Knowing & Doing

How can we present Jesus Christ to the world in a way that is simultaneously authentic and relevant? How can we be loyal to the authentic Jesus and simultaneously present him relevantly to our contemporaries?  Read this article online.

Do you desire to be successful? What would that look like? In our world today there are numerous definitions of success and failure. But God’s blessing, God’s protection, God’s presence, God’s grace, God’s peace—that all adds up to being fulfilled and being complete. That is success. Anything else is, ultimately, failure. Read this article online.

You can experience the freedom and fulness of life that God intended. Discover how you can be set free and empowered to live a new life—a life that transforms, blesses others, and glorifies God. To read this article online, please click here.

In this issue we turn our attention to our treatment of “the flesh,” the third member of what has been called “the unholy trinity.” If we don’t understand the flesh rightly, we cannot rightly understand sin and how to deal with it. This is the heritage of everyone born into the world since Adam and Eve. To read this article online, please click here.

What does the New Testament mean by the word world? In this issue we will seek to understand the world system, its origin and nature, and how the devil works through it to enslave and destroy God’s people and thwart His kingdom. This is part two in a four-part series. To read this article online, please click here.

The world, the flesh, and the devil present three major hindrances to following Jesus Christ. In part one of a four-part series we'll explore what the Bible teaches about the devil. And you'll learn how you can overcome the presence and power of evil in your life. To read this article online, please click here.

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In this second installment of Who is God?, Tom Tarrants explores the unchanging nature of God as revealed in the Bible. Read this article online.

Recommended Reading:

The Deep Things of God: How the Trinity Changes Everything by Fred Sanders (Crossway, 2010)

The greatest need of every true believer (and nonbeliever) today is the recovery of a right view of God. From this flows everything else. Read this article online.

Recommended Reading:

The Knowledge of the Holy by A.W. Tozer

Dr. McGrath shares ways in which the Christian faith helps us make sense of the world and how natural sciences can help our thinking about our faith. Read this article online.

Recommended Reading:

Science & Religion: A New Introduction by Alister McGrath (2020)

Most of us live our daily existence in denial of the possibility of death. Yet how does an awareness of our mortality affect the way that we live? When we schedule our priorities and follow our passions without regard to eternity, our vision becomes distorted. We miss the big picture. Gary Thomas shares insights into how a Christian understanding of death can help us turn our lives the right side up. Read this article online.