Not Old, Not Young, Not Done: Following Jesus in Your 50s and 60s
“What About My Sexual Feelings?”
Wallpaper: Pure Way
“How can a young man keep his way pure?
By guarding it according to your word.
With my whole heart I seek you;
let me not wander from your commandments!”
Psalm 119:9–10
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What Makes Our Work Worthwhile?
At the dawn of creation, in humanity’s earliest days, God gave us work to do: “The LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it” (Gen. 2:15). Although we now know the curse of toil (3:17–19), work itself is part of God’s good creative handiwork. He didn’t make us to sit around and do nothing.
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Wallpaper: Temptation
“There is no period in the Christian life when we are exempt from temptation.”
—Alistair Begg
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What Book of the Bible Has Had the Most Influence on Alistair Begg?
Soldier, Athlete, Farmer: Pictures of the Patient Pastor
While Jesus was masterful at sermon illustrations (in His case, often through parables), the apostle Paul wasn’t half bad either. In 2 Timothy 2:3–7, he uses a series of three illustrations to show his protégé, Timothy, what it means to be a pastor and a Gospel minister:
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Wallpaper: Glowing
“God loves to see the hearts of His people glowing toward Himself. ... Let us use texts of Scripture as fuel for our heart’s fire.”
—C. H. Spurgeon
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The Case for Trusting the Gospels
John Stott has said, “Nothing hinders evangelism … more than the widespread loss of confidence in the truth, relevance, and power of the Gospel.”1 Even within the present framework of contemporary Christianity, there has been and continues to be an erosion of conviction as it relates to the exclusive claims of Jesus and, thus, the power of the Gospel.
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