How Do You Deal with the Grief Sin Produces?
The cry of Psalm 51:12 is for restored joy, inviting us to consider the connection between forgiveness of sin and gladness of heart. True joy is found in God's salvation and his strength in our weakness.
The cry of Psalm 51:12 is for restored joy, inviting us to consider the connection between forgiveness of sin and gladness of heart. True joy is found in God's salvation and his strength in our weakness.
What Happens If Reverence Is Absent in Our Christian Lives?
If reverence is absent in our Christian lives, we’re missing the whole point of our lives being surrendered to God.
Ecclesiastes Helps Us Find Happiness in Different Seasons of Life
There is a kind of joy that we can only know if we have been through sorrow, just as there is a kind of feasting we can only experience if we have been fasting.
How to Pray When You Feel Like You Pray the Same Thing Every Day
When we pray Scripture, whether it’s a psalm or any other passage, we have fresh ideas to fuel our prayers each day.
10 Things You Should Know About the Book of James
It misreads James entirely to suggest there is no coherent vision linking the whole letter together. In fact, James has one grand preoccupation from start to finish: the undivided life of God’s people.
World history is ultimately a comedy rather than a tragedy. It ends with a feast, a wedding, and everyone living happily ever after, rather than with a disaster, a funeral, and fade to black.
A Liturgy for Your Daily Worship Today from the Psalms
“I love you, O LORD, my strength. The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.”