Truth For Life Blog

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“While I draw this fleeting breath,
When mine eyes shall close in death,
When I soar to worlds unknown,
See Thee on Thy judgment throne,
Rock of Ages, cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in Thee.”
“Rock of Ages,” Augustus M. Toplady

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In Colossians 1:24–2:5, the apostle Paul invites the Colossian believers to examine the shape of his ministry, his goals, and the pleasures he takes from his labor. In the face of false teachers among them, he lays down a spiritual plumb line against which we may measure a ministry’s legitimacy as we ask, “Whom has God really sent to us?” In other words, who should become a pastor, what should their work look like, and what should they hope to accomplish through it?

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In the first verse of Colossians 2, Paul writes to the church at Colossae, “I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you.” “Struggle” is an apt description of pastoral ministry. It captures the rigorous nature of this calling, and it will resonate with all whom God has set to the task.

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“God often sends us trials so that our graces may be discovered and that we may be convinced of their existence.”
—Charles Spurgeon

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James 4:11 addresses one of the “respectable sins”¹—that is, one of those behaviors that the Bible has so clearly condemned but that Christians by and large have learned to tolerate and sometimes even celebrate. We are prone to rage against what is wrong outside of our group while failing to pay attention to what is dreadfully wrong inside, turning a blind eye to our own sins because they are ours. Among these “respectable sins” is slander.

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Even if we’re believers, we might experience moments when we question, “Have I done enough?” or “Have I been good enough?” in order to feel secure in our salvation. The Beauty of Divine Grace challenges these insecurities and explores five essential truths about God’s role in salvation to help us grasp the depth of our total and complete reliance on God for eternal life.

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“We need God to teach us that every day we have on earth is a gift from Him.”
—Alistair Begg

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My God is so big, so strong, and so mighty!
There’s nothing my God cannot do!
The mountains are His, the rivers are His,
The stars are His handiwork too.
My God is so big, so strong, and so mighty!
There’s nothing my God cannot do!

Topics: Hymns and Worship

When we consider examples of preaching in the Bible, many of us go immediately to the New Testament—and we’re not wrong to do so. It may surprise us, though, to discover that the Old Testament is replete with early examples of expository preaching. Consider this one from Nehemiah:

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Spirit of God, descend upon my heart;
Wean it from earth; through all its pulses move;
Stoop to my weakness, mighty as Thou art;
And make me love Thee as I ought to love.

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“I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud and your sins like mist; return to me, for I have redeemed you.”
Isaiah 44:22

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The Scriptures are worthy of our diligent study and demand our careful attention. It is no light task to “do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the Word of Truth” (2 Tim. 2:15).

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“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights.”
James 1:17

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When was the last time you prayed for revival? Church history is full of examples of God’s extraordinary work in the lives of ordinary people, and the video documentary Revival: The Work of God will give you a front-row seat to see the role that true revival has played in the spread of the Gospel throughout the generations.

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