Good news came to us just as to them, but the message they heard did not benefit them, because they were not united by faith with those who listened (Hebrews 4:2, esv). Have there been times when you’ve wondered why, even though you know the promises of God, you don’t seem to experience them with […]
There is one who scatters, and yet increases all the more, and there is one who withholds what is justly due, and yet it results only in want (Proverbs 11:24, nasb). On days when the chance of rain is ten or twenty percent, you prepare as if it’s zero percent. You assume the game will […]
What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things? Who shall bring any charge against God’s elect? It is […]
All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work (2 Timothy 3:16–17, esv). The greatest verse about biblical inspiration is also a great verse about biblical application. Second Timothy 3:16–17 not […]
Then they said to him, “Tell us on whose account this evil has come upon us. What is your occupation? And where do you come from? What is your country? And of what people are you?” And he said to them, “I am a Hebrew, and I fear the Lord, the God of heaven, who […]
Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, the offspring of David, as preached in my gospel, for which I am suffering, bound with chains as a criminal. But the word of God is not bound (2 Timothy 2:8–9, esv)! The ancient catacombs are six hundred miles of tunnels underneath Rome, and for three hundred years, […]
Your words were found, and I ate them, and your words became to me a joy and the delight of my heart, for I am called by your name, O Lord, God of hosts (Jeremiah 15:16, ESV). The last time you had a Bible in your hands, how did you handle it? Did you casually […]
It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling (Proverbs 20:3, ESV). Proverbs are like beef jerky. You take a small bite, chew on it for a long time, and savor the rich flavor. In the book of Proverbs, we find profound life principles. Meditating on […]
And the women sang to one another as they celebrated, “Saul has struck down his thousands, and David his ten thousands.” And Saul was very angry, and this saying displeased him. He said, “They have ascribed to David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed thousands, and what more can he have but the […]
The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith” (Luke 17:5, ESV)! Ever feel like your faith is small? Perhaps you wish you could do more or be more. Maybe when you look around you, it seems as if everyone else has BIG BOLD FAITH, while yours is just . . . tiny. If that’s […]