The other day my son wanted to play a video game that I had already told him he couldn’t play because of some bad language in it. He said something that I’ve heard before, many times from mature believers: “But it’s just a little bit of language, overall it’s a good game.” I took that…
Do you have trouble living this Christian life like you think you should? Do you go to bed at night and lay there disappointed in yourself and frustrated because you didn’t live up to all the things a Christian is supposed to? Maybe you’re emotionally and spiritually exhausted from just trying so hard to do…
Our culture has become so saturated with a consumer mindset, that it is hard for us to comprehend giving of ourselves without first calculating what risk it might mean. We want to make sure that whatever the cost may be, it is a worthy investment, and we will get a greater return than we invested…
We are living in a time in history very similar to that of the early Church. After Jesus ascended to heaven and the 12 apostles were filled with the Holy Spirit, the early Church exploded. Thousands were being saved, baptized, and filled with the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in tongues. Only 20…
One of the things I find most helpful in studying the Bible is taking a verse at a time and then looking at each word. After I’ve looked at the verse word-by-word, I start asking myself key questions about who wrote it, to whom was it written, how it applies today… And then finally, I…
I am pretty sure no one has said to you before, “Hey! Let’s study 1st and 2nd Chronicles together!” 1st and 2nd Chronicles aren’t typically books that you can’t wait to dig into. But can I tell you a secret? EVERY book in the Bible is there for a reason. God didn’t randomly choose to…
