Archive for August, 2011

You know the Bible stories.  You know the Bible facts – 66 books, two testaments, two primary languages, four gospels, etc.  You likely have put portions of it to memory, but do you know the Bible’s purpose? A.W. Tozer helps us here. The sacred page is not meant to be the end, but only the […]


This is the will of God, your sanctification (1 Thess. 4:3).  People often ask, “What does God want me to do? What is His will for me?”  His will for every believer is sanctification.  Sanctification is that daily practice of putting off sin and putting on righteousness.  It is a major theme of every New […]


There is no time to waste on this earth. Every day presents us with the opportunity to advance the spiritual kingdom of our Lord and to contribute in ways great and small to the salvation of the lost and the strengthening of the found. We need more believers like Jonathan Edwards, the American preacher and […]


One of the most difficult concepts for us to accept is our own sinfulness.  We all know that we are not perfect, but that really is not the crux of the matter.  The fact is sin is my primary problem, and that’s hard to swallow. Consider author and counselor Ed Welch on the subject: Sin […]