How to Worship When God Feels Distant
Worship is our heartfelt response to God’s character and works. We might immediately think of ‘worship’ as something we do on Sunday mornings, but it’s not limited to our time at church.
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How to Worship When God Feels Distant
Worship is our heartfelt response to God’s character and works. We might immediately think of ‘worship’ as something we do on Sunday mornings, but it’s not limited to our time at church.
The Book of Isaiah Centers Around the Hope of the Coming of Christ
The book of Proverbs tells us that “hope deferred makes the heart sick” (Prov. 13:12). Have you ever had that kind of heart-sickness? Isaiah is a book that cures it by pointing us to the hope of Christ.
Introducing ‘The Biggest Story Bible Storybook’ Audiobook
The new audiobook for The Biggest Story Bible Storybook enhances each story with music, sound design, and narration by Michael Reeves, giving kids a fun, compelling way to experience the Bible.
In Your Hospitality, Don’t Neglect the Main Course
As we show hospitality, we need to keep the main thing the main thing—loving Christ ourselves and helping others do the same.
It takes a lot of sermons and a lot of suffering to believe that God’s deepest heart is “merciful and gracious, slow to anger.”
For Christians, the start of a new year arrives with reminders afresh of the glorious promises that God has made to his people through the Bible.
The Doctrine of the Incarnation in the Bible
God came to dwell with man and as man at Christmas. Coming to the manger should lead us to worship.
Why the Apologist Must Also Play Offense
Apologetics does not just entail defense. It also involves offense, the positive task of constructing a case for Christianity.
Why Should Christians Care about Church History?
For the Christian community, history is the stage on which the drama of redemption is being displayed—at the beginning is the Fall, at the end is the Last Judgment. In between, the most crucial event of all.
The Believe-in-Yourself Gospel
We’re a generation that has been raised on spiritual fast food, and we’re sick. It’s time for us to sit down at the table, linger, and sup on the feast the King has for us.
John Piper’s Trilogy on the Word of God
If the Bible is completely true and is to be read supernaturally in the pursuit of worship, what does it mean to preach this word, and how should we do it?
An Open Letter to the Pastor about Embracing Weakness
The Lord, in his love and mercy, shows us that we are weak, and he often does it through affliction. But it is a certain sign of his love.
You Were Made to Love Your Neighbor
Just because the Bible says that not all men are our brothers, it does not follow that we are not to love all men as our neighbors.
What the doctrines of grace do is they show us that God is still on his throne. He's still saving people.
As we move through life, the world just constantly dupes us into believing a false story. Our heads and our Bibles might tell us, “God willing,” but we are immersed in the oxygen of the world, which says, “Me willing.”
Why Is Waiting on God So Important Yet So Difficult?
Waiting on God is important and it’s hard because it surfaces our lack of control. Whether it’s a delay or a lack of information or uncertainty, waiting puts us into a gap moment.
To Lead Others, Become a Disciple
A disciple of Jesus follows in Jesus’s steps, doing as Jesus taught and lived. But it means more than that.
Help! My Teenager Won’t Open Up to Me
Now, as a parent of a teenager, it’s easy to feel locked out. It is painful to stand on the wrong side of the door of your son or daughter’s heart as though they’ve changed the locks.
Educational methods are increasingly interactive. Learning by discovery is the watchword. Preaching seems to be just another example of the church being out of touch, out of date, and out of steam.
How to Navigate the Complexity of Secondary Doctrines
Second-rank doctrines are not essential to the gospel, but they are often important enough to justify divisions at the level of denomination, church, or ministry.
Christian: Are You Imbibing Our Culture’s View of Love?
With culture and history both shaping our definitions, where are we learning love from?
Be Careful, Your Kids Are Emulating Your Works Righteousness
Salvation comes to undeserving, dead sinners as a free gift of God, not by anything we do. Yet the heart’s tendency toward works righteousness—thinking we can earn our salvation—runs deep.
Is Complementarianism Oppressive to Women?
Exegetical support for why we believe Scripture teaches that headship includes primary leadership, which is the responsibility of the man.
8 Notable Quotes from Women of the Word
If it is true that we become what we behold, we must devote the time to learn how to dig into Scripture with our hearts and minds.
In the midst of a busy season, make space in your days to prepare your heart for the joyous reason we celebrate Christmas.
4 Ways to Worship Beyond Singing
Words of praise shouldn’t be confined to a corporate worship service. Rather, they should spill over into our everyday lives as a genuine response out of our sincere enjoyment of and gratitude for God.
What Makes Christian Prayer Christian?
Joel R. Beeke, Paul M. Smalley
Nothing is more characteristic of the child of God than that he prays to God. Prayer should be as natural to the regenerate soul as breathing is to a living body.
What Does It Look Like to “Put On” Patience?
Patience is a virtue, and one Paul urges us to pursue: “Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience” (Col. 3:12).
How to Die for the Glory of God
Coming to the end of life can be very self-centered and that’s antithetical to the gospel. When I die, I want my life to reflect the gospel.
Is Marriage the Cure for Loneliness?
Loneliness is a big issue for married women, whether their marriage is good or not.