“What is God’s will for my life?” We often put this question in the mouth of young people, like high school juniors or college freshmen. The question assumes that a person is on the front side of making major life decisions, and that as he matures he will learn to discern God’s will as he goes along. Here’s another question about God’s will, though, that you may have wondered, even if you have made those decisions already and are well underway into jobs, marriage, or parentin

From the beginning, God create humans to be in fellowship with other men (Gen. 2:18). Part of being a Christian husband or wife, a Christian son or daughter, a Christian American citizen, a Christian resident in your neighborhood, a Christian friend, and a member of the body of Christ is to be involved in other people’s lives, and for them to be involved in yours.

In the 1960s, when psychological studies in the U.S. first began truly to go off the rails, Stanford researchers conducted a study that today is simply referred to as “the marshmallow test.” In this overly simplified version of the experiment, a child was given a marshmallow with the promise that, if he refrained from eating it for 15 minutes, he would be given a second marshmallow. Assuming that the researcher is trustworthy, the time is not urgent, and the child likes marsh

In Galatians 6:1, when a man falls in an unexpected and unforeseen way, a certain kind of brother in the faith is given the responsibility of restoring him. It is not the most compassionate or empathetic that God approves. Neither is it the most confrontational or uncompromising. The only qualified brother in that moment is the spiritual man: "ye which are spiritual, restore such an one." This of course begs the question: What is the measure of spirituality? Is it acts of ser

An unfortunate and often devastating fact of life is that people will sometimes hurt you. They may mistreat you intentionally or misunderstand you unintentionally. Our world is full of villains, and that’s why there are many victims. But even if someone legitimately hurts you deeply, you must not make that sinful hurt your personal identity and adopt a victim mindset. The victim mindset will hurt you far worse than whatever the villains in your life have done to you. A perso

Central to God’s character is that he loves. 1 John 4:8 famously says that “he that loveth not knoweth not God, for God is love.” However, when we say that God loves, we are not saying that anything called love is a godly thing. What we mean—because it is what the Bible communicates—is that God is the one who defines what love is.

One standout characteristic of churches that are pleasing to God is that they have men.

Robert Westman was a Minnesota resident and a proud member of the LGBTQ community. He grew up with both of his parents in the home, who were active supporters of his transgender feelings.

It should be a crime to commit adultery in the United States of America. That may be a very provocative statement to some.

When God saves a man, He creates in him something that wasn’t there before. That man receives a new inner man, made in the image of God’s righteousness and true holiness (Eph. 4:24). One of the ways we can think about sanctification is aligning our actions more and more with that inner man that God gave to us. We believers must continually ask how to go about putting on this new man in the many aspects of our lives. One area we must address is the mind.

God is not our enemy. When we are tempted, when evil solicits us to sin, God is not the One doing it. In James 1, the first preacher of the Jerusalem church goes into great detail to

Returning to the biblical instruction concerning coveting, here is the summary: no Christian should be covetous, and churchgoers who are known for it are in serous spiritual danger and should be avoided. Remember, however, that covetousness begins as an inward sin that. How can we intercept covetousness before a friend has to confront us about the condition of our heart?

The United States has tried its hardest to be an “anything goes” nation. This slogan embodies the priority liberals give to individual

What is the greatest sin of the modern American church? There are of course many sins that may be justifiably laid at the church’s feet.

What is the measure of spirituality? Is it acts of service in promoting gospel causes? A key position in outreach activities? Managing a pol

Slave, son, long-distance runner, farmer, wrestler—these are all images God uses in the New Testament to represent the identity and...

If you make a habit of reading the Proverb of the day, tomorrow you will read Proverbs 27. The last third of the book of Proverbs is...

Throughout history, beginning in Genesis, every corner of the world has given us tales of strong men. These tales were meant to inspire...

"Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended; but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth...

Christians should be in God’s Word daily with the purpose of training their minds and strengthening their faith. However, since we live...