Confident in God’s Ever-Advancing Gospel
We ought to be confident in God’s sovereign work to advance the gospel in our generation, always seeking to be a righteous and wise agent in this successful task.
Acts
Anticipating Culture’s Mob Mentality
We need wisdom to discern the larger movements of society that rise up with hostility against the gospel and the values of God, knowing the Holy Spirit is graciously at work to defend us.
Fully Aware of Our Society’s Idolatry
Modern culture is still inundated with idols, as each day people pursue goals which the one and only true God can truly and completely supply.
Discerning the Work of Demons
Mature Christians understand the spiritual battle we are in, always assured of the enemy’s defeat and the foolishness of trusting in anything less than the Sovereign Christ.
Understanding the Work of the Holy Spirit
Mature Christians must be discerning to rightly understand the biblical teaching on the Holy Spirit’s person and works, both past and present.
Moving Fellow Christians Forward
Each of us must learn to biblically strengthen our fellow Christians in their faith, knowing how to encourage them and to wisely correct them when needed.
When It Motivates Sacrifice
Love and devotion to Christ motivates serious Christians to sacrifice much in their pursuit of being maximally useful to the Lord.
When It Requires Courage
We need the courage to faithfully represent Christ and his word in our generation by believing his promises that he will be with us and give us evangelistic success.
When It Sorts Out Relationships
All of our connections, relationships, and friendships must be evaluated, strengthened, distanced, or dissolved based on the Lordship of Christ.
When It Demands Your Life
Biblical truth demands a response that should always be seriously pondered, quickly responded to, and never passed off lightly.
When It Puts Everything in Perspective
Your sovereign omnipotent Creator is knowable; he has revealed himself and requires you to become his lifelong learner.
When It Intrigues Our Mind
We would do well to be aware of the prevailing worldly rationale which infects our thinking and threatens to pollute the biblical truths that are presented to us.
When It Draws Us In
We must understand the gravity of our sinful plight to realize how gracious God is to draw us to himself through the means of his word.
When It Disrupts Our Lives
We must always regard the gospel’s power to transform lives, even while it elicits bitter rejection and hostility from others.
Interacting with Earthly Governments
We must understand the proclivities of earthly governments, and when given the opportunity we must insist they do what is right for the people’s sake and for the good of the church.
Saving Lives
We must be prepared and perceptive enough to capitalize on evangelistic opportunities that God has sovereignly placed before us.
Enduring Slanderous Attacks
As messengers and representatives of the gospel we will experience unjust and costly opposition, in which we should continue to entrust ourselves to our powerful Savior.
Dealing with Demons
We must be mindful of the spiritual opposition we face when we attempt to serve Christ so that we might aggressively pray and dependently trust in the Lord to curtail our adversaries.
Understanding Women in Ministry
The complementary roles of men and women in ministry seen in biblical descriptions and prescriptions are good and godly, always to be joyfully observed by his people.
Discerning God’s Will
God will direct you to do what he specifically plans for you to do, as you are diligent to get to doing what he has written, and are discerning about his undeniable adjustments along the way.
Making Strategic Sacrifices
Knowing God desires to utilize our lives for his purposes, we must be eager to make whatever strategic sacrifices needed to live out and hold out his unchanging truth.
Managing Conflict
Our decisions about the best use of our Christian stewardship will at times conflict with other Christians; when they do we shouldn’t fret, but instead seek constructive solutions.
Strengthened by Our Unity
Biblical unity is not only a joyful and gratifying reality, it is also an essential component of any strong, vibrant, and fruitful church.
Unified by the Truth
We must be wholeheartedly submissive to God’s word, sincerely calling for unity among God’s people under those truths, along with their wise application.
Grace & Works
The gospel guarantees immediate, full, and unearned forgiveness based on God’s grace alone through faith alone, instructing us to commence with a life of doing good.
A Debate Worth Having
There are some debates worth having, especially those about the gospel and the central truths of Christianity.
Aiming for "Well Done"
Lifelong faithfulness and effectiveness as Christ’s ambassador is aided by both the unsettling thoughts of our coming evaluation as well as the joyful prospects of our eternal home.
Tenacious Endurance
A faithful and fruitful Christian life requires a tenacious endurance, which God supplies those who are resolute in trusting him and serving him.
Leveraging the Detours
We can expect non-Christians to often misunderstand the gospel message, but that should only motivate us to passionately and strategically clarify the truth.
Midcourse Adjustments
As God’s called agents in this world we must remain focused on our particular assignments, never fazed by the providential redirections as to how and where he utilizes us.