Battling Jealousy
The jealousy of God is both righteous and loving; often, our jealousy is sinful and selfish. How can Christians distinguish these jealousies?
The jealousy of God is both righteous and loving; often, our jealousy is sinful and selfish. How can Christians distinguish these jealousies?
Envy rises up out of a resentful, discontent hearts. Therefore, trust in God’s goodness is the believer’s secret weapon in the battle against envy.
The Holy Spirit testifies that believers are God’s children by working good fruit in their lives and a cry in their hearts: “Father! Lord!”
Behind sexual scenes in entertainment swirls a sea of lust, adultery, and hate — sexual sin that killed Jesus, and that Jesus died to kill.
The four steps of biblical discipline are designed to keep the church holy and pure while it loves the unrepentant back to Jesus.
Pastor John defines selfishness and discusses the holy pursuit for joy in prayers.
Pastor John talks about God’s plan to take his glory to the nations, the spreading of his name.
Self-satisfied hearts that don’t see their desperate need for the all-satisfying Christ are the seedbed for lukewarm Christianity.
Many of us marry with little idea of the gifts and hardships ahead. So what would Pastor John tell his newly married self?
Work, play, and sleep like a Calvinist — outproduce, outplay, and outdream everyone by trusting in your sovereign God.