How can we be joyful in troubled times?

There’s a lot going on in the world today.  There are plenty of reasons for people to be at each other’s throats, and quite often we take advantage of it.  People are coming down on every side of these issues, with very few in the middle working for resolution.   I’m struggling with how to deal…

Test the Spirit

The following quote came from Martyn Lloyd-Jones, on 1 John 4:1. “The position of the Scripture is one that faces two extremes: The Spirit is essential, and experience is vital; however, truth and definition and doctrine and dogma are equally vital and essential. And our whole position is one that proclaims that experience that is…

What a Christian looks like

John R W Stott sums up the beatitudes perfectly with these words. The beatitudes paint a comprehensive portrait of a Christian disciple. We see him first alone on his knees before God, acknowledging his spiritual poverty and mourning over it. This makes him meek or gentle in all his relationships, since honesty compels him to…

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