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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...

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...

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...

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...

Possession usually implies a struggle. We think of "taking ground" as a series of battles where we fight to earn what we hope to keep. But when God spoke to Joshua about the Promised Land, He used a t...

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...

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...

Imagine driving on a long road trip in an unfamiliar country. You are tired and looking for your hotel. You keep checking your GPS, worried that you missed a turn. Then you look up and realize the hot...

Legalistic preaching relies on pressure and threat. It assumes that demands produce obedience. Human nature proves otherwise. External rules often provoke rebellion rather than submission. God transfo...

You can sit in a room full of people and still feel alone. A crowded office, a full church, a family dinner, and the seat next to you still feels empty. Loneliness is not about the number of people ar...

Genesis 5 looks like a dry list of names and numbers. It records ten generations from Adam to Noah. Most readers skim this chapter to reach the story of the flood. God hid a message in this genealogy....

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...

There is a difference between knowing what the Bible says and knowing who the Bible is talking to. Early in His ministry, Jesus sent His disciples out with a specific instruction: "Do not go into the...

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 man stands at the airport gate and cannot board the plane. He says he is afraid to fly. He is not. The plane does not frighten him. The crash does. Trace the fear down to its root and you find one t...

Many believers know Jesus redeemed their spirit.We celebrate that.We also believe He heals the body. But between those two is the part we often forget: the mind. Paul writes: "May your whole spirit, s...