Jars of Clay: Pastoral Grit for the Glor...

How do Christians respond to God’s fatherly indignation against our sin? The prophet Micah teaches us: Respond with brokenhearted boldness, with contrite courage.<img src="https://feed.desiringgod.org/link/10727/17209836.gif" height="1" width="1"/> 

David Mathis | God invites us to quench our thirst by hearing his voice, having his ear, and belonging to his body. So, come stand under the waterfall of his grace. 

Cowardice, consumption, and comfort often stand between us and God’s global work. What can set us free to be world Christians?<img src="https://feed.desiringgod.org/link/10727/17201044.gif" height="1" width="1"/> 

Paul's "thorn in the flesh" has sparked countless theories about physical ailments and personal struggles, but the answer may be simpler than we think. Seth and David explore Paul's third heaven experience and show how his thorn in the flesh connects to the pattern of Old Testame ... Show More

Many of us feel like we are not where we want to be as followers of Jesus. But as we continue to learn from Paul's first letter to the church in Corinth, Pastor Tim helps see the power of looking back and remembering that we are not where we once were, and that He is faithful eve ... Show More

Part 74 of the David Pawson 'Unlocking the Bible' Podcast series David Pawson says that many Christians love the letter to the Galatians while others don’t like it. Paul was emotional about its subjects. Galatians ‘strips off all spiritual veneer’. It was this book which triggere ... Show More

How do we overcome half-hearted spiritual laziness? Pastor John appeals to the apostle Paul and Jonathan Edwards to commend a life totally devoted to Christ. 

Part 71 of the David Pawson 'Unlocking the Bible' Podcast series David Pawson shows from 1 & 2 Corinthians that the early church, as in every other era, was not perfect. But seeing how their problems were handled is a help for us. Corinth was a port city with its attendant sins w ... Show More

Part 87 of the David Pawson 'Unlocking the Bible' Podcast series David Pawson says that 1 Peter is relevant wherever Christians are fearful of persecution. Peter tells believers how to endure for Jesus. So we need this letter today. It is warm and encouraging. Peter had known wha ... Show More

<p>Friends, we are reading during these weeks of summer from the thirteenth chapter of Matthew’s Gospel, which contains many of the great parables of Jesus. But I want to focus just on one today because it’s so rich both theologically and spiritually: the parable of the wheat and ... Show More

<p>Friends, in our second reading this Sunday, Paul writes to Timothy, “Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, a descendant of David: such is my gospel.” The Gospel is not the ethical teachings of Jesus or the doctrinal teachings of Saint Paul; the Gospel is Jesus himself. ... Show More

Part 73 of the David Pawson 'Unlocking the Bible' Podcast series David Pawson says of Galatians, that it is the Magna Carta of Christian Liberty. It wrestles with issues caused by the differences between Judaism and Christianity in the early church. It came to a head with the iss ... Show More