Author: Administrador

Suppose you’re on the TV game show, Jeopardy!. You’re tied with the reigning champion, and there’s one category left: Famous Bible Characters. I’ve got this, you think, making a mental list of the bigger-than-life characters from your fifth-grade Sunday school class: Adam and Eve, Moses, Abraham, David, Solomon. Oh, the Daily Double bells are ringing in your ears. But just … Continue reading “4 Amazing Bible Characters You Have Never Heard Of”

We’ve all heard them—phrases that sound wise, insightful, and biblical. But are they really? Let’s look at some common sayings, compare them to the Bible, and see if they hold up. 1. God won’t give you more than you can handle. Yes, He most certainly will. Ask the apostle Paul, who penned these words in 2 Corinthians … Continue reading “7 Phrases Christians Like to Say That Aren’t True”

Romans 8:28 is one of the most memorized and quoted verses in the New Testament:  “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” This Scripture brings comfort, direction, and hope to Christians every day. Sadly, it’s also one … Continue reading ““All Things Work Together for Good” — 3 Things you Never Noticed about Romans 8:28”

The Early Life of Francis J. Grimké The history of slave and master in the American South is a complicated one, involving brutalities and intimacies equal in their intensity and in their impact on all concerned. One such instance is the life of Francis James Grimké (1850–1937). Born October 10, 1850 to a slave mother, … Continue reading “How Should the Church Confront Social Injustice?”

Not Your Ordinary Membership A healthy church member is someone that, in one sense, shares all the sensibilities of a good pastor. They’re going to have a concern for the spiritual growth of others, they’re going to have a concern for the right teaching of God’s Word, and they will have a concern for the … Continue reading “Are You a Healthy Church Member?”

The Inconceivable It is important for Christians to be members of a local church because the New Testament apostles can’t conceive of anything called a Christian that’s not connected to Christ’s body. Sometimes people spiritualize that reality and only talk about the universal church, but everywhere the idea of the universal church appears in the … Continue reading “A Category You Won’t Find in the Bible: The Churchless Christian”

A Thoughtful Acceptance I hope we’re seeing a resurgence in the embrace of reformed theology among African Americans. I hope the glorious doctrines of Scripture are spreading more widely, rapidly, and deeply among all of God’s people, in particular my kinsmen according to the flesh. Throughout history, African Americans have not blindly or uncritically appropriated … Continue reading “The Resurgence of Reformed Theology among African Americans”

Sunshine. Unicorns. Glitter. These are words that scratch the surface of what was seemingly oozing from my pores as I sat in the waiting room of my doctor’s office. I had taken about a million (okay, only four) pregnancy tests and reality had started to set in that I was going to be a Mama … Continue reading “Look Up”

Trust in God. This is likely something that, in your journey as a Christian, you have been told hundreds of times. We are told that God always has a plan and that we need to have faith that His plans are better than ours. I’ve been in a season where I am re-evaluating my trust … Continue reading “Even If”

“Most crises are not crises. When I was younger, I thought that whatever I considered important was a battle to fight for. I came to learn that if something is of the Lord, it will work out in God’s timing.” That was Dr. Boice’s comment to me just before the congregational meeting in which we … Continue reading “Three Commitments”