10 Things You Should Know about Sanctification June 27, 2023 by: Margaret Elizabeth Köstenberger This article is part of the 10 Things You Should Know series. Our Identity in Christ A significant part of our identity in Christ is that we’re washed, renewed, and regenerated by the Holy Spirit (Titus 3:5). Though work remains to…
What Memorizing Scripture Will Do for Your Kids June 26, 2023 by: Douglas Sean O’Donnell To Fight Sin with Scripture Earlier this year a friend told me that he had memorized Matthew 26:29 to remind him of the joyous promise of Jesus’s presence at the great feast in heaven and to help him resist the…
What Is Our Friendship with God Supposed to Look Like? June 23, 2023 by: Mike McKinley God Communicates to Us The good news is our role isn’t nearly as complicated as we might be tempted to think. We think that communion with God, or friendship with God, is some sort of secret, mystical, spiritual experience.…
Does the Bible Speak to Today’s Struggle with Personal Identity? June 21, 2023 by: Brian S. Rosner Who Am I? You might think that the answer is no. The Bible, after all, is a collection of ancient texts, and expressive individualism as a movement has only been around for a few decades. And the other…
Dear Pastor . . . When You Wonder How You’ll Make It, Remember This June 18, 2023 This article is part of the Dear Pastor series. Dear Pastor, What you and I both need to make it over the long haul, I feel hesitant to share. In my experience, this unsaid thing for sustaining a…