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The Harvest of Patience: The Forgotten Grace of Holding Back
Imagine sitting in your car during peak-hour traffic. A reckless driver swerves in front of you, nearly colliding with your vehicle, then, a few moments later, indicates to cut back into the lane where you have patiently waited for the past thirty minutes. Do you edge...
The Harvest of Peace: Contentment, Circumstance, and the Sovereignty of God
Imagine utter contentment in the life of every believer in the local church. Imagine the complete absence of conflict. Imagine a perfectly even-keeled fellowship in which panic is unknown, prayer meetings are well attended, and no one complains about the government,...
The Harvest of Joy: Delight that Outlasts Circumstance
Imagine walking into church to be met not merely with greetings, but with smile-filled ones. Imagine words of encouragement proceeding freely from fellow members, testimony time overflowing so that a single service cannot contain it, heartfelt and tearful singing...
The Harvest of Love: How Love Takes Root and Bears Fruit Among Believers
Imagine for a moment that every believer in the local church exemplified the fruit of love. What would be the result? People would be eager to greet, encourage and, when necessary, confront one another. There would be no backbiting, no coveting, no dishonesty. We...
The Harvest of the Spirit: Walking by the Spirit in the Life of the Church
In Galatians 5, Paul addresses a crisis that had taken hold in the churches of Galatia. False teachers had crept in, proclaiming a gospel of justification by works. The believers, drawn away from Christ and fixated on these impostors, had turned inward upon...
Channels of Comfort: Discovering God’s Purpose in Our Pain
Life’s hardest moments tend to arrive without warning: a brother dying in your arms in a remote village with no medical help; a message about a sister’s death while sitting an exam; a phone call on Christmas morning announcing the death of your father-in-law while...
Understanding Unbelief: Why Hearts Reject the Gospel
As Christians, we regularly gather to worship, study Scripture, and encourage one another in faith. We speak of believing God’s word, trusting his sovereignty in every circumstance, and living as born-again believers who have received eternal life. Yet the apostle...
Universal and Local: Understanding Your Place in God’s Family
Acts 2:37–47 presents a compelling vision of what it means to belong both to the universal body of Christ and to a local community of believers. Understanding this distinction is essential for authentic Christian living. The Two Churches When we speak of | the church”...
The Art of Listening: How We Hear God’s Word Matters
Picture the scene: the Lord Jesus travelling through the cities and villages of Galilee, preaching and teaching with authority. Great crowds gathered from town after town, drawn by his miracles and his message. Yet as Luke 8:1–18 reveals through the parable of the...