The Goal of the Christian Life
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- "If You Really Had Repented…"
- "In Jesus’ Name": Reflections on Why Our Prayers Matter
- "People, I Just Want to Say, You Know, Can’t We All Get Along?"
- 40 Days of Discipleship: A Self-Paced Doctrinal Instruction Plan
- 40 Days of Discipleship: The Second 40 Days
- 40 Days of Discipleship: The Third 40 Days
- A Biblical View of the Spirit World
- A Budget That Works
- A Hunger for God
- A Life of Generosity
- A New Year — A New Life
- A Sample Budget
- A Sorry State of Affairs – Understanding the Power of an Apology
- A Story From Joshua, Relevant for the Church Today
- Acting Wisely During a Recession
- Acts 4:24-30: How Shall We Pray?
- Additional Articles About Christian Living
- An Answer in the Dark
- Anger: A Battle We Can Win
- Another Look at Faith
- Are You Living Beyond Your Means?
- Articles About Money and Generosity
- Articles About Personal Money Management
- Articles About Spiritual Gifts
- As Ugly As Sin
- Attacked by an Answered Prayer
- Balance: "THE" Financial Worldview
- Behavioral Standards in Christianity
- Being Human
- Being Missional
- Beyond Death
- Bible Study – a small group study
- Blessing in Disguise
- Building Stronger Families: Articles About Marriage and Family
- Buy One Set One Free
- Can You Do That in School? – Separation of Church and State
- Can You Trust the Holy Spirit to Save You?
- Celebration – a small group study
- Christian Life
- Communication With the Dead: Is it Possible?
- Confession – a small group study
- Daddy’s Gone
- Developing a Spending Plan With a "Virtual Cookie Jar"
- Disaster in New Orleans!
- Disciples Who Didn’t Understand
- Discipleship 101
- Divine Healing — What, Why, How?
- Dying and Rising With Christ
- Faith and Healing
- Fasting – a small group study
- Fellowship with God: Our Greatest Priority
- Financials—The Way to Financial Freedom
- Finding Meaning in Tragedy
- Four Major Worldviews
- Four Point Plan For Spiritual Growth
- From Balance to Balance Sheets
- Fulfilling the Law
- Funeral for a Friend
- Generosity as a Way of Life
- Getting Real
- Give Now, in a Recession?
- Go and Do Likewise
- God Bless America
- God Knows Each of His Children
- Going Deeper With Financial Freedom
- Going for the Gold
- Good News to the Poor
- Grace and Discipline – a Small Group Study
- Growing in Christ
- Guidance – a small group study
- Healing (an article)
- How Much Is Freedom Worth?
- How to Be Effective and Memorable
- How to Resist Temptation
- How You Can Help Others
- I Think God Hates Me!
- I Thought I Would Lose My Job!
- In God We Trust
- Insights Into Solitude
- It Can’t Be Depression…I’m a Christian
- It’s Hard to Forgive
- It’s Not What You Aren’t That Counts
- It’s Not What You Have – It’s Who Has You
- James 5:14 and Healing
- Jesus – The Suffering God
- Jesus Helps Us in Everyday Trials
- Joy — Despite Pain and Suffering
- Leading in Spiritual Formation
- Learning to Be Like Christ in Everyday Life
- Life in Christ: Living Like a Christian
- Live Within Your Means
- Living the Trinitarian Life
- Looking for a Better Life
- Lovers of Pleasure…Are We Trying Too Hard to Be Happy?
- Making Friends With the Disabled
- Medical Science and the Bible
- Meditation – a small group study
- Modern Slavery – The Unheard Cries
- Money and Worship
- My Struggle With Pornography
- Net Worth Statement
- Not Long Now…
- Obeying God
- On Death and Dying
- Opening the Eyes — A Step at a Time
- Our Goal: Christ Formed in Us
- Our Greatest Needs: Prayer and Study
- Our Need for Spiritual Training
- Our Relationship With Jesus Christ
- Paul’s Pastoral Prayers
- Peace in Christ
- Planting a Seed for the Gospel
- Police Q&A
- Poverty and Generosity
- Prayer – a small group study
- Prayer: When You Don’t Know What to Say…
- Prayer: a Cry for Help
- Prayer: Does it make any difference?
- Praying for My Enemies
- Praying Like Elijah
- Praying With Great Interest
- Put On the Armor of God
- Reincarnation
- Responding to God’s Grace in Our Relationships
- Responding to Jesus With Prayer
- Responsibilities in Sickness
- Responsibilities to "One Another"
- Right Idea… Wrong Foundation
- Right in Their Own Eyes – An Interview with Paul Johnson
- Running Away From Intimacy
- Safe in God’s Hands
- Sanctification
- Satan: God’s Defeated Adversary
- Saying Grace Graciously
- Service – a small group study
- Setting Up Your Money Plan
- Sharing in Jesus’ Life
- Should Christians Celebrate Halloween?
- Should You Look to the Stars?
- Silence and Solitude
- Six Reasons to Obey God
- Six Steps to Financial Security
- Solving Your Credit Problems
- Spiritual Discipline – A Lifestyle
- Spiritual Disciplines
- Spiritual Gifts Are Given for Service
- Spiritual Gifts for the Gospel
- Spiritual Growth, Gifts, and Disciplines
- Spiritual Warfare
- Spiritual Warfare and You
- Stages of Grief
- Stewardship Involves All of Life
- Stewardship of Talents
- Stewardship: Our Lives Are Not Our Own
- Strip These Words From Your Communication
- Submission – a small group study
- Suffering and Worship
- Talking With God
- Teaching Kids About Money
- Tell Peter
- Thanksgiving
- The Basics for New Christians
- The Biblical Understanding of Truth
- The Blame Game and Other Games
- The Goal of the Christian Life
- The God of this World
- The Good Life — God Is Working in Us
- The Greatest Commandment
- The Loss of a Loved One
- The Movie of Life
- The Prayer God Always Answers
- The Problem of Forgiveness
- The Purpose of Blessings
- The Serpent and You
- The Suffering God
- The Trial of Job
- Three Basics of Christian Life
- Three Reasons to Give
- Three-Month Spending Worksheet
- Too Old to Be Useful?
- Touching the World in Two Ways
- Trials and Faith
- Trials, Faith, and Healing
- Trusting God With the Problem of Sin
- Truth: A Choice to Be Made
- Tsunami Report—an Insider’s View
- Unmasking Male Depression
- Urge Protection
- Walking in His Steps
- Warning Signals of Financial Trouble
- What and Why Healing
- What Are Spiritual Disciplines?
- What Is Truth and Does It Matter?
- What Is Truth?
- What Time Is It?
- What, Me Take a Bible Course Online?
- When Bad Things Happen
- When It Comes to Spending, Patience Pays Off
- When You Fast…
- Where Are You, Lord?
- Where Is Love?
- Where Was God?
- Whole Life Stewardship
- Whose Hope? What Future? Jeremiah 29:11
- Why Does God Allow Evil?
- Why God Allows People to Do Evil
- Why God Allows Suffering
- Why Must Christians Suffer?
- Why the Devil May Care
- Why We Resist the Truth
- Woman, Wife, Widow
- Working Through Your Grief
- Worship – a small group study
- Yes! God Hears
- You Could Lose Your Job!
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