Honesty before God

O Lord my God, in You I have taken refuge; Save me from all those who pursue me, and deliver me, or he will tear my soul like a lion, Dragging me away, while there is none to deliver. Psalm 7:1   This is generally understood as a lament Psalm of David. He seeks...

Gospel Centered Churches and Christians

Values determine our destiny. Matthew wrote something along these lines when he said, “Where your treasure is there your heart will be also”. In other words what we truly value (treasure), that is what we will invest in with our whole heart. You can always tell what...

Biblical Authority and Culture

Now concerning food offered to idols: we know that “all of us possess knowledge.” This “knowledge” puffs up, but love builds up. If anyone imagines that he knows something, he does not yet know as he ought to know. But if anyone loves God, he is known by God. 1...

The Value of Spiritual Friendships

Joash was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zibiah of Beersheba. And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the Lord all the days of Jehoiada the priest… (2 Chron. 24:1-2).   Now after the...