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Stand on a road. You can face one direction at a time. You can face the grave, or you can face the Savior. You cannot face both. Most people live with death in front of them. They treat it as a fixed...

It is the easiest thing in the world to look at your problem. In the wilderness, the Israelites were bitten by venomous snakes. They were in pain. Their wounds were swelling. It was natural to look do...

Most Christians know the word "saved." Fewer know that the Greek word behind it, sozo, also means "healed," "delivered," "made whole," and "preserved." One word carries the entire package. That matter...

We have a problem with the word "hope." In modern English, hope is a flimsy wish. We say, "I hope it doesn't rain," or "I hope I get the job." It implies uncertainty. It suggests that the outcome is u...

Your brain will not stop. You lie down at night and a crowd of thoughts shouts over each other. You replay conversations. You rehearse disasters. You solve problems that do not yet exist. And the hard...

Most of us have no issue believing God can. It is believing God will, and believing it now. But Jesus never placed salvation into the distant future.He stepped into people's present moments. To the wo...

We often define sin as breaking rules or committing bad acts. But the Bible defines sin as falling short of the glory of God. It is a loss of status and environment. Therefore, salvation does more tha...

In ancient warfare, a royal coat marked a man's rank and authority. When David killed Goliath, he stood before the court holding the head of the enemy. Jonathan, the prince of Israel, responded at onc...

You failed again. And the first thought that came was not about the failure itself. It was about God. "He must be so disappointed in me." That sentence sits in the chest of almost every believer at so...

A changing of the guard happened the moment Jesus was brought into the temple as a baby. An old man named Simeon was there. He had been waiting his whole life for the consolation of Israel. Simeon rep...

Many Christians believe that God limits their lifespan to seventy or eighty years. They base this belief on a verse in Psalm 90. "The days of our lives are seventy years; and if by reason of strength...

Humanity took the Son of God and nailed Him to a wooden cross. That was our response to His love and His miracles. We rejected Him. But God did not respond with vengeance. He did not destroy the world...

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...

Spiritual growth is not becoming stronger in yourself.It's becoming more confident in Christ. Paul writes: "When I am weak, then I am strong."2 Corinthians 12:10 Growth doesn't feel like rising.It oft...

When some people preach the gospel, they start with everything wrong with humanity.But Paul starts somewhere else. "For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed..."Romans 1:17 The gospel doe...

One of the most common questions asked of the Lord is:"Lord... how long?" David asked it too: "How long, O LORD?"Psalm 13:1 But David didn't stay there. "But I have trusted in Your mercy (hesed חֶסֶד...

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...

In the book of Philippians, there is a verse that often causes anxiety: "Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling". If you read that in isolation, it sounds like salvation is a project you...

In ancient Athens, moneychangers had to deal with coins that were "whittled" down. People would shave off the edges of the soft metal to steal a little value. The moneychangers who refused these coins...

The apostles died for the gospel, not for moral causes. Martyrs don't give their lives for better behavior. They give it for better news. In Acts 4, when the authorities threatened the apostles, it wa...