A Risky Plan Redeemed
God is at work in the complex details of our lives for His glory and our good. So we should act in faith, be righteous, and trust God to finish […]
Agents of God’s Lovingkindness
God’s lovingkindness is oftentimes granted to us through agents of His grace. Scripture: Ruth 2
Dark Days, Bitter Heart
The book of Ruth takes place in the dark setting of the time of the judges. Everything that could go wrong seems to go wrong. What we would expect is […]
A Prayer and a Promise for Unfinished People
Paul brings his first and deeply affirming, encouraging letter to the Thessalonians to a close. He prays that their sanctification, God’s will for them, will be finished and through at […]
How to be the Family of God
What does it look like to be a family of believers headed to forever together? That’s the question Paul is answering in this text. He’s calling the believers in Thessalonica […]
The Day of the Lord
The Day of the Lord seems to be a fundamental teaching for believers. Jesus Himself spoke of it as “the coming of the Son of Man.” The Apostles of Christ […]
No One Left Behind: Hope and Comfort in the Face of Death
Christians ought to be indistinguishable from others in society in many ways. And yet, our lives should be extraordinarily different in particular ways. Death is a universal human experience, but […]
An Honorable Reputation
God desires for His people to love excessively and aspire to live uniquely for the sake of having an honorable reputation. Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:9-12
Sexual Purity
We live in a sexualized society. And while we’re 2,000 years removed from Paul’s letter to the new followers of Christ in the church of Thessalonica, our cultural situation is […]
Please God
We all know people who are hard to please. Maybe their standards are so high you can’t please them, or they change their minds about what they prefer, or they’ve […]
