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A cynic examines a beautiful room and points out the dust. The Book of Jeremiah contrasts two types of people. The cursed man is like a dry shrub in the desert. <scripture> "For he shall be like a shr...

In the Old Testament, the enemies of Israel waited for the harvest. When the crops grew, the Midianites swept down and stole the food. Gideon had to thresh wheat in a winepress at night just to hide i...

We are tripartite beings-spirit, soul, and body. This mirrors the ancient tabernacle: the outer court (the body), the holy place (the soul), and the Holy of Holies (the spirit). Most of our lives are...

Many believers spend a lot of energy studying what's wrong with them.Lab reports.Symptoms.Pain levels.Google searches and ChatGPT that only make everything scarier. Abraham lived differently. "And not...

When sickness strikes, many people question themselves."What did I do wrong?""Why wasn't I wiser?""Is God disappointed in me?" But Jesus describes sickness in a different way. When He healed the man w...

A doctor can prescribe medication for your panic attacks. A therapist can teach you to reframe your thoughts. But the Bible does something neither one can do: it tells you where fear came from, who de...

Faith doesn't ignore failure.It simply refuses to stare at it. Peter knew exactly what he had done.He didn't forget the fire.He didn't forget the denial.He didn't forget the rooster. But when Jesus ap...

The law asks, "What did you do?"Grace asks, "Who are you with?" If Peter had been led by law, he would have stayed in the boat.The law would remind him of denial, failure, and broken promises. But gra...

The law tells you what to do. Grace tells you what has been done. One system demands from you. The other supplies for you. And the Bible is very clear about which one you live under today. Most Christ...

A prophet called down fire from heaven, won a national showdown against 450 false prophets, and outran a king's chariot. The next day, he asked God to let him die. That is burnout. Not a lack of talen...

When we go through a difficult season, it feels like it will last forever. Time seems to drag when we are in pain or uncertainty. But Scripture gives us a different perspective on time. In Ephesians,...

It is easy to miss the Savior when you are focused on the crowd. The streets of Jericho were chaotic. There was a din and bustle, a cacophony of noise. Everyone was pushing, shoving, and trying to get...

Some teaching makes believers darkness-conscious.Obsessed with the enemy.Anxious about the end times.Preoccupied with what the devil is doing. When Israel was bitten by serpents in the wilderness,God...

Elijah called down fire from heaven on a Tuesday. By Wednesday, he sat under a tree and asked God to let him die. That is not a story about weak faith. That is a story about a real prophet in a real b...

The world provides an endless stream of "gory" content. We see it in the news, in scandals, and in the dramas that fill our screens. Social media creates an environment where everyone else's life appe...

Most people spend their entire lives trying to become someone. The gospel says you already are. You did not receive a project at salvation. You received a new identity. God did not hand you a to-do li...

A psychiatric textbook and a Gospel say the same thing: live in the present moment. The difference is that the Gospel said it two thousand years earlier. Anxiety is not new. It is not a modern conditi...

When Joshua took over leadership of Israel, he faced a landscape of fortified walls and giants. The natural obstacles were at their peak-the Jordan River was even overflowing its banks. Most leaders w...

There is a tendency to become hyper-aware of the opposition. We look for the problems. We analyze the "enemy." We worry about what might go wrong. But Jesus gave a very interesting instruction regardi...

The gospel transforms; focusing on morality alone breeds bitterness. Morality without grace becomes pressure.Pressure without love becomes resentment. That's why the gospel doesn't start with rules or...