Look at the Book

If Jesus is God, why does Scripture say that the Father is the God of Jesus?

All exposition of the Scriptures should fly under the banner of exultation in the glory of God displayed in the Scriptures.

Everything in all of history and all of redemption is to the praise of the glory of God’s grace.

Our God is the faithful one. He surely does what he has committed himself to do for his people.

God’s holiness means that he is in a class by himself, infinitely above and distinct from all else. He is transcendent.

Paul calls Christians “saints” dozens of times in his letters — far more than any other name. What does it mean?

Paul uses a variety of names to describe Jesus, and they are all meaningful. What can we learn from each?

Are there really two wills in God? If so, what difference does that make for how we read the Bible?

What does it mean to be an apostle? Are they different from disciples? And why does it matter?

A former Pharisee, a converted persecutor of the church, a man with two names, but one holy ambition: the apostle Paul.

What is at the heart of the book of Philippians? The display of the beauty of the gospel, the supreme worth of Christ, and the glory of God.

One of the most overlooked ways to love the saints each week is to look them in the eye and greet them.

When we live for the glory of God, we join God in living for his ultimate purpose in all things.

Our needs being met will never be limited by anything lacking in God. He has riches upon riches of mercy for those who ask him.

Should I take God’s promises to provide for all my needs in every circumstance literally?

How can our actions, filled with mixed motives, ever please a holy God?

Invest your treasure in heaven through faith-filled, Spirit-empowered, Christ-exalting good works on earth.

As pastors, we must actively strive to make it clear that we do not do what we do for money.

God counts it a beautiful thing when churches show that their treasure is in heaven by giving to kingdom work on earth.

How can I go hungry to the glory of God? How can I lose a child to the glory of God? How can I receive a promotion to the glory of God?

We tend to think contentment in Christ is hardest when life is hard, and easier when life is more comfortable, but reality says the opposite.

If we are truly content in Christ, our contentment will increasingly silence all our grumbling.

The secret to overcoming obstacles is not believing that you can do anything you put your mind to, but doing whatever you do in the strength of Christ.

Real happiness is untethered from this world. Whether we abound or are brought low, we have Christ.

A wise person not only knows what he wants to say, but how others will hear him say it.

How can I live to experience peace in the presence of God?

What do you think about most? How you answer the question will reveal how much of the peace of God you experience.

One way to find peace beyond our circumstances is to set our minds on things above our circumstances.

The peace of God is not a calm stream to jump in when life becomes difficult. It is a home we live in, at all times, as we wait for heaven.

Replace anxiety with this way of life: In whatever would make you anxious and cause you not to rejoice, go vertical in prayer.

Paul says, “Do not be anxious about anything,” but does that really mean anything? Is any Christian anxiety good?

“The Lord is at hand.” The apostle Paul wrote that more than 2,000 years ago, so why hasn’t Jesus come yet?

Let people hear your gentle responses. Let God hear your cries for help.

How could we possibly, in our world full of sin and death, “rejoice always”?

Countless ways exist to ruin your eternity and go to hell. Only one Way leads to eternal life: Jesus Christ.

Sin’s burden breaks the soul’s back. Jesus’s burden strengthens the soul and leads to rest.

Christ invites you to lay down self-sufficiency and come find rest for your soul in him, a rest that can never be taken.

Thousands saw Jesus, but did not see him. Millions read the Bible and do not worship Jesus. Salvation belongs to the Lord.

The pride of man is eternally humbled by the simple fact that unless God reveals himself to us, we could never have repented or believed.

If God does not reveal himself to us, even the wisest, the strongest, the richest will not find him.

God has hidden works from some that if performed would have caused them to repent. Why?

Some cities, Jesus says, are worse than Sodom. How they responded to him increased their judgment.

Even healing can be dangerous, if we do not reckon with the purpose of our healing: repentance.

The frustrations and grievances we carry against other Christians would feel different if we could see their names written in the book of life.

Pastors are not called to create unity in the body of Christ. They are called to help their people maintain it.

Reconciliation between believers in our churches will require more than the pastor’s preaching or our private Bible reading.

Christians share more than the same worldview. They share the same heart, the same mind, the same body, and the same Savior.

Some people who teach the Bible should not be teaching the Bible. Here is an example from the Bible.

Jesus is not a small Savior for small sins against God. Jesus is the global Savior for a world full of children of wrath.

From the small and lowly city of Bethlehem came the great ruler of the whole world.