A great blessing becomes ours when we’re made to sit in heavenly places. What is this blessing? It’s the privilege of acceptance: “He hath made us accepted in the beloved [Christ]” (Ephesians 1:6). The Greek word for “accepted” means highly…
I am convinced people lose hope because they’ve lost faith. They have heard many sermons, read many books, but all around they see examples of shipwrecked faith. Christians who once espoused faith are now giving up their trust in God…
To me, this is the most difficult part of forgiveness. As Christians, we are quick to offer the grace of our Lord to the world, but we often parcel it out meagerly to ourselves. Consider King David, who committed adultery…
We all have seeds of jealousy and envy in us. The question is, who among us will acknowledge it? A Puritan preacher named Thomas Manton said of the human penchant for envy and jealousy: “We are born with this Adamic…
“Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye” (Colossians 3:13, italics mine). Forbearing and forgiving are two different issues. Forbearing means ceasing from all…