As we discussed last week, Christmas can be a perfect time to teach children about Jesus. For Christians, the Advent season encompasses the four weeks leading up to Christmas. The purpose of this season is to stir our longing for Jesus as we celebrate his first coming and look forward to his second coming. Church, … Continue reading Christmas Resources for Kids (Part Two)
It may be hard to believe, but Christmas is just around the corner. As you prepare for this upcoming advent season, you are likely considering gift ideas for those on your list. One gift that you may consider giving to someone this year is a Bible. Whether it be a family member, friend, fellow church … Continue reading Bibles Make Excellent Christmas Gifts (Part One)
Christmas is a perfect time to teach children about Jesus. Opportunities arise because of nativity scenes, song lyrics, ornaments, and other references to Jesus they are likely to hear during the season. However, Christmas can also be a difficult time to teach children about Jesus. There is an ever increasing cultural shift away from the … Continue reading Christmas Resources for Kids (Part One)
Making time for Bible reading and prayer as personal daily worship is essential to the Christian life. Much of the Christian life is corporate in nature, however, the Christian life is also personal. For this reason many believers include the use of a guide in Bible reading and prayer. Whether it is a Bible reading … Continue reading New Devotionals for Personal Worship
Men are likely to not attend church gathering nor be engaged in other religious activities. There are a variety of reasons for this trend. One reason for this phenomenon may be a lack of biblical literacy. That is not to say that men can’t read, but that they don’t read the Bible and have little … Continue reading ESV Men’s Study Bible
As we near the end of the year we will hear increased talk of New Year’s resolutions. These are self improvement goals that people set and likely abandon by the end of January. Most people set the goal of losing weight, reading more, being nicer, etc. Some people even desire to grow spiritually and incorporate … Continue reading Three Crossway Devotionals for 2023
For more than a quarter century the New American Standard Bible (NASB) has stood as a popular English Bible translation. Countless pastors and laypeople have trusted its essentially literal translation philosophy of the 1995 edition. In 2020 the Lockman Foundation published a revised and updated edition of the NASB. This new edition did not receive … Continue reading NASB 2020: A New Edition for a New Generation
November 4, 2020“In all the years I’ve been writing, I have never had to type words more difficult, more devastating than these: Yesterday the Lord called my son to himself—my dear son, my sweet son, my kind son, my godly son, my only son.” So begins Tim Challies’s new book Seasons of Sorrow (Zondervan, 2022). … Continue reading Trusting the Lord in Seasons of Sorrow
“The saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task” (1 Timothy 3:1, ESV). Yet many times, while noble, the task of being a pastor is often under appreciated. We take for granted the long hours pastors put in to care for the congregation to which they have … Continue reading Featured Bibles For Pastor Appreciation Month
Work. This is a word that we all know well. Everyone must work in some capacity in order to make a living and provide for their family. Many spend an entire lifetime trying to figure out the perfect fit for their career. For most people in the workforce, they spend the majority of their working … Continue reading Redeeming The Grind and The Glory of Work
“I don’t like music. I love it.” So writes pastor, church-planter, and hymn-writer Chris Anderson. Man oh man, I love it too. Don’t we all? Needless to say, he hooked me from the start. In his new book, Theology That Sticks: The Life-Changing Power of Exceptional Hymns (Church Works Media), Anderson seeks to compel every … Continue reading The Life-Changing Power of Hymns
What is providence? We hear that term in church and among fellow Christians, but do we fully understand what it is and how it applies to our lives? Among many within the reformed tradition, much is made of the sovereignty of God. We understand that God is fully in charge of the universe and can … Continue reading Understanding God’s Purposeful Sovereignty
