3 Tips for Bad Bible Study, Part 3
Brian Roberg Today we conclude our series helping you avoid the troublesome effects of good Bible study. Having mastered these tips, you’re ready to complete the trifecta of biblical impotency...
3 Tips for Bad Bible Study, Part 2
Brian Roberg In the first post of this series we looked at a tried-and-true method for achieving bland, ineffective Bible study. Today we’ll add a second method to our arsenal...
3 Tips for Bad Bible Study, Part 1
Brian Roberg Has your time in the Word been too powerful lately? Want to get rid of that nagging feeling of peace you get when you trust the God you encounter in the Scriptures? If so, you need to make some adjustments to your approach to the Bible. In this brief series of posts we’ll consider three surefire ways to make Bible reading boring and irrelevant again...
Your One Thing: Devotional Minimalism
Clint Archer In the frenetic pace of our lives we are all daily presented with urgent, important problems to navigate. Work demands, family responsibilities, health requirements, time constraints, and innumerable other forces are constantly foisted onto our cluttered priority list. Often the first item to get cut from the list is our time of devotions...
Main Points for all 66 Books of the Bible
Peter Krol Last week’s review of the NIV Proclamation Bible got me excited about its concise main points for every book of the Bible. I couldn’t resist listing them here for your reference...
Are Christians Really the Arrogant Ones?
Michael Kruger When religious matters are debated in our culture–e.g., the existence of God, what God is like, morals and ethics–there is an implicit set of rules that everyone is obligated to follow. Number one on this list of unspoken rules it that you can never claim to know anything about God with any level of certainty...
Let's Be Honest: Reasons Why We Don't Read Our Bibles
Erik Raymond If we were to survey Christians at evangelical churches in America most people would agree that they need to read their Bibles. They understand that it is both required and good for them. But the sad truth is, many do not. This lands us in that strange place of knowing, but yet still avoiding, what is good and beneficial for us. Why do we do it?
How Do I Know I'm a Christian?
Kevin DeYoung Whenever counseling Christians looking for assurance of salvation, I take them to 1 John. This brief epistle is full of help for determining whether we are in the faith or not...
What Small Churches Can Do, Part 2
Joe Thorn Many smaller churches feel extremely limited by their size, believing that they simply cannot do much of what they would like to do, or believe they should do. Before I suggest what smaller churches can do, let's first consider two things smaller churches do not have to do...
What Small Churches Can Do, Part 1
Joe Thorn I have a lot of experience in and with small churches through my own pastoral ministry as well as denominational cooperation. I have seen small churches that are healthy and some that are toxic...
Interview with Sam Storms, Author of "Kept for Jesus"
Justin Taylor In this interview, Justin Taylor sits down with Sam Storms to discuss common concerns that Christians have related to their eternal security and the biblical hope of assurance in the Bible...
Why Think about Heaven
Nathan Busenitz The Word of God is far from silent on what eternity will be like in the eternal heaven (i.e. the New Earth). But why has God seen fit to reveal these truths to His people? There are at least three reasons why the future reality of heaven ought to influence believers in the present...
8 Questions About Prayer You Were Probably Too Embarrassed to Ask
Joe Carter Have you ever had a question about prayer that seemed so obvious (at least to everyone else) that you were afraid to seek an answer? If so, you’re not alone. At some point in their spiritual journey, every Christian has had questions about prayer...
Don't Be Too Quick to Look for Fruit in New Believers
Mark Altrogge When we believe in Jesus we have eternal life. We can’t lose this life. But this grace of God in believers often seems to be little more than a spark. Sometimes it takes a long time for Jesus to fan it to a full flame...
Why These 66 Books?
Nathan Busenitz Have you ever looked at your Bible and wondered, “How do we know that these 66 books, and no others, comprise the inspired Word of God?” That is a critically important question...