Have you ever wished you had materials to help your church grow in grace and move away from legalism? Ever wished there were helpful case studies out there to use? Now there are just such resources to help all churches,
A Song When Christmas Seems Depressing
It’s Christmas again, but is there really a point in cheering up just for the festive season? Won’t reality hit us hard once the holidays are over? Or how can we sing those happy songs when we don’t actually feel
When God Cannot Be Fled From
If I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there… (Psalm 139:8) For many Christians, the doctrine of God’s omnipresence is a given, but the implications of this truth is not meditated upon enough. For the psalmist, God’s being
Our Children Are Not Our Own
One of the privileges of parenting as Christians is to bring up God’s children – yes, our children are really His – according to His word and in His stead. One parental responsibility that accompanies this great privilege is the
Live by the Sword, Die by the Sword
“All they that take the sword shall perish with the sword” (Matthew 26:52). It is interesting to think about how the ancient gods are all long dead. Not that they were ever alive, of course, but they had the illusion
What should we Seek in Prayer?
A Brief Exposition of Matthew 6:9-15” Adapted from a sermon by Sherman Malachi Tjiong Perhaps you’ve heard the familiar saying: “It’s music to my ears”. This means, of course, something good that I like to hear. The question that I
God’s Global Purpose
Obviously, our ultimate purpose in serving God in this world must be to align ourselves with His purpose for this world. I would suggest that God’s purpose is summarized (among other places in Scripture) in Psalm 86:9: All nations whom
The Gospel-Centered Life of a True Servant of God
One of the beautiful portrayals of a gospel-centered life in Scripture is servanthood. The true servant lives to please others, especially his master. He is happy and blessed to be of service to his own lord. He accepts willingly his
2 Music Directors and 2 Worship Leaders Went to the Temple – A Modern Parable
And He also told this parable to certain ones who trusted in themselves that their worship style was the only acceptable form: “Four men went up in to the temple to pray, two traditional music directors and two contemporary worship
A Letter from Tapescrew
With Apologies to C.S. Lewis By Ron Man. C.S. Lewis’s Screwtape Letters consists of an imagined correspondence between the senior demon Screwtape and his young nephew Wormwood. Screwtape gives advice on tempting and leading humans astray. Lewis uses this correspondence