Passing time, or redeeming the time? - The descendants of CainWhere are your "barren places" where you regularly retreat to calm down and talk to God undisturbed? Have you ever thought about the influence your smartphone has on you?...
Conformed or transformed?What does it mean for you to offer your life to God as a "living sacrifice"? How does devotion become concretely visible in your life in specific ways?...
What love doesWe must not think of love as an uncontrollable, unpredictable emotion. We are commanded to love, and this would be quite impossible if love were some elusive, sporadic sensation...
“What are arrows for but to shoot?”Jim Elliot wrote the following words to his parents after telling them he was going to the mission field...
Commit Yourself to GodWe can be committed to a set of Christian values or to a lifestyle of discipleship without being committed to God himself. But Paul said to offer yourselves to God...
A Prayer on a Basement FloorMost of my understanding of scriptural truths has come gradually - but suddenly one day, I understood God’s grace in an entirely new way...
Holy ZealDo you know anything of this zeal, which many waters could not quench? See that, like your Lord’s, it be steady, sober, consistent, undeviating...
The Balances of GodWe are apt to measure things by their size and not by their weight. We too often prefer the things which make the most show....
Christ our supreme exampleHe suffered an atoning death upon the cross, without which there could be no example. The question of sin must be settled, a righteous relationship with God must be established first. Then the example comes in...
Do you deny yourself?The Lord Jesus went through sufferings to glory. This is also the way for every one of His disciples. Therefore Christ told His disciples what they had to do if they wanted to follow Him ...