So, if you are working through feelings of not wanting to go to church, it is important to examine your heart and motives. Humbly bring this to the Lord in prayer: Why do I not feel like going to church?

Moses received the Commandments on a mountain shrouded in darkness and smoke, but Jesus’ words bring light. Jesus’ teaching illuminates new dimensions of the Ten Commandments...

Anyone who attempts to earn his own righteousness, however zealous he may be, carries out a fool’s errand. His attempts will only fail. Even using the Old Testament law this way will end in failure.

...No matter where you live, the death rate is a constant...Some live longer than others, but in the grand scheme of things, even the longest life is just a vapor, here and then gone.

If true Christians would vote for their biblical values, we would live in a very different country today. Some Christians have biblical values but do not vote. And some Christians have not been taught how...

...Paul’s approach to government bears significance as a model for all believers. It is a great irony that many contemporary Evangelicals stand more aloof from the political than did the apostle, despite our...

...The separation between the two major factions goes back a long ways, even preceding the time of the founding of the United States.  It relates to epistemology, how that we know what we know.

Politics is important, so it’s good for Christians to be active in an election season. But politics isn’t ultimate, so we shouldn’t be anxious in an election season. But fighting political anxiety is easier said than done.

Election Day is tomorrow.. I cannot write everything I would like to say about how Christians should think about this election, but I do want to lay down three principles that should guide us as we vote.

...Whether on the local, state, or federal level, the most concerning aspect of born-again believers should not be who our leaders are but the lack of defending and seeking a Christian worldview.

...We have thus set before us in this manifesto, on the one hand, human depravity which requires lifelong repentance, and on the other the full and free grace of God in Christ, which requires a living faith.

We are all aware of the the “gender gap” in the 2024 United States Presidential Election.  One side gets the women’s vote and the other side get’s the men’s vote. This itself is a scriptural issue.

...As Christians, we know that Bible prophecy tells us that Iran will still live to attack Israel another day.

The words were there all the time, but it was just this past week that they leaped off the page as never before. Previously, I had hurried past them to contemplate the fulfillment of Psalm 83:3-12 and...

...Do we even have a civic responsibility when we are called to preach the Gospel to the Lost and to make Disciples? The short answer is yes, we do.

Disciple-making stands at the core of a church’s mission. While many churches emphasize disciple-making in their mission or vision statements, a question remains: Are we truly making disciples?

...Why would anyone choose to go to church to hear preaching? Preaching seems to be just another example of the church being out of touch, out of date, and out of steam.

Christians look at death differently than the world does, so why should Christians never fear death? Believers should not fear death because after death, we will be in the presence of the Lord...

...When we understand that God in his wisdom, power, and providence wastes nothing of our experience, then we begin to see our experience in a different way.

Christianity will always be “strange” to the world and its wisdom because of the resurrection. This truth (resurrection) is intrinsic to the gospel message and essential to God’s plan of redemption.

...When we talk about contentment, we’re talking about real enemies and spiritual armor. True contentment isn’t light, like a balloon. It’s weighty, an anchor that holds us fast through storms and deep waters.