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Expectations, Acceptance, and Gratitude

I still remember it like it was yesterday. I was twenty-two years old, a first year student in Bible College, making my way into the school’s auditorium for our weekly chapel service. When it came time for the sermon, the speaker—a pastor whose name I’ve long since...

The “Abundant Life” and Christian Growth

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full (John 10:10). In his prayer for the Ephesian Christians, Paul insists that the same power on display when the Father raised the Son to life is the same...

A Brief Overview of the Temple Theme in Scripture

I’ve been walking with the Lord for over seventeen years, and one of the truths that astounds me is that God actually wants to know me. Scripture shouts this truth at us. For example, through the prophet Isaiah God declares that he longs to be gracious to us (Isa....

Living in the Fear of the Lord

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction (Prov. 1:7). The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight (Prov. 9:10). The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all those...