What does your fellowship with God look like? Intermittent, lukewarm, and man-centred? This article offers a brief reflection on John Owen's emphasis on God-centred communion.

The author attempts to show that Calvinism is not divorced from the piety that Scripture exhorts believers to have. The article does this by showing that the doctrines of Reformed theology do not hinder the pursuit of holiness.

Believers may easily become distracted from focusing on Christ as they face day-to-day challenges in their earthly calling. Hebrews 12:1-2 reminds believers of the need to have their actions, hopes and motives guided by a focus on Jesus.

How can you know God? Many people assume that they have reached the understanding of God once they come to the knowledge of him through faith in Christ. This article explains that you may not stop in the pursuit of knowing God.

This article points to Ephesians 1:3-14 as a particularly rich way of telling the story of the Bible, and of the life of the believer—his past, present, and future.

This article shows from the account of Abraham's setting out to sacrifice Isaac how obedience toward God can and ought to be done with hopefulness.

Every Christian is involved in Bible reading, Bible study and listening to the Word preached. How should we approach God’s Word? What attitude should we have? This article shows that if one believes that the Bible is the inspired Word of God, it will create an attitude whereby God’s Word governs all of your life.

How should you respond to the pain that God may bring in your life? Consider these nine things when faced with such a reality.

Many people tell you to follow your heart when making decisions. This article carefully argues why you should never follow your heart; instead you ought to listen to the Lord.

What informs your New Year’s resolutions? The article discusses how the gospel should affect your New Year’s hopes and fears.

Many people think the best way to deal with fear is to avoid danger. This article says the best way to rid yourself of fear is to believe the promises of God.

The world influences us to see human weakness as a sign that something is wrong with us, and therefore many people do not open up about thier struggles. The gospel teaches that mankind is weak, but that God's grace strengthens us in our weakness and that our weakness can serve God's purposes.

How do you know the difference between an idol and God? This article explains that in contrast to idols, which always agree with us, do as expected, and ultimately bore us, God challenges us, surprises us, and causes us to worship.

As a Christian, you are an ambassador of God. Therefore, God calls you to minister. Sometimes it happens that you might limit your ministry. This article discusses four ways in which that happens.

Are you facing sleepless nights? Here are four principles to consider when can help you in your struggle to sleep.

Submission to God and what he defines that we do is what brings honour to God and yields results as God is pleased to bring them. This article discusses this, and then explains what sumbission to God and to his church requires of us: humility, vulnerability, and Christ-likeness.

This article explains what transactional sanctification is: we can view our relationship with God as, "I do things for God and God does things for me." The author explains that life with God is not a transaction, since the transaction has already been completed.

How is it possible to behold the beauty of the Lord in the midst of the chaos of life? This article explains that while there is never going to be a convenient time, it is vital to make time to gaze upon the Lord, in order to be reinvigorated for the challenges of the day. It offers seven ways to make time.

When thinking about discipleship, no one should ignore the lessons gained from Herman Bavinck. He There are three essentials to discipleship in his view: God's revelation, union with Christ, and ordinary obedience.

Loving God is a call that the believers can fulfill by being together. Growing in love for Christ happens within a community of believers. This article explains that this growth happens by listening, repenting, and confessing together.

Spiritual formation comes through studying God's Word. How can you be formed by Scripture? This article identifies five effortless ways.

Spiritual growth happens as you grow in your relationship with God. How can you grow in this? This article shares nine things.

How do you practice discipleship in an age of social media and smartphones, which result in people having a shorter attention span? There are four things you can do to build disciples in such an age.

But what does it mean to glorify God? This article shows that it is a response based on who God is, and what he does through salvation. Hindrances to glorifying God are also pointed out.

This article considers the biblical meaning of success: faith in Christ and faithfulness to him. The article provides some examples, not least from Hebrews 11.

This article considers the biblical teaching of communion with God, interacting with 1 John 1:3 as well as the work of John Owen.

Fellowship with God is the desire of every Christian, for in walking with God there is great joy. What is the joy of walking with God? This article explains.

Biblical illiteracy has become a problem in many churches. This article highlights the proofs of this problem. It show that to gain Bible knowledge again, Christians must learn to hear, read, study, memorize, meditate, and apply God's word.

Remembering is a vital aspect of the Christian life. The blessing of memory is that it helps us to be content when we are facing trials, since we remember the mercies of God. We also learn what is pleasing to God as we read scripture and remember the works of Jesus Christ.

How do you respond when God sends you things you do not understand? The article argues that we ought to worship God even when we do not understand his plan.

The Bible tells us that God is with us, in the world, through Christ. The gospel also teaches us that God pursues us. The article discusses how you can know that God wants to be with us.

Many Christians are fond of the saying, "No one is more holy than anyone else." Is this biblical? This article shows that it is not by explaining that many neglect the biblical category of the righteous man, the believer who displays a consistency in walking with God.

Christian growth should be the desire and character of every believer. How is this growth possible? Just like natural growth is linked to eating, so spiritual growth is linked to God's Word. It is only when you hear, read, memorize, meditate, and study God's Word that you will experience growth.

This article looks at the life of Timothy, a church leader who was also a helper in Paul's ministry. The author discusses leadership and discipleship by looking at Timothy's example. Looking specifically at Hebrews 13, the author discusses how we can be biblical leaders and followers.

This article explains that God's calling and presence in our daily lives are constant, which can be rejoiced over even and especially in times of grief.