David Platt is the pastor of The Church at Brook Hills in Birmingham Alabama, and author of the New York Times bestseller “Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream”. He is a graduate of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary in New Orleans, Louisiana.
There are passages in the Bible that should cause Christians to be especially glad. Many of them are ones that cause us to rejoice in God’s grace or be comforted by His shepherd-like care. But there are also moments where God decides to show the nature of who He is more clearly than other parts …
Dick Lucas, Rector of St. Helen’s Bishopgate Church in London from 1961-1998, once told a story about a man who walks into the Metropolitan Museum of Art, goes into the Renaissance exhibition and, with those who are alongside him, he begins to give critical remarks of the works: what the artist should have done, what …
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Dick Lucas, Rector of St. Helen’s Bishopgate Church in London from 1961-1998, once told a story about a man who walks into the Metropolitan Museum of Art, goes into the Renaissance exhibition and, with those who are alongside him, he begins to give critical remarks of the works: what the artist should have done, what would …
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For many Christians, the effort to love the way the Bible commands is tiresome—like driving a car with square wheels. How do we keep from holding grudges? How do we love our enemy? How do we rejoice when our co-worker gets the promotion we deserve? I don’t think we’ll know how to really love until …
For most 21st century Americans, believer or unbeliever, the basic worldview of the Bible and the truth of the gospel seem like an ethereal, other-world reality. The Christian life is just one more thing to lop on top of work, family, and vacation. What’s worse, there is a tendency to believe that real spiritual folks …