Can we start by saying thank you for reading the blog? For your interest, feedback, and support of our content, we thank you with all our hearts. It has been a wonderful year of writing biblically-rich, gospel-centered content that we hope has spurred on your Christian life and caused you to love Christ more.
Without further ado, here’s a list of your 10 favorite articles from 2015:
How do you pray? Prayers that are rooted in Scripture are guaranteed to be aligned with the heart of God. Here is a list of 15 powerful prayers from the Bible that you can use word-for-word or to spur on your own prayers.
How do we know if our habits are beneficial and necessary patterns of walking with God, or if they are driven more by a legalistic mentality? I find the definitions of legalism and disciplines to be helpful in understanding how the motives behind the two are what sets them apart.
A few months ago, I read the following in an article by an author who self-identifies as an evangelical: “While the Bible is an important and authoritative guide for Christian faith and practice, it isn’t the foundation or center of our faith- Jesus is…” So, is it possible to idolize the Bible?
I don’t know anyone who likes to wait. Do you? (I didn’t think so). Waiting is hard work and, at times, can even test our faith…To that end, here are ten things to do while you wait.
If we are Christians, if we have been freed from condemnation, united with Christ, and the Holy Spirit has taken up residence in our souls, then how is it that we still experience these dry spells? What causes them? How do we get through them?
“In Scripture, God speaks to us. In prayer we speak to him. What God says to us prompts what we say to him.” To meditate, then, is to think deeply about what God has said to us in the Bible and to prepare our minds and hearts for prayer.
The Holy Spirit plays an essential role in taking the raw materials of gospel potential and turning them into the sweet fruit of gospel impact.
The intention for every Christian is to run hard and to rest well (John 15; 1 Peter 5:5-6). However, these two devotional practices are often misapplied. Neither of these disciplines can be exercised without a true, gospel-saturated knowledge of Christ living in us and of the Holy Spirit abiding with us.
Knowing our identity is in Christ is one thing, but understanding how that practically changes the way we live is another. Here are a few ways that understanding our true identity in Christ can greatly impact the way we live our lives.
It is important that our worship songs find their basis in Scriptural truth because the Bible reveals to us, in its every word, who the Father is (2 Tim. 3:16) as well as what he has accomplished for us in the work of 201Jesus Christ.
Paul wrote that “all scripture is breathed out by God” (2 Timothy 3:16). This remarkable phrase about the breath of God provides us a look into the intimate relationship between God and His Word. This verse is often pointed to when speaking about the inerrancy of the Bible: God is...
Do you like listening to sermon audio? Do you like to watch sermon videos? If so, you'll love this list! Here are 10 sermons about Jesus from Pastor Colin Smith. If you like these 10, then check out Listener Favorites 2019, a CD that contains the most requested messages of...
Exciting phrases, easy acronyms, and memorable lists formed from dense works of systematic theology can be helpful for the everyday Christian. While these reductions of God’s Word and His nature help us understand general frameworks, they are unable to help us understand everything the Bible teaches. It is one thing...
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