Walk in a Manner Worthy of the Gospel

The Apostle Paul not only urged believers in his letters to evaluate their own lives, but often did so with the reminder that he would be coming soon to do his own evaluation. No one desires their life to be unduly evaluated by others but we need to remember that the...

Freed from the Power of Sin

We have many images of the new life of the believer in Scripture where the differences between the believer and the unbeliever stand out in sharp contrast: blind/seeing, darkness/light, old/new, dead/alive, lost/found, slavery/freedom, enmity/friendship, and children...

We Are to Live by Faith

George Muller, the 19th century English pastor, is best known for his orphan ministry, where his faith in God allowed him to build five orphan houses and care for over 10,000 orphans. In his autobiography, Muller cites the primary reason for establishing this ministry...

The New Nature

2 Corinthians 5:17 Imagine how the Corinthians, a troubled and sometimes raucous church, must have marveled to read the words penned to them by the Apostle Paul under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit: Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old...