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Face Your Fear of Man

Face Your Fear of Man

How Christ Delivers from Human Approval

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For Christians Whose Testimony Seems Boring

For Christians Whose Testimony Seems Boring

We will never plumb the depths of sin and grace merely from past experience. Only God’s word can tell us how lost and dead we were, and how found and alive we are.

What Is ‘Freedom in Christ’?

What Is ‘Freedom in Christ’?

What Is ‘Freedom in Christ’?

What is freedom in Christ? Freedom from trying to earn God’s acceptance, and freedom to know and enjoy God forever.

The Beast I Become: How to Bring Bitterness to God

The Beast I Become: How to Bring Bitterness to God

The Beast I Become

How to Bring Bitterness to God

Sometimes, God seems to be answering a longtime prayer or fulfilling a deep desire — until it all crumbles before our face. How do we receive such painful turns from the hand of God?

Can a Christian Fall Away? How to Hear the Warnings in Hebrews

Can a Christian Fall Away? How to Hear the Warnings in Hebrews

Can a Christian Fall Away?

How to Hear the Warnings in Hebrews

Five times the book of Hebrews sharply warns its hearers not to fall away from Jesus. Does this mean Christians can lose their salvation?

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What Do the Lives of Teachers Tell Us? Ephesians 6:21–22

What Do the Lives of Teachers Tell Us?

Ephesians 6:21–22

Pastors, your people need to see your lives so that they might pray for you, imitate you, and be encouraged by you.

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Would You Have Supported Prohibition in 1913?

Would You Have Supported Prohibition in 1913?

Would You Have Supported Prohibition in 1913?

In the early twentieth century, many Christian leaders lent their approval to the cause of Prohibition. Would Pastor John have done the same if he lived back then?

The Pillar in the Pews: How the Church Upholds the Truth

The Pillar in the Pews

How the Church Upholds the Truth

What makes the church a pillar and buttress of the truth? She holds up and lives out what God has said — whatever God has said, however he has said it, whatever it means for us.

Does Science Really Contradict Scripture? Eleven Principles for Apparent Tensions

Does Science Really Contradict Scripture?

Eleven Principles for Apparent Tensions

Evolution. The age of the earth. Miracles. How can Christians navigate apparent tensions between Scripture and science?

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The Camaraderie of Spiritual Conflict: Ephesians 6:16–20

The Camaraderie of Spiritual Conflict

Ephesians 6:16–20

The armor of God is not just meant for us in our individual walk. It is meant to help us fight the good fight together.

Midlife Clarity: Five Proverbs for Men in Crisis

Midlife Clarity

Five Proverbs for Men in Crisis

A midlife crisis, disorienting as it may be, is not only a trial to be endured, but an opportunity for Christian maturity. New cracks in our soul may allow our theology to sink deeper than ever before.

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