“The Right Motivation for Obedience: From Gospel Indicatives to Godly Imperatives”
“The Christian pursues practical holiness not to enter a relationship with God or to earn his love; he pursues practical holiness because he has already entered a relationship with God by grace through faith in Christ and because he is already the recipient of God’s love and favor in Christ.”
“Come As You Are—But Don’t Stay As You Are”
Sanctification is not an elective of the Christian life; it is the very core of it. May we be people who not only read and hear the truth, but also obey it to see the image of Christ formed in us all the more.
What’s Sweeter than Honey?
What you believe about the Scriptures will drastically affect the remainder of your life. Now, I know that's a loaded statement. But I 100% believe it is true not only for the unbeliever but the believer as well.
The Necessary Virtue for Growing in Godliness?
Godliness is no optional spiritual luxury for a few quaint Christians of a bygone era or for some group of super-saints of today. It is both the privilege and duty of every Christian to pursue godliness, to train himself to be godly, to study diligently the practice of godliness.
— Jerry Bridges
God’s Heart for Family Discipleship
The Christian home is a godly indoctrination camp!
God has ordained the home to be the primary worldview shaper of the next-generation. Stated another way, it has always been the intention of God that a father and mother would purposefully disciple the kids within their four walls to know who God is and know the Truth found in His Word.
Watch Over Your Heart Pt. 2 (The Manner and Reason)
Failure to keep watch over your heart opens the doors to all types of sin in our lives. It opens the door to anger, bitterness, drunkenness, envy, gossip, lust, pride, sloth, and much more. And we find ample proof of the vulnerableness of our hearts all through the Scriptures,
Watch Over Your Heart Pt. 1 (It’s Definition and Command)
“The heart of man is his worst part before it is regenerated and the best afterward; … the greatest difficulty in conversion is to win the heart to God; and the greatest difficulty after conversion, is to keep the heart with God.”
- John Flavel
The Importance of Faith When Praying
In the book of James, we are reminded of a requirement for God-honoring prayer. Faith. James writes specifically in James 1:6-8, “6 But he must ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind…