What is the glory of God? Scripture presents glory as far more than brightness or splendor. In the Old Testament, God's glory describes His manifested presence and the very weight of His being. In the...  Read More

The Holy Spirit, through the writer of Hebrews, is telling us that we need to lay aside—to cast far away from ourselves—the things that burden us. So what are the things in your life that are weighing...  Read More

The second evidence is that the Spirit Himself testifies directly with your spirit that you are a child of God (Rom. 8:14–16). The Spirit will simply let you know that He is in you. As I mentioned in ...  Read More

The writer is not primarily saying that the saints in heaven are watching us. Rather, he is saying that the testimony of those in Hebrews 11 continues to bear witness to the faithfulness of God. Their...  Read More

What exactly is a spiritual gift? Are the gifts of the Spirit still active today? In this article, we examine Paul's teaching in 1 Corinthians 12, define what Scripture means by "spiritual gifts," exp...  Read More

Therefore, speaking in other tongues, as the Spirit gives the utterance, means that the Christian begins speaking in a language unknown to him or her, yet one that is spoken somewhere else on this ear...  Read More

What if the greatest obstacle to your healing isn't your pain, but the fact that you've learned to live with it? In our newest Peace for the Battle Within blog, we explore the story of the man at the...  Read More

Estimated Read Time: 10 min.Supporting Text: Acts 1:4–5, Acts 1:8, Acts 2:1–11, Acts 4:23–31, Acts 8:14–21, Acts 8:19, Acts 9:10–18, Acts 10:44–48, Acts 19:1–6, Luke 11:13, 1 Cor. 12:7–11, 1 Cor. 12:3...  Read More

Peter then stood up in boldness and, through the power of the Holy Spirit, preached the Gospel of Jesus Christ. As a result, three thousand people gave their lives to Christ because of what they both ...  Read More

When we read the first chapter of Acts, Jesus is not primarily speaking about receiving the Person of the Holy Spirit for the first time, but rather receiving power from the Holy Spirit. The emphasis ...  Read More

In the previous article, The Holy Spirit & Salvation, I showed where Christ told us that He would not leave us as orphans (John 14:18). In this article, I will show that the work of the Holy Spirit in...  Read More

Supporting Text: Zech. 4:6, John 16:8–11, John 3:19–20, Rom. 1:17–32, Eph. 2:1–10, Zechariah 4:6 illustrates a principle seen throughout Scripture: God's work is accomplished not through human strengt...  Read More