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Jesus tells us to love our enemies, but how can we when real injustice is committed against us?

Without holiness you will not see the Lord. Without knowing what holiness means you may never attain it. So what does it really mean to be holy?

With calloused hands and sweaty brow, the Christian rests knowing that his labor in Christ is not in vain.

Pride is a recipe for disaster. But God's luscious logic cooks the cuisine of humility.

“Baptism now saves you?” What in the world does 1 Peter 3:21 mean?

The Christian life is truly worth living. Following Jesus gives us the opportunity to show a dying world what real life looks like.

You’ve given your sins room and board for long enough. Evict them and follow Jesus into the light.

We can live for our will or God’s will, or we could have our passions so transformed that we need not choose between the two.

The apostle John tells us that many antichrists are in the world. What value is there in learning about them?

The enemy’s flaming darts and God’s Great Commission make spiritual warfare unavoidable, and spiritual pacifism suicidal. So, how do we arm ourselves for combat?

Christ did not die to domesticate your sin and make it your pet. His death took the monster out back and killed it.

Once saved, always saved? If so, how do we explain friends, family, and even church leaders who walk away from the faith?

Finding spiritual gems in the Bible is hard work. How do we dig into a verse when we don’t know what it means?

Our hearts break when we repay God’s faithfulness, kindness, and love with sin. What should we do after our spiritual adultery has left us broken, guilty, and distant from God?

Jesus is the only human who ever chose to be born, so why did he come? The Bible’s answer may not be the same as yours.

In this lab, Pastor John teaches us how to cultivate fearless faith.

Anxiety hangs over many of our heads like a dark cloud. How do we break free from the fears and worries that follow us everywhere we go?

Some of the most beautiful aspects of who God is and what he does are buried in poetry in the Bible. Do we skip over it?

Did God bury promises to you in the Old Testament? Many of us apply Israel’s promises to ourselves today — but should we?

What does it mean to walk by faith? Here are five steps for whatever temptation, challenge, or heartache you are facing.

Certain verses in the Bible seem to contradict others. What should we do when come to one of those verses?

More than a third of you will have cancer at some point in life. Do you have a few verses to cling to when the diagnosis comes?

If you only believe in Jesus to get out of hell, you are not a Christian. True Christians want to be forgiven because the forgiven get to be with God.

The hardest commands in the Bible are not the commands to serve, to abstain, or to forgive. They’re the commands to feel. How do we rejoice when we don’t feel any joy?

Some Christians who know the most, love and do the least. So how exactly does right thinking move through our hearts to right feeling and doing?

We all carry wounds inflicted by others — the father who abandoned us, the friend who betrayed us, or the co-worker who lied about us. What part does God play in our pain?

When the world mocks and despises us for our faith, we often want to lash back. God has a better way of shaming those who abuse his followers.

Guilt over sin makes quiet Christians who are full of shame. How can we cleanse our conscience so that we share more boldly?

All Christians know non-Christians. Whether with co-workers, spouses, parents, or acquaintances, a critical question faces us daily: How do I give a defense for my faith?

With terrorism, political instability, and social unrest, much of our culture is given to fear and anxiety. In the face of such realities, should Christians fear the things that the world does?

Do you ever stop to meditate on the Bible? Do you even know what it means to meditate? Here’s a model to help you slow down and really think while you read.

When was the last time you were asked about your hope in Christ? The world will only ask us when they see something in us dramatically different from themselves.

God promises to bless Christians who suffer while living faithfully for his glory, whatever that suffering may be. But what is the blessing, and how does it come?

If you are Christ’s, no one in this world can ultimately harm you. They can only serve God’s good purposes for you and bring you greater blessing.

Jesus did not die only to ransom you from hell. He died to ransom you from wasting your life here on earth.

Should Christians be motivated by blessing when we love our enemies? And if we should be, how is that not works-based righteousness?

How would you describe the core of the Christian faith? Do you have a place you would turn in the Bible? Here are two verses that give us the good news.

How does our future inheritance in heaven help us suffer well? The answer is one key to loving those who wrong and mistreat us.

We do not have immediate control over our feelings, so how do we obey commands to feel? Here are five places to start in pursuing changes in your personality.

We know we are supposed to love our enemies, to bless those who curse or revile us, but how do we do that? Where does that kind of heart and response come from?

Why does God love and bless his undeserving children like he does? These seven verses unlock several reasons, including one that should shape the direction and purpose of your life.

The Bible says that the way a man treats his wife might interfere with his prayer life. Is God not listening to you because you’re not listening to her?

If your wife loves Jesus, you are living with a queen of the universe, an heir of infinite glory. You should be amazed that you get to live with her.

Peter calls wives the weaker vessel. Is that out-dated analysis, offensive sexisim, or just generally true? The right answer will help men honor women well.

Husbands are called to love their wives differently than wives love their husbands, but not completely differently. For instance, husbands submit in marriage, too.

If Jesus loved Lazarus enough to let him die, what can we learn from this about love? Here are three important principles for how we should love one another.

Jesus loved Lazarus, and Jesus let Lazarus die. Is that possible? Love does not always look like what we expect.

The New Testament letters are some of most straightforward books in the Bible to interpret and apply. Should we read the other parts of the Bible, like the stories, differently?

Submission is a controversial and sensitive subject in our society. As we define what it is, it is just as important for us to clarify what it is not.

Underneath a wife’s submission to her husband must be the anchor of fearless hope in God. Where does that come from and where do we see it?