A Pilgrim's Progress

Most Christ-followers believe that God is sovereign. I know I do, and I imagine you do as well. How we define and understand the sovereig...

Jesus Christ is at the center of creation in general and the church in particular. This is an objective reality. At the most basic lev...

"Beloved, do not imitate evil but imitate good. Whoever does good is from God; whoever does evil has not seen God." III John 1...

"For the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into the holy places by the high priest as a sacrifice for sin are burned ou...

My friend Alan Knox has begun blogging through his study of  Colossians .  I encourage you to read it.  It is sure to be good. His writing...

About fifteen years ago, Hillary Clinton famously said that it takes a village to raise a child. Liberals loved it while conservatives hate...

Most of us love the church. We love the community of followers of the Lord Jesus Christ. We desire that the church glorify God in all it d...

Matthew 13:1-9 -- That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea. And great crowds gathered about him, so that he got in...

After we come to know Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, how are we to live this Christian life? How does my own effort in living a holy life ...

Ephesians 4:29, "Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that i...

Philippians 2:1-11 (ESV) says the following: "So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in t...

In his epistle to the church in Rome, Paul discusses in much detail (chapters 1-11) what God has done for us in salvation. Paul concludes t...

Proverbs 27:17, " As iron sharpens iron, so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend ." I Thessalonians 4:3, " For this i...