Growth in Christ Is Not Just Personal Improvement July 09, 2023 by: Dane C. Ortlund Who Is Christ? Our growth is not independent personal improvement. It is growth in Christ. Who then is he? The temptation for many of us at this point is to assume we pretty much know what Jesus is like. We’ve…
How to Fight Well in the War against Porn July 08, 2023 by: Ray Ortlund Guard1 your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.—Prov. 4:23 Guard Your Heart from Lustful Thoughts Many people believe they’ll flourish from the outside in, but we believe we flourish from the inside out. We…
10 Key Bible Verses on the Holy Spirit July 07, 2023 by: Crossway This article is part of the Key Bible Verses series. All commentary notes adapted from the ESV Study Bible. 1. Acts 1:4–8 And while staying with them he ordered them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of…
What Peter and Jude Would Say to the Contemporary Church July 07, 2023 by: Matthew S. Harmon False Teaching One of the things that makes 2 Peter and Jude so relevant to our contemporary situation is the fact that they address issues that the church still faces today. One in particular that comes out very…
I’ll Be More Faithful When I’m Older July 06, 2023 by: Glenna Marshall Practice Faithfulness Today In my twenties I thought: Twenty years from now, I will one day wake up faithful. I was busy at a job. I had kids. I would get to be this wise Christian woman that I desired to be…