What Is Sin?

What Is Sin?

What Is Sin? by John C.A. Ferguson   We are called to contend against sin (Heb. 12:4), but what is sin? The Bible provides us with a definition: “Sin is lawlessness” (1 John 3:4). The Westminster Shorter Catechism describes it as “any want of conformity unto, or...
Keeping His Commandments

Keeping His Commandments

Keeping His Commandments   1 John 2:3–6 “And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments. Whoever says ‘I know him’ but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him, but whoever keeps his word, in him truly...
What God Values

What God Values

What God Values by Kyle Borg   If you could look at your life the way an outside observer would, what would you conclude that you value? Our calendars, bank statements, and to-do lists often reveal more than we intend. They might expose priorities that are...
Just Be Still

Just Be Still

Just Be Still by Joel E. Kim   We are distracted people. Our days are filled with noise—digital noise, cultural noise, internal noise—and the relentless pressure to keep moving and be busy. Schedules full of meetings, meals, and activities are seen as ideals....
The Way of Balaam

The Way of Balaam

The Way of Balaam See original post here. 2 Peter 2:15–16 “Forsaking the right way, they have gone astray. They have followed the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved gain from wrongdoing, but was rebuked for his own transgression; a speechless donkey spoke with...