Most Christians struggle with prayer at some level. We struggle with time spent. We struggle with what to pray for. We struggle with seeing answers to our prayers. We struggle with how God’s sovereignty connects with our prayers. Prayer is hard. I remember as a Bible college student struggling with stories of missionaries and pastors […]
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Ruth chapter 2 highlights the provision of God for His people. Even amid Naomi’s despair and bitterness, God is at work. He never forgets His people, and He never abandons His children. Life has not gone the way Naomi thought it would. Food was scarce, so her family moved to Moab. She watched as her
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I first heard Jared Wilson speak at a Shepherd’s 360 conference in Cary, North Carolina. I had heard of him prior to that, but had not engaged with his writings or heard him speak. He struck me as a speaker who was intently focused on the text and very self-aware. His self-deprecation about his “seeker
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Medicine has come a long way in the last hundred years. Think about how many diseases have been cured that in the not-too-distant past would have meant either death or a life of misery and pain. God’s common grace has enabled people to research and discover medicines and techniques that save lives and improve the
I’m not sure that there has been a more divisive subject in Evangelical Christianity over the last few decades than that of Calvinism and Arminianism. It has resulted in a veritable “Corinthian” standoff, with some chanting “I am of Calvin,” others hollering “I am of Arminius,” and another group standing in the middle piously chanting
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