Introduction This is the second of three articles exploring these truths: Those who endure to the end are true believers (first article). Church discipline reveals…
I was raised in what is called a ‘holiness’ denomination (of the Pentecostal variety) which meant that our church took seriously the Bible’s commands to…
A recurring topic of conversation among Christians is the loss of young people who grew up in church. Some want to cast this as a…
1 Timothy 5:1-16 The local church is not an interest group, it is a family—a household. Families are intergenerational. In fact, the intergenerational relationships in…
The Disciple-Maker’s Challenge Everyone who seeks to make disciples in obedience to Jesus Christ faces the same difficulty: We all try to discern whether or…
“And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we…
One great enemy working against us in our pursuit of God’s wisdom is well-intentioned friends and family around us. People seek to draw us back…
Last week on social media author Carey Nieuwhof asked a simple question: “What’s your biggest leadership challenge right now?” Lying in my hospital bed I…
So, shall they fear The name of the Lord from the west, And His glory from the rising of the sun; When the enemy comes in like a…
And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered…
Do you ever get the feeling that the world is inexplicably speeding past you, just when you thought you had caught up with all the…
In His famous Sermon on the Mount Jesus taught that the forgiveness Christians receive from the Lord is to have a profound impact on our…
To be an effective witness for Christ, we must be consistent examples of living out Christlike virtues at home, at work, and in any other…
I became a Phoenix Suns fan in the 1975-76 basketball season. That year the Suns made an unlikely trip to the finals behind the efforts…
The fact that there is a “generation gap” within biblical fundamentalism should not be a surprise to anyone. This is what generations do: gap. The…
If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain. Pure…
Robert Louis Stevenson wrote a series of short essays about Edinburgh, Scotland. In his Picturesque Notes of Edinburgh, he tells the story of two unmarried…
Still More Reflections of the 2021 SBC Convention [Note: You can find Dr. Straub’s two previous reflections on the 2021 SBC meeting here and here.…
“God is not a Republican!” said the preacher. He was in the middle of a message in which he emphasized the greatness of God above…
In preparing for a series on Jonah, one thing stood out to me: Jonah had an incredible grasp of theology. He was a faithful prophet…
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