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Does God Want Me to Be Married?

[Podcast] Interview 124: Should Pastors Be Political? (David de Bruyn)

Forsaking Sinful Ambition and Fostering Christlike Humility

What’s with the Witch of Endor?

Finding Hope at Life’s Dead Ends

Repentance: Recognizing how it All went Wrong

Christianity Today’s Sin Against Elizabeth Elliot

[Podcast] Interview 123: What’s Included in Pro-Life? (Brett Williams)

The Speech of Fools and Wise Men

Joseph, Daniel, and the Secret to Changing the World

Christians and the Movies – observations from the movie “A Great Awakening”

When Imperfect Faith Meets the Perfect Savior

The Biblical Answer to the Worldwide Marriage Crisis

We Cannot Afford to Weaken Each Other

What Are the Noahide Laws

Taking Our Mission as Seriously as Our First Responders Take Theirs

A New Look at the Good Old Hymns

Fundamentalists in Fellowship

[Podcast] Interview 122: Can We Vote for the Lesser Evil? (Michael Riley)

Joseph: An Example of Suffering and Patience

No, Not All Sin Is the Same in God’s Eyes

Being Filled with the Spirit

Ministry is Signing Up to Be Hurt

Fighting Depression and Discouragement in the Ministry

[Podcast] Interview 121: Welfare, Collectivism, and the Christian Vote (Ryan Martin)

Consent Is Not Enough

America’s Spiritual Founding Father

Moody and Gospel Hymns

The Problem is Muslim Nationalism, Not Christian Nationalism

Honestly Evaluating Yourself: What Do Others See and Hear?

Don’t Just Study the Bible, Read It

Early Development of Sunday School Music in its Contemporary Context

When People Say Things About You

Four Reasons Why a Person Who Professes Faith in Christ Might Refuse to be Baptized

[Podcast] Interview 120: Immigration: A Biblical Perspective (Preston Mayes)

When My Fellow Christian Sins: Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick

Devotions: Duty or Delight?

Early Controversy in the Rise of Revival Music

Getting Ready to Vote | FRONTLINE

Seven Reasons Why Churches Eventually Fail

Bits of Wisdom from Houses of Mourning

Why Don’t We Ask God for Big Things?

Setting the Stage: American Awakenings of Gospel Music

The Blood I Sing About: The Ruin from My Sin and the Rescue from My Saviour

Considering 1 Corinthians 6 Before Posting Online

[Podcast] Interview 119: Shaping the Church from the Ground Up (Will Cover)

Job: An Example of Moral Integrity (Job 31:1–12)

How Do I Respond to My Gay Family Member?

God Is At Work–Even When You Don’t See It

Reformation or Transformation?

Plagiarism and the Preacher

Prayer Partner and PrayerMate: A Person and an App That Have Bettered My Prayer Life

How Do I Respond to My Gay Friend?

Biblical Self-Concept

What will you do when the robots come for your job?

What Is Jesus Like, Right Now?

The LORD Will Keep Your Children’s Lives

What the Translators of the KJV Thought about Bible Translation

Whatever the Weather, We’ll Weather the Weather, Whether We Like It or Not

Long-view Leadership, Part 4: Long-view leaders let go

What’s the Big Deal about the Chaplains?

[Podcast] Interview 118: Four Features of Church Growth in Acts (Dave Huffstutler)

Reversals and Providence in the Book of Esther

What to Do When Your Spiritual Hero Falls

Long-view Leadership, Part 3: Long-view leaders aren’t afraid to develop others

From Me to We: A Plea for Preserving and Building Institutions

Is it Mental Health or a Spiritual Problem?

Parenting for the Right Purpose

Why Was Jesus Baptized?

Long-view Leadership, Part 2: Long-view leaders “write it down”

Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus: Unsung Bible Heroes

[Podcast] Interview 117: Edwards and Brainerd on Church Growth (Ryan Martin)

What to Do When Satan Hinders You

Long-view Leadership, Part 1: Long-view vs. short-view

How Do Your Associates Affect Your Ways?

Covetousness: The Different Commandment

Who Is Filling What for Who or What in the End of Ephesians 1:23?

America First Shouldn’t Mean America Only

Preparing for the Ministry

Why There are No Good (or Bad) Atheists

End of Life Decisions and the Christian Family

[Podcast] Interview 116: Built to Grow: Understanding and Advancing the Mission of the Church (Mark Herbster)

What Is God’s Power to Us Who Believe?

What’s with the Cities of Refuge?

Thinking Like a Christian: The Case for Personal Separation

Built to Grow: Understanding and Advancing the Mission of the Church

Thank God for Liberty

The Spirit as Seal and Pledge

Christians Must Not Spread Rumors (Even on Social Media)

Getting Emotional (Part 2)

Our Hope, Our Home

God Wants Us for Himself (Ephesians 1)

Wives, Let Him Go to the Gate

Getting Emotional (with AI)

God’s Purpose for Me

The Jewish Curse

[Podcast] Interview 115: Multiplication Through Division (Matt Walker)

Signposts to Heaven

Is It Immoral to Be a Trillionaire?