I love Romans chapter 8. If you’re a Christian, I imagine you love it too. What Paul so beautifully describes rings with a hope we recognize, a hope that resonates deep within our souls and stirs longing for our far-off homeland, our heavenly one. In Romans 8, we catch glimpses of “the glory that is…
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How Much Money Do I Need to Retire?
Audio Transcript How much money does an American need to retire? That question was in the air this spring after the Wall Street Journal featured a piece by Andrew Biggs titled “You Don’t Need to Be a Millionaire to Retire” (April 18, 2024). In part, he wrote that “according to a new survey from Northwestern…
God-Centered Children: Teaching Our Kids the Biggest Vision
We have a mission statement at Desiring God with several lines in it. The last line goes like this: “. . . grounded in, governed by, and saturated with the infallible Christian Scriptures.” That’s what we exist to be, and that’s what we encourage other ministries to be. So, one of the main reasons I’m…
Should We Baptize Holy Infants? The Meaning of a Puzzling Passage
One of the more difficult and controversial verses in the Bible is 1 Corinthians 7:14: “For the unbelieving husband is sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified through her believing husband; for otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are holy” (NASB 1995). Christians disagree about the implications of this verse…
Do You Feel Forsaken? Our Hidden Hope in Darkest Pain
In the days leading up to the death of my three-year-old son, Daniel, God deeply assured me of his gracious care for my family and me. One late night, I sat alone with my son in the intensive care unit, my Bible in hand. Knowing he had only a few days left, my heart was…
How God Guards You
Audio Transcript First Peter 1:5 holds a very special place in your life, Pastor John — a precious text about God’s keeping power over his children, of those “who by God’s power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.” So precious. This is the promise that…
Wholly Spirit, Wholly You: The Real Adventure of Life in Christ
Quest stories captivate us. Whether it’s Bilbo’s journey there and back again or Dante’s ascent to Paradise or Reepicheep’s voyage to find the utter East — we find the pilgrimage narrative irresistible, especially if the road teems with adventure and the hero is transformed into someone lovely. There is a reason The Odyssey has fired…
The traditions of our fathers.
The traditions of our fathers. Posted by appolus on October 12, 2024 I am convinced that 1 Cor 12-14 just cannot exist within the traditions of our fathers. One of the reasons the hippies, the “Jesus freaks,” of the late 60s and early 70s were so refreshing is that the Lord took their rebellion against organized…
He whispers in my ear
He whispers in my ear Posted by appolus on October 12, 2024 Wrote this song a number of years ago, I pray that it blesses you……………bro Frank This entry was posted on October 12, 2024 at 7:16 am and is filed under worship, worship music. Tagged: hymn, songs of praise, worship, worship music. You can follow…
In these last days of ours.
In the solemn days of our times who will search His word, who will search their hearts? Shall we ignore God? Shall we desperately try to keep going and keep doing what we were doing before? If the locusts descended upon you and the whole earth shook should you not look to the heavens and…