The Bible teaches virtue in the context of acquiring the very mind of its author, Jesus Christ.
Returning to a guileless profession of faith can act as a reset when you are doubting the goodness or even the presence and love of God. Or when you just need a simple reminder of who God is and how much he loves you.
For schools and families, wondering what the upcoming school year will look like is the very definition of uncertainty.
God is the Author of encouragement, and his Word is its purveyor.
“A Christian is not called to nerd out on conspiracy theories.” Costi Hinn
Today is Good Friday. I have a great hope, in fact it is a bigger hope than that of the end to this pandemic, that the enormity and unprecedented scope of this crisis, and the fear and uncertainty that accompany it, will cause this Easter week to become more than just a religious celebration. My prayer is that the world will wake to the reality of the existence of God, the seriousness of sin, and the truth of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
The Chosen is a new binge-able film adaptation of the Bible that is not only true to the book, but is a joy to watch.
Could it be the profound truths of Scripture have become so familiar we are dulled to their profundity? If so, what can be done to cultivate wonder over the things of God, causing “amazement to seize” us, leading us to cry, like the people who witnessed Jesus healing the paralytic in Luke 5:26, “We have seen extraordinary things today?”
Following Christ is hard. So, taking my cue from the Psalms, I will offer four reasons, in the form of lament, why falling away is tempting, followed by four reasons why leaving Christianity, difficult as it sometimes is, is not an option.
On Wednesday, November 13, a young man who graduated last spring from the school where I teach died from injuries he sustained in a motorcycle accident a month earlier. His name was Bennett. He was 18
This pushing sixty grandmother has been listening to rap. And I couldn’t love it more.
For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize… Hebrews 4:15
When we feel discouraged as believers, when we tire of swimming against the current of culture, we turn to God’s word for reminders of his omnipresence and sovereignty, and of our glorious future as citizens of heaven.
When I am tempted to succumb to feelings of worthlessness, inadequacy, and self-doubt, I train my mind on God’s word, which is filled with weak, foolish people who became chosen champions for Christ.
Logical thought applied to faith incites solid belief and great love. So, how can parents lead their children in the pursuit of truth and help foster a generation of thinkers who will use their God-given minds to lay hold of Christ?
Our minds are a good gift from God, as are our emotions. If we do not employ both in our faith, we’ll either run the risk of following fickle feelings or becoming unfeeling and puffed up. Emotions alone can be deceiving. Pursuit of knowledge alone can feed our pride.
What is a Christian? The question can be answered in many ways, but the richest answer I know is that a Christian is one who has God as Father. (Packer)
It is good and right to ask God to provide needs and wants. But ultimately, our prayers must be for his glory and his will. All other prayers—for provision and healing and safety and peace—must remain subordinate to the desire for God himself.
Could it be that religion is, indeed, “opium for the masses,” as Marx proclaimed? An “illusion or fulfillment of the oldest, strongest, and most urgent wishes of mankind,” as Freud asserted? A necessary invention of man, as Voltaire countered, to pacify our fears of death? Is Christianity merely a crutch conjured simply to quench our longing for significance and comfort?
Dayspring Christian Academy is a Classical Christian school that ascribes to a philosophy called the Principle Approach, the method of education employed in America from its founding until roughly 100 years ago.