Worship is a central tenet, activity, posture, and goal for all believers. As one author has suggested, “Christian worship is the response of God’s
It’s hard to grow, improve, or mature without first being honest about the need for growth, the room for improvement, and the areas of
The psalms are songs about life, sacred songs, but commentaries on life. The ups and downs, the good and the bad, the joys and
After the predictably horrible reign of Saul, God hand-picked David to succeed him as king of Israel (1 Samuel 13:14). And David loved God,
The Scottish novelist, Robert Louis Stevenson, once said, “The person who has stopped being thankful has fallen asleep in life.” In other words, even
“He loves me, he loves me not. She loves me, she loves me not.” It’s a familiar and simple game. By alternating those statements
Bad things happen to good people, even to God’s people. Belonging to Jesus Christ does not inoculate us from sadness, loneliness, and stress. Following
This morning I want to go back in time together, before Christ on the cross and before Messiah in the manger, to a time
Satan had just brought his antichrist and false prophet into the world to deceive and destroy (13:1–18) when John sees the Lamb standing unfazed
Throughout human history, God has stayed his hand of retribution, being “patient toward us, not wishing for any to perish but for all to
As Christians, we know that sin is bad, right? It’s wrong, it’s opposed to God, it ruins everything, and ultimately it is why Jesus
