I don’t look forward to warning letters. If I’m honest, I don’t really like warnings. They’re not always positive and encouraging, but they’re necessary. I’d rather be warned than incur a steep penalty.
In Hebrews 3:7-19, the author invites us to hear a needed warning . He reminds us how the human heart is bent toward evil. Like the Israelites who longed to go back to Egypt (Exodus 16:3,17:3), our sinful hearts can delude us into thinking we’re more secure apart from God than we are walking with Him. We’ve got to watch out and guard ourselves against an “evil, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God” (Hebrews 3:12).
Read MoreDo your kids have a hard time reading the Bible? Do they find it boring? As parents, how can we help them? Pick up this new book, Transformed by Truth by Katherine Forster. It’s a book written by a teen for teens that, as the subtitle says, helps them to study the Bible for themselves.
Read MoreSpader writes about the way Jesus discipled and learns from his method. He spends time looking at each stage of discipleship from non-believer through the multiplier stage, what he calls the “disciple-making disciple.”
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