When everything goes wrong—Christian, what do you do? Panic, get angry, head for the hills, cover up your real concerns, blame others, doubt your faith, get angry with God—or what? People do all of the above, and a variety of other things when hard times set in. Should they? There is a difference between making …
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Is the reason for doing what you’re doing adequate? What I mean is this— Have you thought it through thoroughly enough that you can give a biblical case for the job that you’re pursuing, the programs that you watch on TV, the church you attend, the places you go regularly, the music you listen to, …
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I once heard J.I. Packer say, “The Holy Spirit works through habits of holiness.” I don’t remember the context, but I was so impressed with the wording that I wrote it on the opening page of Romans in my New Testament, which was all I had to write on at the time. How right he …
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INS exists for one purpose and one purpose only. We may do all sorts of things along with and in an attempt to further and to enhance that purpose. Like offering you this blog. But, still, we have but one purpose: To serve the Lord Jesus Christ by helping His people help others through biblical …
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The other night I heard a radio preacher tell his listeners that if a wife were to pray rightly (according to his outline of what that might be) he would “guarantee that their husbands would be saved.” Yes, he used the word “guarantee.” That was a cruel thing to say. Think of all of the …
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