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The Enduring Word: From William Tyndale to the English Standard Version
Twenty-five years have passed since the ESV was first published in 2001, and, remarkably, the ESV has become, perhaps, the most widely distributed Bible in the world.
In the middle of Scripture is a hymnal. This hymnal of psalms is full of songs meant to be sung. But how can we sing when sin seems to silence our song? Psalm 51 helps us sing even then.
Preparing Our Minds and Hearts to Study the Book of Romans
Paul says over and over there’s nothing we can do to earn more of God’s love, and there’s nothing we can do to lose his love. We are approved of in Christ once and for all.
A Battle Against Covetousness Is a Battle Against Unbelief
The opposite of covetousness is contentment in God. When contentment in God decreases, covetousness for gain increases.
Four Simple, Beautiful Words: “You Are with Me”
The Lord Jesus, your shepherd-king and Savior, is with you in your valley, and he will always be with you, for as long as you are there.
How Can I Be Freed from the Fear of Death?
Living by faith in future grace is the pathway of liberty—including liberty from slavery to the fear of death. The reason why I speak of slavery to the fear of death is because the Bible does.
There’s a Reason We See So Much Repetition in the Psalms
God does repeat himself throughout his Word sometimes, and instead of tuning it out, what we really should do is lean in and listen a little bit closer.
4 Things You Have in Common with the Prodigal’s Older Brother
If the story of the younger brother reveals God’s grace, in the elder brother we see many characteristics of not truly believing that God is gracious.
5 Steps to Help You Practice Meditation
It is worth asking whether contemporary evangelicals have neglected or even forgotten the once-esteemed practice of meditation altogether.
Remembering Past Grace for the Sake of Future Grace
The Old Testament tells us of times when the people of God looked back to strengthen their faith in future grace and of times when they didn’t.
Do You Recognize How Destructive Your Words Can Be?
James loves graphic illustrations about our mouths, our words, and, in particular, our tongues. James 3 talks about the dangers of the tongue: it is small; it is a fire; it is a fountain.
A common objection to God’s sovereign election is that it’s unfair for God to choose to save only some humans not based on any human condition but solely on God’s sovereign good pleasure.
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.
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.
What Does “Gospel Living” Look Like?
Paul’s vision of the Christian life is not one of loving only other believers and withdrawing from the world. It has profound implications for how we relate to people and entities outside the church.
Taking a Closer Look at 2 Corinthians 1:3–5
Beginning in 2 Corinthians 1:3 Paul writes, “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort . . . .”
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.
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.”
Scripture’s Answer to Our Waywardness and Wandering
Waywardness and wandering. Since the day Adam wandered from God’s word and will and way in the garden of Eden, eating from the forbidden tree, we have been a race prone to wander.
Some of the Strangest Old Testament Laws and What They Mean
August H. Konkel, Christine Palmer, Jay Sklar
Get clarity on some of the obscure or strange laws in the Pentateuch from Biblical scholars who have dedicated their lives to discerning their meaning.
Setting the Stage for the Book of Romans
The pressure to perform can be crushing. Who among us lives free from the weight of feeling we must do more, reach higher, go bigger?
How Chiasms in the Bible Point Us to the Chiasm of Human Life
A chiasm starts with parallel ideas at the outsides, and it moves in toward a central idea. They give memory hooks for a listener so that they can remember a point.
Podcast: How God Used Unexpected People to Advance the Gospel in Acts (Iain Duguid)
Iain Duguid unpacks some key moments from the book of Acts and helps make sense of difficult passages and confusing stories.
Can a Believer’s Name Be Erased from the Book of Life?
God will keep and sanctify those whom he has justified and make sure they keep the faith and endure to the end and are saved.
What It Means to Put on the Breastplate of Righteousness
God hasn’t left us to face an enemy without protection. But our armor isn’t made of Kevlar. It’s the breastplate of righteousness.
5 Reasons Why Paul Tells Us That “To Die Is Gain”
It is good to ponder our death. We should live well so that we might die well. Part of living well is learning why death is gain. Here are five reasons.
How Are We Supposed to “Die to Sin”?
May we never rationalize our sin as a way to display more of God’s grace. To do so is to misunderstand God’s grace, at best, and exploit it, at worst.
Truth is held hostage by the unrighteous commitments of the heart. The unrighteous heart then employs the mind to distract and deceive.
Christians Have a New Identity
Peter says believers collectively are God’s “chosen race.” This race is made up of individuals set apart by God to be his very own, to belong to him by faith in his Son