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Just As I Have Loved You: Loving Like Jesus Did Before the Cross
The night before Jesus was crucified, during his upper room discourse, he said this to his disciples: “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another” (John 13:34). His example...
Wives, Submit to Your Idiotic Husbands
The television shows I grew up watching, especially sitcoms, often portrayed husbands as bumbling fools rarely to be followed. I recall Deborah Barone (from Everybody Loves Raymond) looking annoyedly at her husband, Ray, and growling, “Idiot!” The Bible takes a different view of husbands. Paul wrote:...
When Sexual Sin Stalks You
We live in a society that has become a cesspool of sexual filth. But sexual immorality is not only pervasive in our culture, it is present in the church. If anger has slain its thousands among believers, then sexual sin has slain its tens of thousands....
Strength for the Hard Thing: That’s Daddy!
Perhaps you’ve been there — all alone, maybe even afraid. The outlook seems so bleak, the path forward so dark and uncertain. Suddenly, somebody comes along and just their presence brightens the path ahead and gives you strength. Such relief! Joshua was faced with an overwhelming...
Three Encouraging Truths About Suffering and Glory
If you are a Christian, you need not fear or dread suffering. In fact, when suffering is one day viewed from the perspective of your future in eternal glory, you will be thankful for it. Please don’t misunderstand. No one enjoys suffering, or seeks out suffering,...
The Essential Grip: Clinging to Christ When Tempted to Let Go
Imagine you and a friend decide to go free climbing on the rock-face of a very steep mountain. You want a maximum thrill. It’s just the two of you and some rope, just in case of an emergency. Your friend ascends to the first plateau, ties...
What if They Found the Bones of Jesus?
Are Jesus’ bones buried somewhere in Israel? Does it really matter? If archeologists definitely demonstrated that they had found the bodily remains of Jesus, what difference would that make? In 1 Corinthians 15, the Apostle Paul was responding to some people who were denying that there...
Christ’s Resurrection: The Dawning of the New Creation
Two ladies named Mary went to Jesus’ tomb early Sunday morning (Matthew 28:1). They weren’t expecting to see a risen Jesus, but to anoint his dead body with spices. First, they would have to figure out how to get that giant stone rolled away from the...
