Rejecting God and choosing man. Posted by appolus on May 2, 2023 1Sa 10:19 And you have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and you have said unto him, no, but set a king over us. It seems very obvious what God is saying to…
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Are You Glad to Be a Woman?
As a third grader of average size and ability, I had no outward reason to aspire to be the first to finish the mile. Not only was I average, but this wasn’t a competition. We were merely running as a physical-fitness assessment for gym class. Yet inside me was an overwhelming urge to win —…
Too Busy for Beauty: How Productivity Can Starve a Soul
Many are the hindrances to our spiritual flourishing. Weights cling, whenever possible, to stop us from running (Hebrews 12:1–2). They fasten themselves to our feet, hold us down, and stop the soul from soaring to heaven. What do these burdens look like? Their appearance is varied, and often subtle. Rarely assuming the form of evident…
Can I Be Saved If I Never Evangelize?
Audio Transcript Good Monday, and thank you for listening to the podcast. As Christians, we love the good news that Jesus Christ has “abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel” (2 Timothy 1:10). This salvation is a great gift to us. But it’s not the greatest gift. The gospel is…
The challenge of the second generation.
The challenge of the second generation. Posted by appolus on April 30, 2023 1Sa 8:1 And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel………………….And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment. Is it not an incredible thing…
Avoiding the traps.
Avoiding the traps. Posted by appolus on April 30, 2023 We, man, are cursed with a religious spirit that dwells within our flesh. It’s a merit based spirit therefore it diametrically opposes grace. And yet the religious spirit knows that it stands in opposition to grace and knows that it is defeated and therefore it…
The Forgotten Habit: Fellowship as a Means of God’s Grace
We nixed the name “Fellowship Hall.” Our church purchased the building three years ago. “Fellowship Hall” had been the name we inherited for the other big room. Recently, in the process of doing some renovations, we needed to formalize a name for each room. The sign now reads, “Chapel.” The word fellowship has fallen on…
Will My Marriage Ever Be More? Counsel for Disappointed Wives
We know marriage is hard. We all learn that by the second week. But there are different kinds of hard. There is hard and hopeful, and there is hard and hopeless. The most difficult marriage, of course, is the one that is hard, distant, and with little reason to think it will change. In some…
Sleep Beneath His Promises: Learning Rest from the Psalms
On some nights, as the lights go off and the house grows quiet, a restful hush seems to descend on everything around us — but not on us. We lie on our bed like Gideon’s fleece, the only dry spot in a world bedewed with sleep. A thousand thoughts may keep us awake when all…
Should Men Still Pray with Lifted Hands?
Audio Transcript Good Friday, everyone. On this podcast we regularly take questions about how the early church did things. And then we ask what practices that we read about in our Bibles are directly transferable to our local churches today. Within that category would fit today’s email from a listener named Robbie in Kentucky. “Pastor…