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What Are You Afraid Of?

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  • Michael Horton

Many people fear anything that threatens their health, job, or security, but they do not fear God. This article provides two reasons why the downgrading of the fear of God is misguided.

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The only man who should be counted a real theologian is he who can build up men’s consciences in the fear of God. John Calvin
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The fear of God is the soul of godliness. John Murray
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Holy Terror

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  • Jerry Bridges

If unbelievers are described as those who do not have the fear of God, then the believer must be described as a God-fearing man or woman. This article shows that without a proper fear of God it is impossible to live for Him.

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The Fear of God

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  • William MacLeod

What does it mean to fear God? This article shows how the fear of God is characterized by love and respect for God, and the pursuit of holiness and reverential worship for God. It also shows that fearing God should not result in slavish fear.

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James 1:26-27 – Pure and Undefiled Religion

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  • James D. Slopsema

How do you know if you have a genuine fear of God? How can you tell that your religion is real? The way you use your tongue, treat the needy, and relate to the world says it all. This is what James 1:26-27 says, and the author unfolds this instruction.

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Christian Freedom: Grasping the Motivation to Love

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  • David Jones

What motivates Christian living? It is the fear of God, which is not a slavish fear but a filial affection. The article explains how this works in the Christian life.

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Fear and Sonship

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  • Nicholas T. Batzig

What role should the fear of God play in the believer's life of obedience to God? This article explains that there is a difference between slavish fear and filial fear, and shows that godly fear belongs to the realm of sonship.

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Directions against Sinful Fear

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  • Richard Baxter

What can one do to avoid fear that is sinful? This article engages with this question and provides some directions. The subjects discussed include the fear of God, fear of the devil, the fear of men, and the proper grounds for fear that is not sinful.

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Eight Ways to Grow in the Fear of God

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  • Tim Challies

Christians are to grow in the fear of God. How can that be done? This article shares eight ways.

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The Fear of God

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  • William W. Harrell Jr.

This article expounds on the topic of the fear of God and how it intersects with the love we are to have for God. This article also touches on God's love of benevolence and his love of complacency.

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How We Live in the Fear of God

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  • Gerald M. Bilkes

This article shows that fearing God is expressed in a life that is dedicated to God alone. It shows that fear of God is seen in revering God, worshipping God, fleeing from sin, living out of the gospel, fellowshipping with believers, and a desire to know God better.

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The Fear of God

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  • J. Gresham Machen

This article is about the fear of man and the fear of God. 

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The Sovereignty of God and Healing Its Implications for Africa

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  • P. J. (Flip) Buys

This article looks at the healing and prosperity gospel in Africa, and then discusses the sovereignty of God and the effects of the sovereignty of God in our lives. The author concludes by looking at wisdom and suffering and the fear of God in our lives.

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Do You Fear God?

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  • S. Van Bruchem

What does the fear of God mean, and what does this fear of the Lord lead us to do?

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The Fear of Man: When People Are Big and God Is Small

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  • Edward T. Welch

This article is about the fear of man and the fear of God. It also looks at the needs of people and peer pressure.

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In everyone of us there remains more than a little of the Pharisee. J. A. Fitzmyer
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