The Gospel’s Assault on the Egocentric
God’s plan of salvation leaves no room for pride, self-promotion, or independence – the person and work of Christ should lead to profound humility and reliance on him.
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Elizabeth: God’s Unexpected Hero
God often prepares us to be useful through various trials which we must preserve with hope and resolve to parlay all he brings our way for the promotion of Christ.
Mary: God’s Humble Teenager
While we will regularly feel inadequate for the things God calls us to do, we must boldly trust God to accomplish his will in us and through us as we humbly obey him.
Zechariah: God’s Doubting Senior
God typically chooses to enlist faithful and obedient Christians to powerfully advance the cause of Christ, usually in ways they could have never imagined.
Luke: God’s Diligent Student
God wants to use your research and study of the claims of Christianity to boldly and lovingly persuade and convince others of its truthfulness.
God In Everyday Life
We should always be mindful that our effectiveness in our employment and success in parenting is fully dependent on God’s gracious provision and merciful protection.
A God in Control
Life will feel uncertain and perilous at times, but as Christians we must fix our focus on God, affirming his love for us in Christ and his good promises regarding our future.
Following the Good Shepherd
God’s promise of provision and his track record of care in our lives ought to be ample cause for us to confidently trust him no matter how difficult or painful life might be.
New Life
Like Nicodemus we need to realize our efforts are inadequate to prepare us for the afterlife, instead we must trust exclusively in the substitutionary work of Christ.
King of Kings
Though Christ’s first coming appeared less than victorious, and his followers less than impressive, we can anticipate a complete vindication when Christ comes again.
Working to Rest in God’s Justice
When treated unjustly we must patiently entrust our situation to a just and loving God who promises that one way or another he will settle the score on every sinful act.
Acquiring a Clear Picture of What We’re Praying For
As ambassadors of Christ we must clearly understand & fervently pray for the biblical effects of genuine repentance & faith in the lives of those we seek to win for Christ.
Experiencing the Hope of Faith
Our faith in God?s promises and Christ’s work should produce in us a bold and confident hope that bolsters our sense of security and significance before God.
Celebrating Unearned Forgiveness
We must learn to respect, admire and fully embrace the total forgiveness that is immediately granted to us by faith through the atonement of Christ.
Making Sense of Abraham’s Faith & Works
If even the best people you know are wicked before God and must trust God to be gifted salvation, then we should never think we can earn God’s forgiveness!
A Template of Heroic Faith
Being a godly person requires a courageous faith that is not swayed from doing right by fear or timidity.
The Only Right Response
Leaving everything to follow Christ is how the Bible depicts the concepts of repentance & faith – the two components of the one essential response to the gospel.
Attempting Great Things for God
God would have us exercise ambitious faith to courageously step up to do his will no matter how difficult or intimidating it may be, knowing that he takes care of his servants.
Trusting God When Your Back’s Against the Wall
When problems, pressures or people are pitted against you and they threaten to do you harm, make sure you’re right with God, focus on him and leave your opponents for him to deal with.
Courage to Do the Right Thing
God requires ambitious faith to boldly face the consequences and temporary deprivation of resolutely pursuing a righteous life and saying no to the lure of sin.
Living & Dying with Biblical Confidence
God would have us exercise ambitious faith in boldly asking him for Christ?s work to thrive beyond the confines of our local geography and limited lifespan.
Trusting God When Hope Seems Lost
We must tenaciously trust in the goodness of God even when he makes us wait for his perfect timing or introduces a divinely designed detour.
Ardently Seeking a Deeper Relationship with God
Because we are not yet glorified, we Christians must work to achieve the joy and satisfaction of knowing God more intimately on a day-to-day basis.
Boldly Trusting in God’s Ability to Create
It is reasonable and required that we Christians have a faith that is ambitious enough to boldly affirm the biblical record of God’s personal and instantaneous creation of the universe.
Cultivating the Core Ingredient of the Christian Life
Biblical faith is more than “wishing” or “believing” it is a sincere & reasonable confidence in truth that leads to action and ultimately to God’s reward.
Abraham-A Fascinating Template of Promises & Faith
God’s covenant with Abraham shows us that while God’s promises are trustworthy & gracious, they will require a lot of faith & patience before they are fully realized.
A Crash Course in Repentance & Faith
Spiritual maturity assumes we have dispelled the myths about how one becomes a Christian and that we have mastered the truth about biblical repentance & faith.
Making Sure we’re Not Fooled by Religious Ceremonies
Outward signs of our favored status with God mean nothing if we are not rightly related to God through a repentant faith in Christ.
Tempted to Trust in Something Other Than Christ
Our righteous deeds or righteous environment is tempting to trust in, but doing so is a catastrophic mistake – we must trust in Christ alone!
Learning to Rest from Attempts to Earn a Place in God’s Family
The work of making us acceptable before God has been fully completed by Christ; we need to step into that benefit with total confidence that the work has been done!