“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

As churches everywhere shake their heads in frustration over declining commitment among younger generations, we need to remember that a person’s commitment to the church is often formed early—perhaps ...  Read More

The most read New York Times article from 2016 had nothing to do with politics, culture wars, or comic book movies. Instead, the most-read article of 2016 was all about commitment.The piece, titled “W...  Read More

Objections to participation in a local church are nothing new.  The following is an objection and answer from the early 16th.  Pastor Richard Baxter is responding to an unknown individual's objection ...  Read More

Going to church is not like a trip to the grocery store, visiting a friend, or a Christian task to complete. It is a declaration that worshiping the risen Christ is more important to you than sleeping...  Read More

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