When we could bear it no longer, we were willing to be left behind at Athens alone, and we sent Timothy, our brother and God’s coworker in the gospel of Christ, to establish and exhort you in your faith (1 Thessalonians 3:1–2, esv). Have you ever been misunderstood and then found yourself unable to correct […]
The Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him” (Genesis 2:18, esv). The word sex has become so maligned by our culture’s mishandling of it that even the letters themselves—S-E-X—are hard to picture without conjuring up the neon signs of an […]
The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it (Psalm 24:1, niv). How many of your decisions flow from your view of money? From your vacation plans to your lunch plans. From your clothing options to your stock options. From what you’re putting away into retirement every year to what you’re putting into the offering […]
You are altogether beautiful, my love; there is no flaw in you (Song of Solomon 4:7, esv). Three hundred million people in America. More than seven billion in the world. And only one you. Is that how you feel about your wife or husband? To the man and woman depicted in the Song of Solomon, […]
“Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the straps of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke” (Isaiah 58:6, esv)? “And when you fast,” Jesus said, before teaching a few, practical pointers on the subject (Matthew 6:16). His first words […]
Catch the foxes for us, the little foxes that spoil the vineyards, for our vineyards are in blossom (Song of Solomon 2:15, esv). Sometimes the biggest things we worry about are not the biggest things to be worried about. This is true in life, in business, in church, and in every endeavor of any importance. […]
We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope (1 Thessalonians 4:13, esv). What happens when life doesn’t go the way you want? Your answer will reveal where your hope lies—where it’s truly anchored. We can try to […]
Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things […]
“What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open country, and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it? And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing” (Luke 15:4–5, esv). Would this picture […]
The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing her in the midst they said to him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery. Now in the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. So what do you say” (John 8:3–5, esv)? The […]