Photo by Sincerely Media on Unsplash My (Nate’s) hope/aim is to share a brief word each day from the passages I’ve read in my time with Jesus. This year I’m reading through the Bible. I did this for several years but in the last two years, I took a break and did a more concentrated reading through…
Photo by Callum Chapman on Unsplash The book of Jonah is a good reminder to obey and trust God. But how often do we read it and still think we’re not like Jonah? I mean, he literally attempted to run from God, traveling the opposite direction God told him to go. We laugh when we read that because…
You can memorize Scripture! One of the deepest, richest spiritual disciplines is memorizing Scripture. Memorization aids our fight against sin, reinforces the soul-stirring beauty of the gospel in our hearts, and, as Don Whitney says, is “like reinforcing steel to a sagging faith.” It allows us to store truth in our hearts to which we…
As a husband, dad of four, pastor of a church, and Ph.D student (in that order!), people often ask me how they can pray for me. There must be something in my eyes that cries out, “Help!” Most of the time, my answer reflects whatever is most pressing on my mind at that moment. Busy…
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*This article originally appeared at For the Church (ftc.co). When someone like Rachel Held Evans responds to something Tim Keller tweets, especially when she responds negatively, social media heats up a few degrees. Last December, Tim Keller tweeted: “Evangelicals have generally believed in the authority of the whole Bible, in contrast to mainline Protestants, who…
Photo by Thomas Kelley on Unsplash I found Dee Jepsen’s words insightful, clear and most importantly, biblical. Read and pass on to a friend.
In this short video Dr. Whitney (from Southern Seminary) shares about how he did family worship with his kids growing up. It’s simple and therefore, easily reproducible. And may I just add this word of wisdom for those of you who feel utterly defeated when you hear the words “family worship”: if you’re doing anything, just…
God is the doer of marriage because, in the becoming of one flesh, a man and a woman are experiencing a union that God himself performs. And this is the most weighty and perhaps the most crucial of all. John Piper You can watch his sermon on this very topic here.
It’s essential in confronting the charge of hypocrisy. It’s essential in escaping the life of hypocrisy. God is the God of truth. Jesus is the way, the truth and the life. The Scriptures are the truth. The gospel is the word of truth. Conversion is a turnaround triggered by truth. Discipleship is the way of…
Theology Along the Way 