God calls us to follow our Suffering Savior by enduring suffering for doing good in an ungodly world under ungodly authorities.

Let the gospel shape your holiness now—lifting you upward in reverence and outward in love.

Fix your eyes on the treasures of God’s grace, and hope will follow.

No matter how formidable, frequent, or fiery the trials, they cannot quench the joy produced by a secure, eternal hope in Christ.

Because of God’s mercy and the resurrection of Christ, believers have a secure, eternal hope that sustains them through the trials of this life.

Anchor your life in the Triune God for hope and strength to endure trials and live faithfully in this hostile world.

Live with hope and confidence as Elect Exiles, knowing you are chosen by God, secure in His plan, and called to stand firm in a world that is not your home.

Humbly receive Peter's counsel, trusting his empathy and wisdom as one transformed by grace through personal failures and triumphs.

God has designed and directed man to work—and rest—unto the Lord, and His Word gives us boundaries to honor Him in our labor and leisure.

Living in the fear of the Lord compels us to value friendships highly and enjoy them fully.

We Must Stabilize the Godly Foundations. We Must Grow with Godly Purpose. We Must Correct with Godly Clarity.

Fear God so that you may honor him with your finances and reap the benefits.

Words that bring grace to its hearers are grounded, lifegiving, and fitting words.

The purpose, power, and peril of words. Part 1 is focused on Words that bring death. Part 2 is focused on words that bring life.

Amid the depths of your lament, repent and believe in Christ alone, who is the one who offers the hope of redemption and restoration.

Find hope and redemption in the midst of your darkness through the boundless mercy of God.

Humbly trust in Christ, and you will be enveloped by the mercy of God, even amid the darkest of nights.

Necessary foundations as we begin our journey through this important book.

True humility flows from beholding the example of Christ.

By humbly casting our anxieties on God and humbly trusting in his unfailing love, we can experience hope and joy in the midst of any circumstance.

Having witnessed the God who fulfills his promises, we can live and die counting on his continued faithfulness.

Remember that the God of your faith is the author and finisher of your faith.

Purpose in your heart today to believe that amid all the wonders and tumult of your life stands the unfaltering goodness, steadfast love, and eternal purposes of your faithful Father.

We will live faithfully before God and the nations as we remember He is with us amid all circumstances.

Be assured that he who worked through broken people and sin-stained circumstances to ultimately provide redemption for his people, how much more will he work in your brokenness and sin-stained life for his glory and your present and future good?

We exist to glorify God by maturing and multiplying disciples who enjoy, declare, and display the good news of Jesus for the joy of all peoples.

Just as God has purposed the most horrendous moments in the Bible to bring about his plan of salvations so has he purposed the absolute worst moments of your life for the praise of his glory and for our deep and everlasting good.

God’s kindness overcomes our sinful complacency and leads us into joyful obedience.

Amid all the troubles of this life, trust in the one true God who alone guarantees the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your soul.

Lunchtime Q&A of the Interpreting the Bible Seminar taught by Dr. Rob Plummer of SBTS.

Session Three of the Interpreting the Bible Seminar taught by Dr. Rob Plummer of SBTS.

Session Two of the Interpreting the Bible Seminar taught by Dr. Robert Plummer of SBTS.

Session One of the Interpreting the Bible Seminar taught by Dr. Robert Plummer of SBTS.

We can trust our good and faithful God to keep us and direct us amid any circumstances until the day we see him face to face.

If we grasp that God’s constant “I am with you” is for us and depends on nothing but his own powerful, gracious, and committed word— we will worship him.

Find rest, amid our own dysfunctional lives, in the absolute assurance of God's faithfulness to accomplish His Glorious Purposes in us and through us.

Live with the assurance that there will be nothing that stands in the way of God fulfilling his plan in you and for you.

God will sovereignly accomplish what He purposes through those whom many consider weak and foolish for the glory of His Name.

Building block five of the Dynamics of Spiritual Transformation class.

To be a people who grow in the ministry of intercessory prayer we must be a people of the book. Humbly coming to the book with open hands and open hearts asking God to reveal himself to us and to strip us of our tendency to read haphazardly, dispassionately, and unexpectantly. We must be a people of the word. And in tandem with being a people of th…

The giver of life is the giver of all good gifts, the gift of prophecy included, and it gives him joy when we trust him and believe him and open up the gift he’s given us to use for the joy and building up of those whom he has purchase by his own blood here at SGC Dayton.

Psalm 119:145-152 instructs that our strength comes from a needy frame and posture. We have a need for prayer, for God’s Word, and ultimately God Himself, Who is near to us.