When we think about someone speaking to us, we normally think of them standing in front of us, opening their mouths and saying words. Obviously that’s not what is happening with us and God when we are having devotions. But before we minimize what actually is happening, we should step back and think. Because, we all know there are different ways we receive communication from others....

If I sit down and talk with you about enjoying your relationship with God I am going to talk with you about reading the Bible. Sometimes when I say things like that, people push back. “You are telling me that a big part of how I am supposed to interact with God is through reading a bunch of words?…

How can you be sure that God’s looking out for your good? After telling us that every good gift comes from God, James gives believers one proof of God’s goodness in James 1:18. He writes, “In the exercise of His will He brought us forth by the word of truth so that we would be a kind of first fruits among His creatures…

God is frightening. There are many things about God that are frightening. He has unstoppable power. If He wants, He can save someone or destroy someone in a moment. He is absolutely holy. There is no one in the universe who hates evil more than He does. His justice is absolute…

If you are going to be spiritual, you are going to need to do a lot of reading and listening to words. For many people honestly, that doesn’t sound very exciting. Perhaps one reason for that is because we tend underestimate the power of words…

We assume if there is a God that He is going to speak. But He didn't have to. If we are going to know Him however, we need Him to…

I’ve been reading books on spirituality, recently. I think it’s a little bit of a funny word. It’s not a word the Bible uses a lot. But I get what people mean, I think. What does it look like to have a good everyday relationship with God?…

Justification by faith is important. It glorifies God. It humbles us. It unites Christians. One reason Paul wrote the book of Romans was because of tension between Jewish believers and Gentiles…

"But you will say, what is the gospel but a verbal story told us when preached, or read, or meditated on? It represents Christ to us but as words do and words are shadows, pictures, and indeed less lively…

Why should we fast? When should we fast? How should we fast? We have been looking at what the Scripture teaches about fasting over a series of posts, and we have seen that fasting can be an important…

Why should we fast? We are looking at some very basic principles for understanding how we should fast. First we look to Scripture. Second, we find examples. Third, we consider the examples to discern which we ones we are supposed to glean fasting principles…

Do you fast? People in the Bible definitely did. What can we learn from the way they fasted? We are going to have to work a bit. Drawing principles from examples is a little bit more difficult, than from straight up commands or instructions…

We are looking at what the Bible teaches about fasting.Emphasis on Bible.It's possible to fast and not accomplish any spiritual good. How we fast must be directed by the Scriptures.Fortunately, we have material to work with…

Is it wrong to be afraid of the Coronavirus? It depends. God gave us fear for a reason. As Jay Adams once explained, “Fear . . . is not wrong. God implanted all emotions in man. . .

We have to go back to what the Scripture teaches because fasting is not profitable, in and of itself. It is not like, hey I just stop eating food and the magic happens. I know sometimes people think if there is a religious practice that we find in the Bible, doing it will always be good for us…

I have not heard many people talk very much about fasting where I come from. Unless it's intermittent fasting for health. But, not fasting for spiritual purposes. Africa is a little different. Fasting is a big deal in Africa. That could be a good thing…

I thought we could play a little word association game.I'll write a word and you say the first word that comes into your mind.Jesus.I say Jesus and you say…There are a lot of words that come into our mind when we hear the name of Jesus. Important, perfect, Son of God, Savior…

If the Bible doesn't tell us that it's always God's will to heal us right now, what hope does it give me? That’s question number 6.And to understand, the answer to that question, you are going to have to understand there is a bigger problem in this universe than even, physical suffering…

God can heal.But he doesn't always heal.Why?We are asking some questions about what the Bible teaches about sickness and healing. And, we've come to question number five…

If I can be sad about being sick and I can even want to be healed and I know God is able to heal, should I expect that God will always heal me? In our previous post, we have seen, the short answer is no…