• Sitting Quietly Before the Lord

    | Aug 08, 2025
    If you want to trust Him to remember you, first, stop running and start waiting! “The Lord is good to those who wait for Him” (Lamentations 3:25 NASB). Stop running! Wait patiently.
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  • Fresh Mercies

    | Aug 07, 2025
    One of the prophets who watched Judah’s transition from compromise to captivity was Jeremiah. He prophesied for forty years, and he wept as he preached, all the while witnessing the erosion of apostasy. We have two of his books in the Old Testament.
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  • The Relief God’s Mercy Brings

    | Aug 06, 2025
    Years ago, my sister Luci asked me a question that I’d never been asked before: “What is your favorite feeling?” Ever thought about that?
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  • Sensitivity to God’s Will

    | Aug 05, 2025
    In Psalm 32 we find a dialogue between David and the Lord. By the way, notice that this psalm is not only called “A Psalm of David,” it is also called ‘‘A Maskil.” A maskil is an instructive psalm.
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  • The Blessings of God’s Sovereignty

    | Aug 04, 2025
    God’s sovereignty. A mysterious doctrine at times, but one with great relevance for our lives. Not just something for scholars and theologians to argue over.
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  • Trusting God’s Sovereignty

    | Aug 03, 2025
    The apostle Paul developed the topic of God’s sovereignty as well as anyone in Romans 9–11, and I want to challenge you to make your own study of those chapters. And if you don’t struggle with those chapters, you’re not really studying them.
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  • Standing Against Culture’s Tide

    | Aug 02, 2025
    Noah was not just an ark builder. Before the flood, he was “a preacher of righteousness,” and a man who “found favor in the eyes of the Lord” (2 Peter 2:5; Genesis 6:8).
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  • Four Ways God Leads His Children

    | Aug 01, 2025
    I could probably list at least ten ways that God leads His children today, but I will limit myself to the four that I think are the most significant methods of God’s leading.
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  • Know the Word of God to Find the Will of God

    | Jul 31, 2025
    God’s Word clearly declares that certain things are not the will of God and never will be the will of God in the Christian life. It also clearly teaches that certain things are the will of God for the believer. We don’t have to pray to “find leading” on this.
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  • Does a Pot Argue with the Potter?

    | Jul 30, 2025
    Nothing is a surprise to God, not even our slightest trials. His plan may seem unfair, but that’s because we dwell in the here and now. We lack the vertical view.
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  • God’s Decreed Plan

    | Jul 29, 2025
    It may seem to many that the One who made us is too far removed to concern Himself with such tiny details of life on this old globe. But that is not the case. His mysterious plan is running its course right on schedule, exactly as He decreed it.
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  • Beyond Our Comprehension

    | Jul 28, 2025
    Despite all of our searching and study of the Scriptures, we’ll never be able to see everything clearly, to fully grasp and understand and answer all the questions. They are beyond our comprehension—a puzzle, a mystery.
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  • God’s Unfathomable Ways

    | Jul 27, 2025
    Who hasn’t been tempted to shake a fist at God and cry, “What are You doing?” A child is kidnapped and brutally murdered. “God, what are You doing to us?” A husband drives to the hardware store on Saturday morning and is hit head-on and killed by a drunk driver.
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  • The Faith to Hope Again

    | Jul 26, 2025
    The ink from Peter’s pen leaves an indelible impression on our lives. Along with everything else he tells and teaches us, I want to mention four lasting lessons, four secrets of life, that stand out in bold relief. All of these give us hope beyond our misery.
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  • Life as a Pilgrim

    | Jul 25, 2025
    As Christians we live in a world that is not our home. We live as pilgrims on a journey in another land. If you want to know how to live the life of an alien, a stranger, a pilgrim, Peter’s letter will help.
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  • Resisting the Devil

    | Jul 24, 2025
    Our adversary is a prowler. He comes without announcement, and, to make matters worse, he comes in counterfeit garb. He is brilliant, and you and I had better respect that brilliance.
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  • Hang On to Christ

    | Jul 23, 2025
    Will there be suffering in resisting Satan? Yes. Will it be painful? Without a doubt. I have found that there are times we emerge from a battle a little shell-shocked. But after the dust settles, our Commander-in-Chief will pin medals of honor on our lapels.
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  • God Will Exalt You at the Proper Time

    | Jul 22, 2025
    In the Old Testament, God’s hand symbolizes two things. The first is discipline (Exodus 3:20, Job 30:21, Psalm 32:4). The second is deliverance (Deuteronomy 9:26, Ezekiel 20:34).
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  • Direction, Discipline, and Discernment

    | Jul 21, 2025
    To grasp what true success really is and how to obtain it, we need to tune out the seductive messages from the world and tune in to the instructive messages from the Word. How? It occurs to me we need at least three things to make this happen.
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  • Advice for Long-Term Ministry

    | Jul 20, 2025
    There is every temptation for God’s people (especially God’s ministers!) to fall in line, get in step, and follow the cadence of our times . . . and in so doing, we will become unauthentic, boring, predictable, and, well, “religious.”
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A Go-to Book for Answers

This free overview message of the book of Romans from Pastor Chuck whets your appetite for learning more! Learn about the two main points of the book and why it's called "the Christian’s Constitution."