Cross Of Grace

Christians should never fear the devil and never focus on the devil...but we must not forget him either. We need to be wise. We need to be aware of his schemes. And we need to be ready to resist him...

Pride makes everything about "me". Humility reminds me it's not. And that is cultivated in us (toward our pastors, to each other, and before God) by dwelling on the glorious good news of the gospel..

For the Christian, to lead is to serve. That’s what Peter is emphasizing here, for pastors and members alike. With that, let’s unpack these instructions for pastors by asking three questions: Who, how and why

How can I actually rejoice in suffering? By remembering that my trial is not God punishing me. It's God purifying me and preparing me for His purpose...

As God’s community, our anticipation of Jesus’ return helps us keep kingdom priorities – to pray well and love well.

After Jesus was buried, the Jewish religious leaders placed a guard at the tomb to keep the disciples from stealing the body and claiming Jesus rose. But the problem was not going to be trying to keep someone out of the tomb. The problem was going to be trying to keep someone in...

Jesus resisted sin and obeyed the will of His Father, even to the point of death on the cross for our sins. In light of that, the Christian can know for sure that God will use everything in our lives, including suffering, to prepare us and grow us in holiness. Following Christ’s example, our response to suffering should reflect a growing departure from sin and a desire to follow God’s will.

The suffering Christian finds hope in the suffering Christ, knowing that as He shared in our temporary pain, we will share in His eternal victory.

Christians have this promise: our pain is temporary, but our joy is eternal. Therefore don't fear the persecution of men, but hope in Christ who promises to bless you and use your witness for His glory.

The commands of God are not burdens but blessings. By looking to Christ and leaning on His grace, we can live lives of obedience to God, reflecting His transforming grace to the world.

In a sexually broken world, God calls His people to purity and holiness. "For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality" (Thess 4:3).

Love without truth can promote sin. And truth without love can devastate the sinner. This is especially true with responding to the topic of homosexuality. We need to know the truth, and we need to be able to speak the truth in love.

Our Scripture today shows us that God made mankind – male and female – in His image and likeness, to display His glory in the earth.

Just in this one verse, there are four instructions to husbands we want to look at today, and by God’s grace, have our hearts affected.

Continuing the theme of Christians being used by God right where they are, Peter includes instructions to wives in how to be a Christ-like witness to their husbands.

We can endure unjust suffering by entrusting ourselves to God and looking to Christ as our streng

Fasting is a spiritual discipline and a means of grace that helps us refocus our worshipful appetites and affections on Christ.

God the Father longs for his children to come in prayerful dependence, and we can come to Him in confidence that he will both answer us, and his answers will always be what is best, true, and good.

God's word is a never ending well of encouragement for the Christian - a guide for life and a protection from deception by revealing to us the person and work of Christ.

Our scripture today shows us Gods providence through the genealogy of Jesus.