwells you, God is going to raise you from the dead at Christ's second coming and give new life to your mortal bodies.
All Christians must lay hold on eternal life by fighting the good fight of faith.
Why did God prolong Job's suffering? Didn't his initial reaction prove his faith?
Where the gospel flourishes people share their souls—their joys, guilts, fears, and passions.
We were dead in sin, BUT GOD made us alive with Christ.
The gospel is the good news that there is hope for sinners, the worst of sinners.
Endurance is a gift and endurance is a duty. And these are not in conflict.
Christian kindness is not merely an external change of manners; it is an internal change of heart.
In Christ's triumph our enemy is not just defeated, but captured and made to serve our eternal good.
Those who know God as Father should honor their majestic Father.
God's purpose in creating man and saving sinners is that we might boast in him.
Every hour of your life brings a situation that can be bought up for eternity or missed.
The only person who does justice to the sovereignty of God is the person who sings about it.
Jesus offers irrevocable joy. It cannot be destroyed. It cannot be lost.
Life is more beautiful and more exciting because we are so different as male and female.
John the Baptist came so that we might believe in Jesus and have life like we never had it before.
God doesn't tell us to forsake thinking and just listen for messages. He tells us to be changed in the way we think.
Jesus, the Son of God, is alive today, and stands ready to serve you as your advocate with God the Father.
What does building a new worship building have to do with real worship?
The steadfast love of the Lord has been the same through all the changes of the last 120 years.
If you want the Spirit's power in your life, make Jesus the center of your life.
The call of God is effective; it creates what it commands.
The Lord's Supper exists to deepen and strengthen our participation in the benefits of the cross and to nourish our fellowship with Christ.
We must seek a better understanding of the covenantal meaning of the local church.
Christ has the last word. You will receive from him the crown of life. He will not let you be hurt by the second death.
The grace of God is the source of your hope and the holiness of God is the standard of your holiness.
Elders must lead the church in times of blessing and of refinement.
What did Peter mean when he wrote that the end of all things is at hand?
Jesus is not teaching on whether we should fast or not. He assumes we will and teaches us how to do it and especially how not to do it.
Is there something in your life that is hindering your fruitfulness in Christ—something that you need to die to?
The abiding foundation of our corporate worship is God-centeredness.
Do you want to hear God speak? God has now spoken not just by prophets, but by his Son.
The price will be high, but God's promise that the gospel will spread to all nations will be fulfilled by his omnipotent hand.
The gospel elicits shaming behavior in those who will not believe it and it gives freedom from shame to those who do.
God's justice does not demand that he punish us for our sins immediately. His kindness leads him to forbear and to be patient with us, to a point.
Who are they whose condemnation is just? Those who play games with the Word of God.
Learn from David what to do in a brokenhearted, terrifying moment: Worship.
Truth aims at love; love aims at truth. Love shapes how to speak the truth; truth shapes how to show love.
If God works to bring about obedience in our heart, then sin will not be lord over us, God will.
Use the Bible to know yourself and confirm your own spiritual life.
How and why to teach kids the complex and essential doctrines of the Bible.
September 11, 2001 has served to prove at least these ten truths about the sovereign love of God.
It is okay to question God if you do it humbly and teachably.
Being exiles does not mean being cynical. Christians should be concerned about culture and involved in it.
We shouldn't be afraid to use the spiritual vocabulary of the Bible even where it is foreign.
When you are in a position of receiving blessing from many people, knowing how to express gratitude can be challenging.