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[Today’s blog is written by my friend Brian Croft and was originally posted at Practical Shepherding. It is re-posted here with permission.] A dear Christian brother and friend once came to see me a day before he was due in court.
Continue readingWhat’s So Special about Singing on Sundays? – This is why singing in one voice with God’s people is a highlight of my week. The Incomprehensible, Unimaginable, Life-Transforming Power that’s Ours for the Asking – “It is a power we
Continue readingAs human beings created in the image of God, we are psychosomatic; that is, we are soul and body, together, and always will be. Though completely glorified—made new—even our resurrected bodies will forever be connected to our spirit. Therefore, it
Continue readingIn his new book Fit for the Master: Glorifying God in a Healthy Body, pastor and physical education enthusiast John Lehman cites a case study illustrating the importance of regular exercise and its benefit as one factor in fighting depressive
Continue readingThe concept of atonement permeates virtually every page of Old Testament sacrificial law. According to God’s gracious provision, the Israelites were commanded to bring the appointed sacrifices to the tabernacle or the temple to atone for their sins (Ex. 29:33-37;
Continue readingWhen the Detour Becomes Your New Road – A wonderful post at Desiring God: “The old road often seems like it was more relaxing and easy to drive. The new road can be bumpy and twisty, narrow with sharp curves.
Continue readingIt’s a thrill for me to let you know that the book Counseling One Another: A Theology of Inter-Personal Discipleship (Revised and Updated edition) has been released by Shepherd Press. Read the following endorsements from pastors and Christian leaders: “This
Continue readingHere’s a handful of articles and links that I was personally edified by this past week: Kill Your (Celebrity Culture) Worship – “I would argue that the problem isn’t contemporary innovations, and the answer isn’t (necessarily) tradition. The problem is
Continue readingThe Bible calls Jesus our “Advocate with the Father” (1 Jn 2:1). An advocate is one who pleads for another, a defender, an intercessor. When the apostle John attributed this role to Jesus, it was in the context of defining
Continue readingWhen the Bible refers to someone as being accursed, it means he will be damned forever with no hope of redemption. It is from anathema, which means “the disfavor of Jehovah,” and was used of “the sentence pronounced” or “the
Continue reading“The Bible uses one single, uncomplicated word to tell you how to respond when the enemy attacks: resist. When you do, the promised result is astonishing: the devil will flee from you. He will flee!” That confident—and biblical—paragraph is from
Continue readingThis week, I’ve been reading Good News About Satan by Bob Bevington, a marvelous little book on spiritual warfare that is really helpful and based solely on Scripture. In Chapter Two, “Recognize their Weapons,” the author elaborates on three major
Continue readingFirst Corinthians 9:25-27 calls us to a life of self-discipline: “Everyone who competes in the games exercises self-control in all things. They then do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. Therefore I run in such a way,
Continue readingThere’s a little guy somewhere waiting to appear curled up inside his mother’s protective atmosphere. He’s the one they didn’t plan on. He’s an extra mouth to feed, a little inconvenience neither of them need. He’s doctor bills and formula.
Continue readingTomorrow is Sanctity of Human Life Sunday. Here are some ways we as believers in Christ may pro-actively combat our culture’s cheap and convenient view of human life and its anti-children, free-sex mindset. Educate yourself on the facts concerning abortion
Continue readingA critical part of the sanctification process is putting off the old self and putting on the new, “which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth” (Eph. 4:24). However, this transformation requires
Continue readingOne thing I enjoy doing as part of this blog is to promote biblical discipleship training and equipping opportunities. Sometimes these are events that I am speaking at, but most times not. I feel I have been so blessed by
Continue readingIf God chose to answer one of your prayers, today, which one would it be? What have you been begging Him to do for a long, long time? Years? Decades? What is it that occupies your prayers? What is it
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By God’s grace, I’m a husband, dad, grandpa, and pastor at Cornerstone Community Church in Mayfield Hts, OH. I love Christ because He first loved me.
