The gospel is the good news that Jesus Christ has come into the world to save sinners from the wrath of God through his substitutionary death on the cross and his glorious resurrection from the dead.
To be saved from eternal damnation respond in repentance and faith #JesusIsKing
The heart is often not stolen from God by poison, but by “apple pie”—good gifts made ultimate.
Food, comfort, entertainment, success, and relationships are blessings, but become idols when they dull our appetite for Christ.
“Keep yourselves from idols.” —1 John 5:21
In 1 John, truth, obedience, and love are not separate boxes to check. They belong together.
Genuine faith confesses Jesus as the Christ, loves God’s people, and obeys His commands.
“His commandments are not burdensome.”
— 1 John 5:3
Carson rightly reminds us that Prov 28 points us 3 times to God’s Law, or Torah (תּוֹרָה)—not as a burden, but as God’s wise, life-giving instruction. It teaches us to resist evil, walk with discernment, and honor God from the heart. True faith bears the fruit of loving obedience
Marvin Vincent in his Philippians commentary on Phil 4.6 where we are to pray about all that worries us.
“Prayer is to include all our interests, small and great. Nothing is too great for God’s power; nothing too small for his fatherly care.”
"For we wanted to come to you—I, Paul, more than once—and yet Satan hindered us" (1 Thess 2:18)
Augustine rightly acknowledges Satan's finitude lies in the hands of the Almighty, “..Satan is permitted to hinder, not because he has power, but because it is allowed by divine will.
Today marks the 109th remembrance of the Armenian Genocide. Below are the death marches carried throughout central Asia. 1.5 million Armenians were systematically murdered by the Young Turks, including my great-grandfather's siblings. Yet Turkey still denies it to this very day.
Let it be known that @hinge removed my profile for upholding Christian values, claiming I used 'hate speech' when in fact I was simply expressing my adherence to biblical values, stating my preferences for a future spouse (i.e., someone who doesn't support the LGBTQ+ agenda)
”Discipline yourself for the purpose of godliness; for bodily discipline is only of little profit, but godliness is profitable for all things, since it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.”
1 Timothy 4:7-8
The calling of a Christian has little to do with vocation or location. A Christian is called to:
• The freedom of serving others (Gal 5:13)
• Holiness (1 Thess 4:7)
• Suffer as Christ suffered (1 Pet 2:21)
• Bless those who insult them (1 Pet 3:9)
" . . . for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks" (Luke 6:45)
What do the words you speak reveal about what is in your heart and say about your character?
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me will live even if he dies, and everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?”
John 11:25-26