God’s providence and provision show up all across the Bible, but we have to talk about them the way Scripture talks. God really does hold His world together and He really does care for His people, yet He also tells us plainly to expect trouble in this life....
Proverbs does not start by talking about your mouth, your money, or your work ethic. It starts by telling you what kind of book you are holding, what it is meant to do in you, and what posture you need if you want it to help you. Proverbs 1:1-7 is the front porch...
John is not handing out a motivational label for elite Christians. He is describing what is true of everyone who has been born of God. In 1 John 5:4-5, the word overcome is tied to faith in a very specific Person, Jesus the Son of God. So the passage pulls our eyes...
Paul does not let us imagine a life with no real master. As we open Romans 6:16-23, he puts two masters side by side, shows what each one produces, and then presses us to live like people who have truly been transferred from one to the other. Everyone serves...
The Bible does not hand you a diet chart or a workout plan, but it does tell you how a Christian should think about the body. In 1 Corinthians 6:19-20, Paul deals with believers who were acting like the body did not matter much. He corrects that by tying the body...
Paul’s relationship with Timothy is one of the clearest pictures in the New Testament of how the Lord grows a servant and then uses him to strengthen churches. When you read 2 Timothy 2:1-2, you are listening in on a passing-the-baton moment. Paul is near the end...
People toss around the word Amen in church like it is a spiritual period at the end of a sentence. The Bible treats it as much more than that. In passages like 2 Corinthians 1:20, Amen is tied to God’s faithfulness in Jesus Christ and to the way believers agree...
God does not leave the home and the local church to guesswork. He speaks clearly, and He speaks for our good. This study begins with Titus 2:3-5, where the Lord gives practical instruction for women that reaches into everyday life, marriage, motherhood, and the...
God has not left the home to personal preference or cultural trends. He gives clear instruction for husbands and fathers that is rooted in His design and aimed at love, holiness, stability, and protection. This study begins with Ephesians 5:22-33, where marriage is...
Job puts a plain line in the sand about purity, and he puts it where most of us would rather keep things fuzzy. In Job 31:1 he says he made a covenant with his eyes, because he understood how fast a look can turn into desire and then into choices. He is not...
