What Exactly Is 'Sola Scriptura' Protecting us From? In this post, Micheal Kruger notes, "At the heart of Sola Scriptura, is the recognition that fallen humans are always looking to replace God’s authority with some other
God Brings Us Bad to Give Us Best Here Joni Eareckson Tada writes, "When God lobs a hand grenade into life and rattles our faith to the core, we wonder how he’ll work the pieces
The Spiritually Dangerous Spiral of Complaint Here Paul David Tripp opens this post with "Every parent has experienced it. You get up every morning with a commitment to provide what is best for the spiritual,
Serious Joy in Preaching "Reverence and awe produce a kind of serious joy that we only experience in the presence of our “consuming fire” God. Reverence and awe aren’t at odds with joy, but prerequisites
How to “Get Over it” When You Taught Poorly "If you teach the Bible regularly, you know the experience of wishing you had done better — sometimes much better — immediately after you finished." 4 Questions a
What Preachers Can Learn from Spurgeon’s Sermons "During his prime, Spurgeon often preached ten or more times per week. His powers of oratory, imagination, and recollection proved a fierce combination, holding his listeners’ rapt attention.
The Unholy Impulse of Bitterness and Anger (Kuyper) Drawing from a devotion on Psalm 73:28 by Abraham Kuyper, this post attacks the attitudes that lead to bitterness. Don’t Wait Until You Feel Like It "Sometimes
Gospel-Fueled, Spirit-Wrought Gumption "As Christians, we are rightly concerned with living in such a way that magnifies the grace of God. We don’t want to be those who fall into works righteousness or Pharisaism, but
When My Old Testament Became Christian "Furthermore, did I rightly see that God designed the whole Old Testament to move us to magnify the Messiah, savoring Jesus as the climax of Old Testament history (Mark
Are You a Good Chef with Your Words? "Our world glamorizes and gravitates towards the big moments, the big events, the wins with numbers. There’s nothing wrong with these, but anyone who does something worthwhile