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When a believer first hears that he is dead to the law, a familiar compromise shows up. It sounds like this: "Yes, dead to the ceremonial law. The lambs, the feasts, the priestly washings. But surely...

A man opens his phone before he gets out of bed. He scrolls past a war, an earthquake, a new virus, and a video that says a certain leader matches every mark of the Antichrist. By breakfast he is afra...

Many people feel uneasy when they hear the word prosperity. They associate it with greed or superficial teaching. Because of this fear, they limit God's promises to the spiritual domain. They believe...

A young man lies in bed at one in the morning with his phone six inches from his face. He scrolls past a girl on a beach, a friend's new car, a stranger's apartment in a city he has never visited. He...

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...

Saul lost his throne because he feared people. David kept his because he knew he was loved by God. The difference between these two kings is the difference between a life built on human approval and a...

Picture the last morning in Egypt. Around two to three million people walk out of slavery in a single night. These are brick makers who had felt the whip. Among them are the elderly and small children...

Israel crossed water on dry ground twice. The first time was the Red Sea. The second time, forty years later, was the Jordan River. Same God and same people. Same miracle: the water stood up, and the...

Elisha's servant saw danger.Elisha saw reality. An army surrounded their city with horses, chariots, and soldiers.The servant panicked. From a human perspective, he was right.From God's perspective, h...

We often believe that we must qualify ourselves to receive God's blessings. We think we must resolve our personal issues and confess every sin before we can ask for healing. We treat God's power as a...

A Bible sits on a shelf in millions of homes. It holds the truth, and it sets no one free. Jesus did not say the truth will set you free. He said something narrower. "And you shall know the truth, and...

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...

We spend so much of life caring for what we can see: houses, cars, savings, and possessions that feel solid simply because they sit in front of us. Paul says in 2 Corinthians: "For the things which ar...

Nobody argues with a fig tree about its fruit. You look at the branch, you see what hangs there, and you know what kind of tree it is. Paul uses the same test in Romans 7. He does not ask what you bel...

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...

When God spoke to Isaac, He used a specific word for "bless." "Dwell in this land, and I will be with you and bless you." Genesis 26:3 The Hebrew word used here is (barak) בָּרַךְ. This is the verb, t...

Paul gives one reason why many believers were weak, sick, and even dying. "For this reason many are weak and sick among you, and many sleep."1 Corinthians 11:30 The Greek word translated reason is sin...

One of the last sights Jesus saw from the cross was soldiers gambling for His clothing. "They said therefore among themselves, 'Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be,' that the S...

Leviticus opens with five offerings. Israel brought all five to the same altar, and the same fire consumed them. Yet God attaches the phrase "a sweet aroma" to only three. The last two, the sin offeri...

Paul had the best religious résumé of his generation. Circumcised on the eighth day. A Pharisee. Blameless by the standard of the law. Then he threw it all away. Why would a man discard credentials li...