A lawyer, asked [Jesus] a question to test him. “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first...

Here are some of my favorite quotes from key Christian articles around the web. Including, a post on forgiveness, and one on Church elders. Also, one from Pastor Colin Smith on God's great promise for us. Ecclesiology Matters. Especially for Elders (Bill Riedel, The Gospel Coalition) Church planters will make mistakes....

Read God's promise, given to David, that belongs to us through the Lord Jesus Christ: He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever… And your house and your kingdom shall be made sure forever before me. Your throne shall be...

The church, made up of Jesus’ followers, is his body on earth. It has been brilliant and influential at times, weak at other points in history, and increasingly divided over the years. Amazingly, the imperfect church is still God's designated witness, his hands and feet, to accomplish his will on this earth. The early...

When my great-grandfather passed away during my sixth grade year, I cried quietly in the car-ride home. During recess, in an eruption of emotion, I sprinted to the bathroom to cry in isolation. My instinct to quiet or hide my sadness is not rare but a shared experienced by many....

A Christian testimony tends to fall into one of two categories. The first category is the spectacular testimony. Such a story describes a person submerged in their sin when God rescued them. A testimony like this make us think to ourselves, Wow, God surely can work miracles. The second category...

Here are some of my favorite quotes from key Christian articles around the web, including what we all can learn from Christian missionaries, the nature of Biblical Thanksgiving, and a study in Romans 12. 3 Things American Citizens Could Learn from Christian Missionaries (Bruce Ashford, The Gospel Coalition) Christian missionaries...

In the Bible, God has included (at least) two books that help us better understand guilt. One of these is Lamentations. The other is the book of Job. God gave us these two books for a reason and there are important differences between them. Job and Lamentations stand as the...