What is it that Christians should remember about the future? It is the reality of heaven and hell. Remembering this reality is the cure to fear, anger, and jealousy.

Public worship is a means of grace. How can you benefit from public worship? This article lists three things.

How can you encourage Christians to pray? Consider the use of prayer societies as an encouragement to prayer.

Are you struggling to engage in evangelism? Think of evangelism as sowing seeds, then think of different ways you can sow the seeds of the gospel. This article offers ten such ways.

How can you make the best use of your time? Based on Ephesians 5:15-16 this article explains that you can redeem the time by purchasing, protecting, positioning, and profiting from time.

Preaching on sin is not easy. How can you preach sin properly? This article offers fifteen things to consider when preaching about sin.

Man's mind is by nature at war with God's truth. Preaching, however, can transform the mind. This article offers ways to addressing the mind and making the Word of God effectual to our hearers.

As a preacher what should you do if your congregation struggles with your preaching? Cultivate humility, openness, gentleness, patience, and focus.

How can you make the best of your suffering? You can pursue certain means by which your faith may be strengthened. This article identifies several means, such as knowing God and his goodness.

In preaching how do you persuade others who are listening? This article offers three aspects to consider for persuasive preaching.

How can you make the best of your suffering? This article suggests avoiding the temptation to succumb to idolatry—hanging contentment on Christ plus something. The article explains this by looking at possible idols from your past, present, and future. It issues the call to train ourselves to delight in all that Christ has done for us.

Mortification of sin can happen when you see sin for what it is. This article discusses five motivations for mortifying sin.

This article considers three ways we can waste our suffering, all of which have to do with our eyesight. Suffering exposes the nature of our trust, as in, how much or little we look to God. There are two common sources that weaken our faith: looking too much at the problem, and listening too much to our emotions.

To mortify means to put to death. Mortification of sin is putting sin to death. How do you pursue proper mortification of sin and avoid false forms of mortification? This article discusses five false forms of mortification of sin.

Being a pastor or an elder means that at times you have to deal with matters of church discipline. How should you deal with someone else's sin? This article offers five considerations.

Making disciples is a command of Christ. Therefore, it must be intentional, with the aim of making followers of Christ who are instructed in Christ's way. These are the core beliefs of discipleship.

Making disciples is a responsibility of the church. This article lays down the biblical ground for this call and the manner in which discipleship should be pursued by the church.

Being a new pastor or an inexperienced pastor in a church can be challenging. Where do you start and how should you approach your work? This article offers ten suggestions you may consider helpful.

Is gluttony a serious sin? Gluttony is a big deal, argues the article. It shows the sin of gluttony and the solution to it.

When you are hurt, the temptation is to seek revenge. Why is it that God warns us in Proverbs 20:22 against seeking vengeance? This article gives three reasons why a spirit of vengeance is wrong, and how one can follow a better way.

What is the difference between preaching and teaching? This article offers six differences.

Pride is an enemy to pastoral ministry and leadership. From the life of Hezekiah in 2 Kings 20:12-19, 2 Chronicles 32:24-31, and Isaiah 39:1-8 this article shows the dangers of pride, its workings, and how to crucify it.

How does laziness lead to destruction? This article answers this question by looking at the characteristics of a sluggard from Proverbs. It shows that it is only in coming to Christ that there is a cure.

Why is sin evil? This article explains that it is a rejection of God's goodness and a misuse and mutation of his gifts.

How do you deal with distractions of the mind during worship? This article looks at three such types and how you can remedy them.

What should be the attitude of Christians towards Lent? This article offers an evaluation of the Lenten season.

Is your work a calling from God? Are you called by God to marry the person you want to marry? What does it mean to be called by God? While the Bible uses the word in different ways, this article examines the invoking of a "calling from God" to affirm decisions.

How should a Christian wife respond in the context of sexual immorality or facing abuse in marriage? Is divorce allowed? These questions are what this article addresses

The biblical concept of peace not only describes the absence of bad but also the presence of good. This type of peace is God's gift, and he keeps us in his peace.

1 Timothy 3:4-5 make clear that Christian husbands are called to be good managers. This article considers what that means.

What makes words true? This article explains that there are five things in a truthful speech: accuracy, relevance, timeliness, discretion, and justice.

What does it mean to glorify God? This article answers the question by looking at the fact that God does not change.

Is your church pro-life? This article suggests that the pro-life matter should not be thought of as a strictly political or national, but as primarily relational.

What is the treatment for ministry weariness? This article suggests three things: eat, sleep, and have time with the Lord.

Mercy ministry is not only the responsibility of the church. Every Christian should make use of the opportunity he has to show acts of mercy.

Death brings its own sting to those left behind, yet such a sting is intensified by practical, earthly matters related to death. This article highlights three areas where you can reduce the sting from your family and church community, so that those you leave behind will be more able to mourn in peace. What are those areas? Make plans with your local funeral home and cemetery, talk with your pastor about your funeral, and take the time to write out a will.

Can Christians be tempted to commit suicide? Yes they can, and since this is the case, this article offers ten encouragements against committing suicide.

This article offers an introduction to Martin Bucer, an overview of his book on the importance of ruling elders, a consideration of how the contrast between the Catholic and Protestant views of the nature of the church affects the way it is governed, and the impact that Bucer's ministry had.

What is a good way of caring for the poor and the disadvantaged without causing dependency? The article explains five ways.

What are factors contributing to poverty? This article looks at single mothers, violent crime, segregation by race and income, school quality, and income inequality as contributors and how the book of Proverbs sheds some light on them.

This article identifies three ways of thinking wrongly about leadership in the church: not reading 1 Timothy 3 correctly, unhealthy thinking about eldership, and seeing deacons as junior varsity elders.

How do you go about restoring a Christian who has fallen into sin? Galatians 6:1-2 guides believers on how they should restore such a person. They must be purposeful, gentle, watchful, and loving.

Did you know that engaging in evangelism can increase your joy as a Christian? How is that possible? There are three ways, and this article will explain them.