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- 97Why Was Christ Born into This World?The wonder and glory of Christmas will never dry up because the manger lets loose waterfalls of mercy that will flow forever.
- 98How Concerned Should Christians Be with Consumerism?In our good concern for what and how we consume, how do Christians keep from being consumed by ethical consumerism?
- 99I Have a New Journaling Bible — How Should I Mark It Up?Journaling Bibles can be a great way to go deeper in God’s word, but many feel paralyzed, not knowing what to write (or not).
- 100Are Personal Resolutions Effective or Futile?Are New Year’s resolutions helpful, are they harmful, or are they just a setup for eventual failure?
- 101What Should I Expect My First Time Through the Bible?What can you expect when you set out on a journey through the entire Bible? Pastor John offers three cautions and nine life-transforming hopes for every Bible reader.
- 102How Do I Respond to Sexual Dreams?What do sexually illicit dreams reveal about our souls? Pastor John offers biblical principles for understanding dreams and practical ways to overcome them.
- 103What Every Marriage Needs MostWhat our marriages need most is probably not new and novel counsel from the latest book or seminar, but this one piece of timeless, biblical truth.
- 104How Do We Respond to Claims That Christianity Is Dangerous?How should Christians live in a culture that increasingly views our faith as bigoted, immoral, and even dangerous?
- 105Are Hell and the Cross Overkill for Sin?The cross will seem like an overreaction as long as man is big and God is small. The essence of sin is not harm done to man, but indignities done to God.
- 106How Should I Parent My Non-Christian Teen?Should parents require non-Christian teens to attend church with them? And if so, how do they avoid creating hypocrites of their kids?
- 107Is a Similar Sense of Calling Required for Marriage?Most fundamentally, marriage is not a convenient matchup of vocations, but a covenant that displays the love Jesus has for his church.
- 108What Is the State of Race Relations in the Church?Our perceptions of race relations in the church are of some importance. God’s vision for where race relations are heading is of infinite importance.
- 109Is Something Evil Only If It Harms Others?Evil goes beyond the harm we commit against other humans. Evil is preferring anything above God, even if we harm no one in the process.
- 110Did My Dad Die Because I Lacked Faith?James tells us that we have not because we ask not. But do we still lack sometimes because we don’t ask with enough faith?
- 111Is John Piper Popular Because He Makes Christianity Look Intelligent?What happens when a preacher saturates himself with the Scriptures, walks into a pulpit, and overflows with a God-entranced vision of all things?
- 112Who Is Yahweh?The God of our Bibles is more glorious than we can even begin to imagine. And it all begins with this fact: God absolutely and simply is.
- 113Should We Call Female Leaders ‘Pastors’?The New Testament doesn’t apply the term “pastor” to any leader in the church, but only to qualified men who oversee and teach the flock.
- 114Should My Husband Pray with Me More?We all need private, regular communion with God. But the Bible presents a vision for prayer that reaches well beyond our personal quiet times.
- 115How Do I Grow in Wisdom?How do I become a sage who overflows with godly wisdom? Pastor John recommends a path too few of us choose to tread.
- 116How Do I Find a Good Church?If you live near a number of gospel-preaching churches, how do you decide which body is best for you to join? Pastor John suggests nine steps.
- 117Would God Be Just as Glorified If We Were His Slaves?God gets maximum glory from his people, not when we work for him out of begrudging duty, but when we run to him out of sheer delight.
- 118How Do I Let Go of Anger over Past Wrongs?How do we lay down our anger, our bitterness, our grudges against those who have wronged us and gotten away with it?
- 119Can We Love Both God and Pleasure?If the Bible says that loving pleasure is a sign of ungodliness, then can we really make joy and pleasure essential to our pursuit of God?
- 120Should Christians Attend Alcoholics Anonymous?Alcoholics Anonymous, and programs like it, seem to genuinely help hurting people. But what do such programs miss that Christians can’t overlook?
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