...When we admit that we are wrestling with spiritual hosts of evil in the heavenly place, we must also recognize that the battle is being fought in our everyday interactions in the church and in the home.

Eschatology is about God’s ultimate goal—his telos, his purpose, his intended end—of creation. God makes nothing purposelessly—to exist is to have a telos. And the telos of creation is its glorification.

...When we come to the end of a long life, we may find that our prized possessions are not the things that cost the most money or have the most intrinsic value. Instead, they are simple expressions of love...

All history is theological, because all of life is theological. God has woven history and theology so tightly that any attempt to separate the two mars both. So history never happens in a vacuum.

...The cynic might conclude that Christianity has become the world’s largest religion because of mass manipulation and political coercion. But Christians know that can’t be the case.

...The church at Philippi knew something about living in a spiritually hostile environment. Yet Paul’s letter to them is optimistic and joyful, containing some of our favorite verses...

...Without acknowledging the balance we ought to strive for, we risk misrepresenting Christ with either too much holiness and not enough love, or too much love and not enough holiness.

...Discouragement with the state of the modern church and an overly optimistic view of church history have caused some Christians to believe that the church once had a golden age.

It seems like everywhere we turn lately, there are news stories of wars, economic troubles, severe weather, and terrible tragedies. For the believer, God invites us to bring all our troubles to him.

If you have been a Christian for any amount of time, you know that spiritual passion, sight, and affections ebb and flow. At times, we can be strong and vibrant. Other times we long for God's refreshment...

...In light of these illustrations, we might put our hearts to the test, to see if we have really understood and grasped that we believe in Scripture’s revelation of God as unchangeable and perfectly holy.

...It is our joy to be called before the living God to sing in His presence. However, if we are to prepare ourselves for this action, service, with this attitude, gladness, on what truths do we need to think?

...Here are a few of the commands through which God reveals how He desires for believers to live out their Christian lives organically with other believers in the local church...

...Worship is reflective. It’s reflective of all those things we are feeling but can’t rightly express...But worship is not only reflective; worship is determinative. What we sing gives shape to the present.

In looking over the landscape of the church today, it seems that the holiness of God has largely been forgotten, overlooked, and ignored...The chief reason why the church today fails to pursue holiness is...