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There’s a situation in counseling I come across all too often: a couple will typically tell me first about how stressful their lives are. But usually, if we talk long enough about their fracturing marriage, there is a sense that something else is...

All the letters contain an instructive glimpse into the trials and challenges early believers faced, but the letter written to the church of Laodicea has particular relevance to today’s westernized church.

Just as we often clean our homes to prepare for visitors at Christmas, we should prepare our hearts for Christ to reside there. Our Savior deserves a holy, consecrated space. John the Baptist told people to repent. Advent is a time to meditate on...

I’ve heard countless stories of parents who focused on the negative or used scare tactics to keep their kids from being sexually active. But God created sex to be holy, not full of shame.

Locusts are not common pests for those of us living outside of the Middle East, so we may not be as familiar with them. But because they are mentioned so frequently throughout the Bible, it's important to know what these bugs are, what they do,...

Paul’s comforts and commands flow from these foundational truths. Thus, we take heart, for God promises to assess and judge those who falsely claim to lead his house.

Pastors guard your people by telling them the truth. Brothers and sisters in Christ, please make the movie version of this heretical book far less successful by staying home.

The lyrics from an old song go, "Won't you tell me, where have all the good times gone?" I was reminded of those lyrics this past Thursday evening as we had an opportunity to attend a student directed play festival at Furman University...A central...

The short-term missions movement is booming more than ever, but it's also coming from a much different paradigm. "It's the biggest change in missions in America," says Dr. Sherwood Lingenfelter, dean of Fuller Theological Seminary's School of...

The practice of rest can seem like an intangible luxury in our chaotic world, but our willingness to relinquish control in the structure of the day and rhythm of the week to a loving Creator demonstrates our dependence on God for all things,...

One of his puzzling phrases is found in Romans 12:1 where he says, “I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice….” What is a living sacrifice? That is not a common phrase in...

As God was working behind the scenes for the benefit of many at the first Christmas, so he continues to do in our lives today.