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God’s School of Prayer
6 juli 2022 · 10 min
When God puts us in the flames of suffering, he often intends to rescue us from self-sufficient comfort and awaken in us desperate, earnest prayer.
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Politics, Patriotism, and the Pulpit
4 juli 2022 · 14 min
We need pastors who will regularly remind us that our greatest allegiance is not to any political party, ethnicity, or nation, but to King Jesus.
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Who Is the Man of Lawlessness?
1 juli 2022 · 13 min
Paul teaches that Jesus will not return until “the man of lawlessness is revealed.” Who is this man of lawlessness?
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Roe v. Wade Has Ended — Our Pro-Life Work Has Not
30 juni 2022 · 24 min
The Christian pro-life cause goes far deeper than legislation. We aim not only to change laws and behavior, but to change hearts and eternities.
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Sustain Your Prayer Life with Sleep
29 juni 2022 · 16 min
Satan will try to put us to sleep in prayer. And he does so, most commonly, by tricking us into staying up too late the night before.
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Is God Present or Absent in Hell?
27 juni 2022 · 13 min
Is God present in hell, as John seems to say in Revelation 14:10 — or is he absent, as Paul seems to say in 2 Thessalonians 1:9?
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What’s the Center of Our Holiness?
24 juni 2022 · 15 min
Scripture describes the process of sanctification in many different ways. How can we weave the various strands together into one coherent picture?
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God’s Love and My Sickness
22 juni 2022 · 18 min
Because Jesus loved Lazarus, the Gospel of John tells us, he did not come to him right away, but lingered and let him die. How is that love?
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Crucial Texts for Our Hardest Battles
20 juni 2022 · 17 min
When temptation strikes, we need more than a vague sense of God’s goodness — we need specific promises. Pastor John shares his favorite passages for fighting sin.
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Is God More Honored or Dishonored in the World?
17 juni 2022 · 13 min
If God aims to be glorified in this world, why is human history and the daily news filled with so much that dishonors him?
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The Pervasive Problem of Loving Money
15 juni 2022 · 18 min
The love of money often lives where others least suspect, like in the hearts of Pharisees, miracle workers, and those who seem most moral.
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How Do I ‘Wrestle’ in Prayer?
13 juni 2022 · 14 min
Paul speaks of wrestling in prayer, and many of us use his phrase. But what might our prayer lives actually feel like if we wrestled like the apostle?
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Counsel for Wives with Harsh Husbands
10 juni 2022 · 14 min
“Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them,” Paul writes. But what can a wife do if she finds herself with a harsh man?
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Eight Essentials for Christian Living
8 juni 2022 · 18 min
How does God bring us from the grace of new birth to the glory of heaven? Pastor John explains eight essentials for Christian living from 2 Thessalonians 1:11–12.
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Did Jesus Tell Us to Give to Every Panhandler?
6 juni 2022 · 13 min
Jesus tells us to give to those who ask, but Paul warns the church against giving to the lazy. How might we apply these teachings when we meet a panhandler?
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Did Jesus Disregard the Sacrificial System?
3 juni 2022 · 12 min
If there is no forgiveness without shed blood, how could Jesus forgive sins apart from the sacrificial system and prior to his own death?
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Prayer in the Age of Global Hate
1 juni 2022 · 17 min
In an age of hate, Christians testify to God’s grace by praying for all kinds of people: high and low, white and black, Democrat and Republican, friend and enemy.
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How Will I Find My Ministry Calling?
30 mei 2022 · 12 min
When God grants us a ministry, does his leading come to us through internal impulses, external affirmation, or some combination of the two?
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Should We Pray for Unbelievers or for Evangelists?
27 mei 2022 · 13 min
Does Scripture ever command us to pray for unbelievers, or does it only command us to pray for the evangelists who speak to them?
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The Easiest Step of Love
25 mei 2022 · 12 min
Prayer is the easiest step of love, and it is also the most powerful. God can do far more for others in response to our prayers than we could ever do on our own.
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Have I Sinned If I Fall Short of Excellence at Work?
23 mei 2022 · 14 min
God is honored when we do our jobs with technical excellence, and he is also honored when we give ourselves to the kinds of excellence that cannot be measured.
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How Do I Not Provoke My Children?
20 mei 2022 · 13 min
How can we require obedience of our children without provoking and discouraging them? Pastor John offers eight pitfalls for fathers.
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Do Answered Prayers Depend on My Holiness?
18 mei 2022 · 12 min
Throughout Scripture, God warns that he will not hear the prayers of the disobedient. So do answered prayers depend on our holiness?
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For Christians Whose Testimony Seems Boring
16 mei 2022 · 12 min
We will never plumb the depths of sin and grace merely from past experience. Only God’s word can tell us how lost and dead we were, and how found and alive we are.
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Would You Have Supported Prohibition in 1913?
13 mei 2022 · 13 min
In the early twentieth century, many Christian leaders lent their approval to the cause of Prohibition. Would Pastor John have done the same if he lived back then?
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How Greatly Am I Loved?
11 mei 2022 · 18 min
In Christ, God has chosen us from eternity, and called us in time, so that we would boast no longer in ourselves, but only in him and his great love.
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How Do I Make Christian Hedonism My Own?
9 mei 2022 · 15 min
Some teachers influence us so deeply that we find ourselves imitating them without trying. So how can we move past imitation to make biblical truth our own?
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Why Dead Men Must Die
6 mei 2022 · 14 min
Paul says we all were dead apart from Christ, but he also says we died when we were united to Christ. In what sense, then, do dead men die?
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God Saves to Make Much of Himself — Doesn’t That Lessen His Love?
4 mei 2022 · 13 min
Nothing but God can forever satisfy hearts that are made for God. And so, in great mercy, God loves us in a way that makes much of himself.
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Should Gospel Disagreements End a Friendship?
2 mei 2022 · 12 min
Christians can disagree over many doctrines and stay friends. But what should we do when a friend rejects a doctrine central to the gospel?
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My Spouse Died Prematurely — Was It My Fault?
29 april 2022 · 15 min
How might Christians process feelings of guilt over the death of a loved one? Pastor John offers counsel to a new widow struggling not to blame herself.
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How God Makes Much of You
27 april 2022 · 16 min
In Christ, God makes more of us than we could ever imagine. And he will go on doing so forever.
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Does Faith Cause Regeneration?
25 april 2022 · 14 min
Does faith bring about the new birth, or does the new birth bring about faith? Pastor John offers three reasons why getting the order right matters.
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Does God Delight in Justification or Holiness?
22 april 2022 · 13 min
Does God delight in his people based on Christ’s work alone, or does his delight also depend on our own holiness?
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Why God Makes Much of You
20 april 2022 · 12 min
When God makes much of us, he does it for his sake, not ours. And that makes his love far greater than we could have imagined.
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Shame: Its Uses and Abuses
18 april 2022 · 13 min
Some shame condemns and destroys, and some shame heals and restores. So how can we tell the difference between misplaced and well-placed shame?
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What Are Church Traditions?
15 april 2022 · 13 min
In his letters, Paul speaks not only of teachings he delivered to the churches, but also of traditions he passed on. What kind of traditions does he have in mind?
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The Heart of Fake Happiness
13 april 2022 · 14 min
Many nominal Christians go to church, believe God loves them, and yet are on their way to hell. So what marks the born again from those who only think they are?
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Should Pro-Lifers Embrace Embryo Adoption?
11 april 2022 · 12 min
In America, there are hundreds of thousands of frozen embryos, left over from in vitro fertilization. How might Christians weigh the decision to adopt one of them?
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Does Romans 7 Describe a Christian?
8 april 2022 · 16 min
What kind of person does Romans 7:14–25 describe? Pastor John offers nine reasons to read Paul’s description as part of the Christian experience.
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What’s Lost When We Only Pray Alone?
6 april 2022 · 15 min
The church of Acts often gathered together to praise God and intercede for his people. So what might we lose if we pray only by ourselves?
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Should We Dramatize Jesus’s Life for Television?
4 april 2022 · 15 min
God gave us a book about Jesus, not a video. So how might Christians think about dramatic portrayals of Jesus’s life in television or movies?
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Do Christians Still Have Evil Desires?
1 april 2022 · 15 min
If God’s wrath comes against evil desires, and not only evil behaviors, why will his wrath not come against Christians, who still battle evil desires?
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How Fleeting Pleasures Sidetrack Our Love
30 maart 2022 · 10 min
A lack of love for other people doesn’t show that we’re trying too hard to please ourselves — it shows that we’re far too easily pleased.
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I’m Too Distracted with Life to Meditate on Christ
28 maart 2022 · 13 min
How can we turn our attention away from regrets, dreams, and other consuming thoughts so that we can set our minds on things that are above?
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On Permanent Birth Control
25 maart 2022 · 13 min
If two spouses agree that they do not want to have more children, would it be sinful to pursue permanent forms of birth control?
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How Does God Lead Us in Daily Decisions?
23 maart 2022 · 11 min
How do I follow God’s lead in my daily decisions? I know he’s my shepherd, and that he’s leading me, but how do I know if I am following him?
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In Our Racial Differences, How Is Christ ‘All’ and ‘in All’?
21 maart 2022 · 12 min
To be a Christian is not only to trust Christ and treasure Christ, but to be indwelt by Christ. And that new identity transforms all our relationships.
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What Should We Make of Healing Ministries?
18 maart 2022 · 14 min
God still answers prayers for physical healing today. But how should Christians evaluate the claims of so-called healing ministries?
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When Will Christ Heal My Body?
16 maart 2022 · 11 min
We know that Jesus has purchased both our forgiveness and our physical healing at the cross. But what kind of healing can we expect in this life?