Do You Look to the Reward?

Do You Look to the Reward?

Do You Look to the Reward?

What do soldiers, farmers, athletes, and Christians have in common? We endure, through discomfort, to get the reward.

Do You Delight in God?

Do You Delight in God?

Do You Delight in God?

God invites us not only to trust him, fear him, and obey him, but to enjoy him. For as we do, our happiness is full in him, and his glory is great in us.

Popular Collections: Classic Messages; Conference Messages; Bethlehem Sermons; Biographies; Seminars

Popular References: Romans 8; Hebrews 10; Philippians 1; John 3; Isaiah 55

Popular Topics: Christian Hedonism; World Missions; Pastoral Ministry; Suffering; The Gospel

Popular Series: Romans: The Greatest Letter Ever Written; The Gospel of John; Hebrews; Acts: What Jesus Did After the Beginning; 1 Peter: Grow in the Grace & Knowledge of Christ

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God-Centered Children: Teaching Our Kids the Biggest Vision

God-Centered Children

Teaching Our Kids the Biggest Vision

Faithful parents and teachers speak to kids on their level, but they also aim to create new concepts, new structures of thought, new ways of viewing reality.

The Beauty of Reformed Theology

The Beauty of Reformed Theology

Reformed theology is beautiful because the God of sovereign grace is beautiful. The doctrines are windows — he is the glory.

Every Promise Is Yes in Him: The Privilege and Power of Union with Christ

Every Promise Is Yes in Him

The Privilege and Power of Union with Christ

Apart from union with Christ, we would have no access to God’s promises and no reason to rejoice in affliction. But in Christ, every promise of God is Yes.

Serious Joy: The Root of Sacrificial Love

Serious Joy

The Root of Sacrificial Love

How can Christians be freed from selfishness so that, at any cost to ourselves, we love others in a way that makes Christ look great? Answer: joy.

Jars of Clay: Pastoral Grit for the Glory of Christ

Jars of Clay

Pastoral Grit for the Glory of Christ

The apostle Paul was no stranger to ministry’s many strains. Yet for all his afflictions, he neither lost heart nor tampered with the truth. How?

No Neutrality: The Illusion of Indifference to Jesus

No Neutrality

The Illusion of Indifference to Jesus

No one can be neutral about Jesus Christ. Either he will have our heart and soul, our life and obedience — or hell will.

Truth Triumphs Through Providence

Truth Triumphs Through Providence

When God makes a promise, he keeps it. And he keeps it through his purposeful, all-wise, absolute sovereignty — through his providence.

Zeal: To Live with All Your Might

Zeal: To Live with All Your Might

God’s will is not simply that we obey God’s will, but that we obey it in a certain way: with all of our might for all of our life.

Toward Need, Not Comfort: The Blood-Bought Path of the Good Samaritan

Toward Need, Not Comfort

The Blood-Bought Path of the Good Samaritan

You don’t have to be Christian to love the story of the Good Samaritan. But applauding Luke’s parable apart from his Gospel contradicts his purpose.

Truth Triumphs Through Pleasure

Truth Triumphs Through Pleasure

When the Bible speaks of “truth,” it refers ultimately to God himself. Therefore, truth demands more than just our minds — truth will have our whole hearts, now and forever.

When You Pray: Speaking to God Alone and Together

When You Pray

Speaking to God Alone and Together

Our God isn’t just a speaking God — he’s a listening God. Whether we come to him in secret or side by side, God delights to hear his people pray.

Go Where God Walks: The Everyday Paths of Astonishing Grace

Go Where God Walks

The Everyday Paths of Astonishing Grace

God does not leave us to ourselves after saving us. His grace continues to flow to us through his appointed means: Bible reading, prayer, and fellowship.

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