Over the next 15 days, read through John’s first letter to the church alongside explanatory passages adapted from ESV Expository Commentary: Hebrews–Revelation (Volume 12).
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Why Ordinary People Matter to God
One of the things that I love about the stories in the Bible is how many ordinary people you meet.
What Modern Atheists Could Learn from David Hume
One of the most important things that modern atheists can learn from David Hume is the limitations of sense perception and reason.
Learn How to Pursue Christian Unity from Two Men Who Didn’t
It would be really good if we lived in a world where Christians didn’t disagree with each other. But we do live in a world where Christians disagree.
What someone shouldn’t immediately offer to the couple struggling with infertility is a set of solutions to the problem.
How to Respond to Hurtful Comments When You're Grieving
So you’re grieving and someone has said something to you that, instead of being helpful like they’d hoped it would be and like you would have wanted it to be, was actually hurtful. What are you going to do with that?
10 Bible Study Tools Every Christian Needs (Women of the Word Episode 8)
Jen Wilkin walks through different tools that can be used in the Bible study process and offers wisdom to help know when and how to best use them.
It happens sooner or later in every relationship: someone will let you down.
How Can Christians Claim Old Testament Promises as Their Own?
What we hope for tomorrow changes who we are today. If we truly believe that the pure in heart will see God, that’s going to influence what we look at and what we touch, because we want to see God.
Podcast: Are You Ashamed of Yourself? Jesus Isn't (Erik Raymond)
Erik Raymond talks about why nothing in our lives is a surprise to our Savior because Jesus’s heart is bent toward those who have an embarrassing history, feel far from God, or struggle with sin.
How Baptism and the Lord’s Supper Help Us Fight Against Individualism
When many Christians today think about the sacraments of baptism and communion, they think of them primarily as acts that we perform.
Don't Go through Life Overcome with Guilt
The Psalms give us language to pray to God when we are guilty and seeking forgiveness.
Now we follow Jesus far from home, but one great and glorious day we shall follow Jesus home.
Resisting the Power of Idolatry
One of the things that has really helped me understand the power of idolatry in our own time and place is, strange to say, the plagues in the book of Exodus.
Excellent Revelations through Ordinary Means
As was typical among the Puritans, the Lord’s Supper is seen not simply as a memory aid, but an occasion in which Christ is present among his people through the Holy Spirit.
This poignant account of a man’s ruin and restoration dramatically reveals a gospel story of God’s mercy toward those who have stood against him.
Podcast: Recover the Lost Art of Bible Meditation in 2023 (David Mathis)
David Mathis talks about the spiritual discipline of meditating on Scripture and why it has the power to lead us to renewed excitement, joy, and satisfaction when it comes to God's word.
I’ve Heard It Said “Do What Makes You Happy”
It’s not wrong to want to be happy. Being happy is a good thing, and God is the creator of happiness. But we do have to think about where our happiness comes from.
The root of idolatry is pride.
This gospel meditation by Paul David Tripp contrasts the broken cities of this world with the restored one to come.
Justin S. Holcomb, Lindsey A. Holcomb
Justin and Lindsey Holcomb speak about the difference between self-help and gospel healing.
What It Means To Be a Missional Mother
Our responsibilities may have shifted, but our role in the kingdom remains unchanged.
Tracts are meant to be informal or conversational—easily comprehended and relational in style.
Is the Reformation Yesterday’s News?
The Reformation still matters because the debates between Catholics and Protestants have not gone away.
Dear Christian, If Heaven Is Real, Then Your Life Isn’t Meaningless
Many people struggle with finding meaning in normal life because most people don’t have super exciting, glamorous lives.
Video: Kathy Keller on Reading the Bible Every Day
In this video, Kathy Keller encourages us to make time for God's Word each day, even if it's just a few short minutes.
Want to Pray More? Try Memorizing Scripture
A good quiet time is when the Lord is speaking to us by his word and his Spirit, and we are speaking back to him what we are hearing in his word by the Spirit.
Journey through the Psalms: A 7-Day Devotional
Humans are relational, emotional beings—and nothing reveals this more beautifully than the book of Psalms.
Praying in Response to God's Word
We have a conversation when we hear God speak to us in the Bible and then we speak to him in prayer.
As humanity proved incapable of fulfilling God’s purposes from the very beginning, God, in his grace, became present to do what man was unable to do.