Jesus came to Matthew where he was and said two words which would change Matthew’s life forever: “Follow Me.” Jesus issues the same call to his people today and there is much for us to learn from this account to aid us in appreciating and...

Judges 6 is the story of God preparing his people for deliverance. We will see that he prepared them for deliverance in at least four distinct steps. These four things were necessary for God’s people to be properly prepared to receive the salvation...

To pray is to, literally, wish toward God. Corporate prayer is to wish toward God together. If we are together in, to, through, and for the gospel, we should gather together in and for prayer.

When Jesus calls someone, he calls them to deny self, take up their cross, and follow him. This is biblical discipleship—what it means to be a disciple of Jesus. And discipleship covers every area of our existence, including marriage and family...

One of the great blessings which God has been bestowing on his church over the past thirty years is a new appreciation among his people of the centrality of the local church. “Life together,” as Bonhoeffer put it, is a biblical concept, which God...

Few things are more likely to destroy peace and harmony in a local church than an individualistic pursuit of greatness. We need to beware of this tendency and to guard against it. In our text, Jesus teaches that, if we will promote peace and harmony...

Jonathan Leeman from 9Marks and Cheverly Baptist Church in the United States considers what the Bible teaches about elder-led congregationalism.

The message of Mark 9:30–50 is that the cross of the Lord Jesus Christ should cast a very long shadow over our lives. How much does the cross of Jesus Christ affect your life? Is it constantly in the forefront? Does it influence the way you...

The Christian life is a life of contrasts: glory above but grief and groaning below. Coupled to this is the contrast between faith and unbelief. Like the disciples in this story, we find ourselves, at times, faithless—or, like the father, living...

We can’t engage in joyful acts of worship if we don’t know Jesus. The right knowledge produces the right affections, which produces the right actions.