Without a doubt, prayer is one of God’s greatest gifts to us. I mean, can you believe that the God of the universe takes requests from us? That He invites us into conversation? That He wants us to express our hearts to Him? That’s amazing! Inherent to the act of prayer is the reality that the one praying expects a “yes” to…
CONNECT people to Christ and POUR into their lives His teaching so they'll OVERFLOW for the glory of God
CONNECT people to Christ and POUR into their lives His teaching so they'll OVERFLOW for the glory of God
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On my drive up to Lafayette, IN on Sunday, I had the privilege of listening to half the audio from this year’s Desiring God Pastors Conference. You can access the audio here and John Piper’s biography of Robert Murray McCheyne here. The theme this year was “The Powerful Life of the Praying Pastor.” Even if you’re not a pastor, it would be a…
The Scripture is full of prophecy, but probably the most intriguing is the prophecy of 70 weeks given to Daniel in Daniel 9:24-27. Along with intriguing, it’s also rather contested as to what it all actually means. Three basic noteworthy interpretations have been put forth in church history: the Figurative View, the Futurist View, and the Fulfilled View. In this article, I…
Wouldn’t it be something if the United States Congress and President Obama declared that in 2012 all debts in the United States of America will be erased? Now don’t get all political on me and start hollering about the growing extent and abuse of government under the current administration. Work with me here! If this were to happen, I’m not sure how…
“Can I be a preacher someday, Pastor Ben?” said the smiling little 9-year-old boy across the desk from me. One of my joys every Sunday morning is having some of the young ones come say good morning to me there in my office. They usually want to show me their outfit, new toy, or doll, but yesterday, I had one wanting to…
The prophet Daniel got some really hard news in Daniel 8. He received a vision from God telling him about this terrible ruler to come who would persecute and kill Daniel’s kinsmen and would even directly oppose God. To be honest, Daniel didn’t take it well. First, he swooned and passed out (Dan 8:17-18). Then, he lay deflated and sick for days…
It’s inevitable. One day your young child as he or she developmentally matures will have their eyes opened to fact that people are different. People come in many shapes, sizes, portions, abilities, tones, traits, and trappings, and up to a certain age, your little one will innocently be blind to all of this. But that will change. One day they’ll begin to notice differences…
Do you ever find yourself faking kindness or love to somebody? Maybe it’s that person that sort of gets under your skin. Maybe it’s that person who hurt you in the past. Maybe it’s that person that you just don’t like or have a bad feeling about. What if that person is in your church? Should you just continue to fake it?…
Well, the Christmas season is finally fully upon us. Indeed, it is the most wonderful time of the year, but it’s also one of the most stressful times of the year. Can I get a witness?! Do you ever walk away from a holiday family get-together saying, “Man, I’ve got one messed up family,”? I mean, everybody has that Cousin Eddie from…
One of the most fascinating doctrines of the Bible is the doctrine of end times, properly called eschatology. If you were to ask the average person, particularly in the Southern Baptist Convention, what’s going to happen in the end, they would certainly affirm that Jesus Christ is coming back, but they’d also likely say that Jesus’ return will be in two stages. …