More than 5,600 Christians were killed for their faith last year. More than 2,100 churches were attacked or closed. More than 124,000 Christians were forcibly displaced from their homes because of th...  Read More

My dear Wormwood,I am concerned about your worry. You wrote and said that your subject has been engaging in so-called “Christian apologetic” and rational studies. I know I taught you to keep your subj...  Read More

We’ve all seen the tragic headlines. We’ve all been shocked by the news of yet another once-revered pastor tarnishing the name of Christ and disqualifying himself from the ministry. Not long ago, one ...  Read More

All commentary notes adapted from the ESV Study Bible.1. 2 Thessalonians 3:3But the Lord is faithful. He will establish you and guard you against the evil one. Read MoreReassurance. Paul gives some fi...  Read More

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“Teach me your statutes.”“Fix my eyes on your ways.”“Teach me good judgment.”“Give me understanding.”“Put false ways far from me.”“Incline my heart to you.”“Enlarge my heart.”(Psalm 119)......  Read More

With God’s help and the leading of his Spirit, we can follow after Jesus and warmly welcome others as they become part of our faith families. That’s what Paul calls the believers in Philippi to as he ...  Read More

A friend—a faithful Christian and a professor who specializes in political history—recently shared that after listening to Joe Rogan discuss gay marriage with Matt Walsh, he walked away discouraged. W...  Read More

“How’d you keep from quitting?”That’s the question that I would love to ask the prophet Isaiah. I’ve always wondered how he kept from being bitter and jaded. Deep discouragement has to accompany years...  Read More

“Next to the Bible,” Charles Spurgeon once wrote, “the book I value most is John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress. I believe I have read it through at least a hundred times. It is a volume of which I never...  Read More

When Adam and Eve rejected God’s goodness and authority by eating the forbidden fruit, their eyes were opened and they suddenly recognized that they were naked. This new, hyper-self-conscious reality ...  Read More

The doctrinal stance that saving faith includes not only trust in Christ as Savior, but also commitment to Christ as Lord. In this view, saving faith includes repentance (defined as a change of heart ...  Read More