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The Purposes of God in the Pain of the World

The Purposes of God in the Pain of the World

The Purposes of God in the Pain of the World

Before he created the earth, God knew pain would plague this world. And not only knew, but planned. And not only planned — but purposed.

How Can a Holy God Have Pleasure in Sinners?

How Can a Holy God Have Pleasure in Sinners?

How Can a Holy God Have Pleasure in Sinners?

You will not be perfect in this life, but you can be pleasing to God. You can become a real ingredient in the divine happiness.

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God Made the World for Worship: His Glory in Individuals and Gatherings

God Made the World for Worship

His Glory in Individuals and Gatherings

The individual soul’s affection for God is essential to the corporate, eternal reality of the worshiping church.

Secret Liturgies: The Private Worship of a Public Leader

Secret Liturgies

The Private Worship of a Public Leader

Blessed is the leader who meditates on God’s law day and night — not just in public, but all the more in secret.

Fall Back to the Banner: Four Lessons for Our Devastations

Fall Back to the Banner

Four Lessons for Our Devastations

When loss surrounds us, when fears assail us, we have a banner to which to flee. We turn to the God who has spoken, and there find real hope and strength.

Good Preaching Takes Hard Work

Good Preaching Takes Hard Work

Good preachers carry many burdens before preaching, while preaching, and after preaching — and the rewards still outweigh the costs.

How Is Joy the Root of Sacrificial Love?

How Is Joy the Root of Sacrificial Love?

When glad in God, we bend low in love for others. We imitate Christ, who not only bowed the knee but hung his body on the tree.

Feed Your Soul: Habits of Grace

Feed Your Soul

Habits of Grace

Learn to feed your soul as a Christian through means of grace, and habits of life, appointed by the risen Christ.

Feed Your Brain: Bodily Movement

Feed Your Brain

Bodily Movement

Exercise is an acquired pleasure that can be leveraged to increase our joy, to love others, and to glorify God.

Feed Other Souls: Disciple-Making

Feed Other Souls

Disciple-Making

Disciple-making feeds the souls of young believers so that they grow strong in faith through the means of careful attention, wise words, and godly example.

Feed Your Family: Protestant Work Ethic

Feed Your Family

Protestant Work Ethic

Christians are the freest people on the planet to work hard. Because we do not have to earn God’s favor, we are empowered to pour our energy and time and skill and creativity into blessing others.

God Can Handle Your Crisis

God Can Handle Your Crisis

Psalm 46 teaches us God can handle the earth’s undoing and nations raging against his people — and that if he can do that, he can be a very present help in our trouble.

Water from the Rock for Undeserving People

Water from the Rock for Undeserving People

God promises us his life-sustaining presence, even as he leads us into waterless regions of suffering and loss.

Seventy Years Without Shipwreck: Five Reasons That Some Fall Away

Seventy Years Without Shipwreck

Five Reasons That Some Fall Away

Faith does not shipwreck upon the rocks of history, logic, science, or ethics, but on the mountains of sinful desire.

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