For many people, this is the first time in our lives we have been forced to take life literally one day at a time—not by choice but because it’s all we can handle. We can’t plan for the future because we don’t know what new restrictions or changes will happen.
Many Christians today are discouraged about their poor witness for Jesus. We struggle to get conversations about Jesus started with our friends and family.
Most of us who have enjoyed Bible studies know the richness of digging into the Scriptures directly with each other. But we rarely do it together. Do we believe that the gospel really has the power to create not only saved individuals but also a saved culture?
One of the most shocking discoveries many people make early on in their Christian journey is that Christians have not been given special immunity from the hardships, troubles, and difficulties of life.
Jesus once asked, “Can any of you add one moment to his life span by worrying?” (Matthew 6:27 CSB). No! Worry doesn’t add anything to your life. It doesn’t make you healthier.
The inauguration of the kingdom in Christ's death, resurrection, ascension, and the outpouring of the Spirit directed believers' hopes toward a coming consummation of the kingdom, when the King now enthroned in heaven would return to earth as the rescuer of his people and the judge of all.
Episode 486 | Pastor Adriel Sanchez and Dr. Bill Maier answer questions about denominations, the Resurrection, walking by the Spirit, and what to do if you are having homosexual thoughts.
Episode 485 | Pastor Adriel Sanchez and Dr. Bill Maier answer questions about recreation on Sunday, the identity of the Nephilim, how the Spirit testifies within us, and why some church offices have ceased while others continue.
Episode 484 | Pastor Adriel Sanchez and Dr. Bill Maier answer questions about prosperity gospel preachers, reading Scripture during worship services, why God chose Israel out of all the other nations, and what to do when you don't like how your church is changing.
Episode 483 | Pastor Adriel Sanchez and Dr. Bill Maier answer questions about praying to God, Jesus's strange prohibition in the gospels, problems with addiction, and how public health can inform the church's corporate worship.
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If you were to ask people in the church to describe demonic practices, you aren’t likely to hear the word “ambition” listed. Sure, maybe witchcraft, and Ouija boards, idolatry, and pornography, but ambition is a good thing, right? Our culture values hard work, and for many Americans busyness has become a status symbol. This was […]
On that basis, all that Jesus asks for in relation to himself is that the Father will be true to him, attesting him as his “Christ” to all the elect, and exalting him, now incarnate, to his immediate presence by way of resurrection and ascension.
We cannot quantify suffering, but it is probably best to assume that Christ’s decision to endure the cross was more than equivalent to a man choosing to suffer all the suffering that has ever taken place in the world.
I recently had a conversation with an older brother in Christ who was diagnosed two years ago with multiple myeloma, an incurable cancer. He spoke to me about how God has used cancer to chip away at the sin in his life. He wasn’t shy about the pain and the drain associated with cancer, but […]
Hear my cry, O God, listen to my prayer; from the end of the earth I call to you when my heart is faint. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I, for you have been my refuge, a strong tower against the enemy. – Psalm 61:1-3 God will give you more than you can handle. Guaranteed. I have heard many people say God will not give you […]
Not everyone who identifies themselves as a pastor, or religious teacher, should be listened to. Peter warned the believers in his day, “But false prophets arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies…” (2 Pet. 2:1) The church today needs pastors who will […]
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