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:…

Isaiah 5:20 – 20 Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!  A couple of years ago there was a picture floating around the internet of a dress that some people see as blue and black and…

 Romans 10:8-10 – 8 But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith that we proclaim); 9 because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be…

Luke 23:39-43 – 39 One of the criminals who were hanged railed at him, saying, “Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us!” 40 But the other rebuked him, saying, “Do you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? 41 And we indeed justly, for we are receiving the…

Matthew 22:37-38 – 37 And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. 38 This is the great and first commandment. As an unbeliever it is impossible to give God any of our heart, let alone the whole thing.  We…

Acts 2:46-47 – 46 And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts, 47 praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved. Christian worship and the Christian…

Romans 13:8-10 – 8 Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. 9 For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: “You shall love your neighbor…

2 Corinthians 5:17-21 – 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. 18 All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; 19 that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself,…

Matthew 5:29-30 – 29 If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into hell. 30 And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. For…