In his article The Most Important Decision You're Probably Not Thinking About, Kevin DeYoung summarizes a message he gave at aBaccalaureate service where he challenged his audienceto make regular church attendance and worship an integral part of their life. With the summer upon us, now is the time to evaluatepriorities and make choices that reflect a commitment to Christ....

In this article,The Ministry of Sorrow, Tim Challies highlights for us the tremendous value that suffering produces in our lives and ministries within the church. If you find yourself in a season of hardship, be encouraged by this word, for, as Challies states,"He (God) calls them to lose so they might bless, to grieve so they might comfort, to suffer so they might strengt...

In his article, The Way of Temptation and the Highway of Holiness, Brian Cosby challenges us to ponder the path of our feet. Temptation is all around us, but "walking in the highway of holiness is bringing all your life in submission and service to the King of kings and Lord of lords." We must avail ourselves of the means of grace and hold one another accountable as we pur...

"And David said, 'Is there not still someone of the house of Saul, that I may showthe kindness of God to him?' Ziba said to the king, 'There is still a son ofJonathan; he is crippled in his feet.'" (2 Samuel 9:3-4) "I appeal to you formy child,Onesimus whose father I became in my imprisonment.(Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful to you and to me.)I...