What if you faithfully obey Philippians 4 and yet your heart is still racing, your mind is still whirring, and you just can’t ‘turn off’ the worry switch?
Why not consider reading them?
As Christians, we need to think about how we can apply discernment to the media we engage in so that we remain holy and distinct, and that our gospel proclamation isn’t undermined by our worldliness.
There are startling figures about the influence of a father on the church-attending patterns of his children.
We know the apostle Peter’s reputation as the biggest and best disciple because he shows moments of true greatness. He is the first disciple named in Matthew, Mark and Luke’s gospels.
The New Testament calls believers to counter-intuitive and unnatural activities. Perhaps one of the hardest is this: rejoice in suffering (Rom 5:3).
In Acts—regardless of the speaker, regardless of the audience, regardless of the dominant response in a particular situation—gospel proclamation always leads to opposition.
Last year, as I contemplated resigning from my job and commencing a ministry traineeship, few ideas filled me with more dread and uncertainty than the idea of raising financial support.
The Christmas message according to Santa: I guess you tried to be good.