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We cannot know Jesus without knowing his story. Today the debate over who Jesus is rages on. Has the Bible bound Christians to a narrow and mistake...

The Bible is the written Word of God, and it is treasured by many. But it is also an ancient book about people and cultures very different than us...

An Expanded Edition of the Commonsense Approach to Studying Scripture The Bible is the written Word of God, and it is treasured by many. But it is ...

We tend to think of the Holy Spirit as the straggler of the Trinity, a latecomer in God's interaction with the world. But our first introduction t...

The hour is critical. The American republic is suffering its gravest crisis since the Civil War. Conflicts, hostility, and incivility now threaten ...

Leadership is essential. Maybe you've shied away from leadership because you don't know what it will involve, or you feel too unsure of your own a...

"The thing I am most desperate to keep you from finding out about me is . . . I want to belong, but I do not know how." There was a time when being...

Levitical rules and regulations regarding blood and sacrifice, offerings and priests, cleanness and uncleanness at first appear irrelevant to twent...

Some chose to follow God. Others followed only fame and fortune. They lived through times of difficulty and times of triumph, through political and...

"I'll never grow up." Sometimes we all feel a little like Peter Pan. We'd rather be children, free of obligations and responsibilities. Sometimes w...

When you suffer, do you wonder if God has forgotten you? Do you wonder whether you will be with Jesus after you die? Would you like to be sure that...

Deteriorating values. Competing religions. Weakening morality. Do you feel sometimes that the world presents you with more problems than you can ha...

Life among Christians can be great. But it can also be exasperating! The joys of fellowship in Christ too often give way to division and debate. Yo...

Do you despise your weaknesses? Do you hate hardships? Do you beg God to remove obstacles from your life? The apostle Paul delighted in his weaknes...

"As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love." John 15:9 Before Jesus left this world he gave specific encouragement and inst...

It sounded crazy. God had promised Abraham, an old man with no children, that his descendants would be as numerous as the stars. Yet Abraham chose ...

Do you ever feel powerless? The people of the early church discovered what true power looks like. Jesus transformed their lives―and they changed th...

Do you ever feel powerless? The people of the early church discovered what true power looks like. Jesus transformed their lives―and they changed t...

On a seemingly ordinary day, in a manger in the middle of bustling, overcrowded Bethlehem, the promised Messiah slipped into the world as a tiny ba...

Do angels really have wings? Do they protect people from harm? Can people become angels after death? Misconceptions about angels abound--in books, ...

"I believe in God the Father, Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth." This six-session LifeGuide® Bible Study, based on Alister McGrath's book I Beli...

Christian beliefs are vital to Christian living. They are the foundation of your relationship with God―and even with others. So . . . what do Chris...

Compassion, humility, faith, perseverance. We long for the beauty of Christ to be reflected in our lives. Such character comes only as the Spirit o...

One of the greatest gifts that Christ has given us is each other. Through Christ's body, the church, we discover our unique gifts and experience wo...

Depth. Strength. Wisdom. Maturity. We long to be people who exhibit such qualities. We want to strengthen our character and deepen our relationship...

The most influential leader in the early church was undoubtedly the apostle Paul. He never lost the vision of God's single new humanity―Jews and Ge...

Virtue may not be a word you use every day, but it defines the qualities of a person of character. One of the good things about belonging to God...

We all long for more―more wisdom, more maturity, more power, more faith. To satisfy our longings we attend seminars, go to concerts, listen to cele...

The Old Testament tells the stories of fascinating men and women in relationship: couples who live with chronic disappointment, couples who overcom...

A permissive society, a power-hungry people, a nation without God. Daniel's situation in Babylon sounds quite a bit like our own. In the midst of s...

Who are your role models? The world desperately needs role models today―people who are fully human yet who exceed human expectations and point othe...

Do you sometimes wish that the Bible could make your decisions for you? Donald Baker is familiar with this desire. He writes, "God has given me fre...

As believers know we have to depend on Jesus for many things: for salvation, for guidance, for forgiveness, for daily needs. But to depend on Chris...

Do you long to experience God's presence in your life? In this twelve-session LifeGuide® Bible Study, Stephen D. Eyre leads you to explore the stor...

Though we say God is loving, trustworthy and all-powerful, our actions and thoughts reveal the subtle and not-so-subtle lies we're believing: that ...