Six Things It Means to Be in Christ Jesus
[God] saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works but because of his own purpose and grace, which he gave us in Christ Jesus…
Forgiven for Jesus’s Sake
For your name’s sake, O Lord, pardon my guilt, for it is great. (Psalm 25:11) In knowing what is right, God does not consult any authority higher than himself. His own…
Shadows and Streams
May the glory of the Lord endure forever; may the Lord rejoice in his works, who looks on the earth and it trembles, who touches the mountains and they smoke!…
When God’s Love Is Sweetest
Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the…
The Message of Creation
Claiming to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things. (Romans 1:22–23) It would…
Why You Give In to Sexual Sin
Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones that you have broken rejoice. . . . Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with a…
What It Means to Bless the Lord
Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name!(Psalm 103:1) The psalm begins and ends with the psalmist preaching to his soul to…
Hope to Obey Hard Commands
“Whoever desires to love life and see good days . . . let him turn away from evil and do good.” (1 Peter 3:10–11) There is only one basic reason why…
What the Resurrection Means for Us
If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. (Romans 10:9) What does it…
The End of the Gospel
Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God. For if while we were enemies we…