Do you love the law of God? In Matthew 4:4, Jesus says that “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.” Jesus, speaking to Satan and quoting Scripture, is making the point that there are some things more important than our daily provision. All of…
We’re opening up a can of worms here, aren’t we? But the question is more important and deeper than just deciding to go along with the Santa Claus myth for a while in the lives of our children or not. What does perpetuating this myth produce? Here are some helpful observations from Dr. John Piper:…
Matthew 8:19–20 19And a scribe came up and said to him, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.” 20And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.” What would you say to someone expressing to you that…
2 Chronicles 26:15b–16 (Speaking of Uzziah, King of Judah) 15bAnd his fame spread far, for he was marvelously helped, till he was strong. 16But when he was strong, he grew proud, to his destruction. For he was unfaithful to the Lord his God and entered the temple of the Lord to burn incense on the…