For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away. (James 4:14) God has wisely left us in the dark concerning future events, and even concerning the duration of life itself. We know not what shall be on the morrow. We may know what we intend […]
Preparing Your Teens for College
My new book Preparing Your Teens for College is the overflow of my personal experience, both as a kid who once went to college and, more significantly, as a college professor who for the past eight years has worked every day with the “end products” of your labors as parents—the students who leave home and […]
Chinese Christians Shed Joyful Tears as They Receive Bibles for the First Time
We love videos like these. Watch what happens in this 30 year-old video, as a group of Chinese Christians receive their Bibles for the first time. What joy!
Science, “Progress,” and the Bible
The recent Ham-Nye debate on creation certainly sparked discussion among believers and non-believers alike. On the surface, the debate was about the science of creationism vs the science of evolution. But underneath the surface was a deeper, more pressing issue of our time related to the prevailing worldviews and ideologies that motivate these various fields of […]
Growing Together Towards Love and Good Deeds
“And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.” Hebrews 10:24-25 In Hebrews 10:19-25, the author makes a transition from great doctrinal teaching […]
Recommended Resource: Hope for Hurting Hearts
Trials. We often describe them as storms—they can surround us, they blow back, they cloud our vision. Sometimes they are small, sometimes they are unbearable. Everyone has to deal with trials, even followers of Christ. What do you do when you hear the worst news imaginable? When the bottom drops out of that phone call? […]
Spurgeon: The God Who Blots Out Sin
“I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto Me; for I have redeemed thee.” (Isaiah 44:22) THE INSTRUCTIVE SIMILITUDE Attentively observe THE INSTRUCTIVE SIMILITUDE: our sins are like a cloud. As clouds are of many shapes and shades, so are our transgressions. As clouds obscure […]
Hudson Taylor on Making Time for Your Devotional Life
Hudson Taylor (1832-1905) was a British missionary to China and the founder of the China Inland Mission (currently OMF International). Against all odds and many criticisms, he moved to China at the age of 21 and went to unconventional lengths (such as wearing native Chinese clothing—considered a scandal by many Western missionaries of his day) […]
Spurgeon: “Hide not the offense of the cross”
“But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man” —Galatians 1:11 A gospel which is after men will be welcomed by men; but it needs a divine operation upon the heart and mind to make a man willing to receive into his inmost soul this distasteful gospel […]
How Does the Christian Worldview Differ from All Others? Find Out in Our New BLBi Course!
Only Two Religions? The biggest lie is that we all create our own reality and destiny. The greatest truth is that God, the Sovereign Creator, can save us from the reality of that fatal destiny. In Romans 1:25, the Apostle Paul says man worships either the creation or the Creator, which essentially means there are only […]