Identifying the Right and Wrong Motivations for Being a Missionary

Podcast: Should I Become a Missionary? (Matt Bennett)

Matt Bennett discusses the importance of qualified missionaries and what the training and discerning process for them should look like.

Peter’s Deliverance and Herod’s Judgment Echo the First Passover

Iain M. Duguid

Acts 12 opens on a very dark note. Herod the king—that is, Herod Agrippa—arrested a number of the Christians in Jerusalem and executed James, the first apostle to be martyred for the faith (Acts 12:1–2).

The Impact of the First Democratic Nation in 1776

Andrew Wilson

There are only six countries on earth that do not claim to be democratic. Today, there are around seven billion people living in countries that purport to be democratic republics.

7 Reasons God Takes Pleasure in Election

John Piper

Romans 8:28–30 teaches us that God really accomplishes the complete redemption of his people from start to finish. He foreknows (elects) a people for himself before the foundation of the world.

Will God Ever Give Us More Than We Can Handle?

Keith R. Krell

During a severe trial, you can almost count on a fellow believer saying, “Remember, God will never give you more than you can handle.” It’s usually meant to comfort. But often it does the opposite.

18 Promises of God’s Word to Cling To

Kristen Wetherell

Much of what we can physically see around us is hard, grievous, and hope-quenching. What our weary souls need more than anything in this world is to see reality God’s way.