By Adrian Rogers “Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice!” Philippians 4:4 What’s the difference between happiness and joy? Happiness depends on what happens. If you put your trust in happiness, you’re going to be a victim… Read More ›
Jesus
Love and Forgiveness Are Costly
By Adrian Rogers “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.” Galatians 5:22-23 True love is self-denying love. It doesn’t seek its own way. It doesn’t… Read More ›
God Empowers Us to Love Our Enemies
By Adrian Rogers “Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up.” 1 Corinthians 13:4 True love enables us to be patient. If you’re an impatient person, if you give… Read More ›
God’s Grace is All We Need
By Adrian Rogers “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.” Ephesians 2:8-9 What is grace? Grace is the free gift… Read More ›
God Is Seeking You
By Adrian Rogers “But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb and called me through His grace, to reveal His Son in me, that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately confer… Read More ›
Is Jesus Real to You?
By Adrian Rogers “Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ, who gave Himself for our sins, that He might deliver us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God… Read More ›
Time to Stand Up
By Greg Laurie “For I am not ashamed of this Good News about Christ. It is the power of God at work, saving everyone who believes—the Jew first and also the Gentile.” —Romans 1:16 We’re living in a time when… Read More ›
Trusting God’s Word Beyond Reason and Feeling
By Adrian Rogers “But I make known to you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached by me is not according to man. For I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came through the… Read More ›
Jesus Will Rule the New World Order
By Adrian Rogers “Let us be glad and rejoice and give Him glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready.” Revelation 19:7 We are the bride of Christ and like with every… Read More ›
God is Our Confidence, Our Hope
By Adrian Rogers “Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the… Read More ›
Jesus is Our Most Valuable Gift
By Adrian Rogers “Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may… Read More ›
God’s Love Reaches Hurting People
By Adrian Rogers “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love… Read More ›
Are You Like a Gardenia in a Desert?
By Adrian Rogers “Do all things without complaining and disputing, that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,… Read More ›
Counterinfluence
By Greg Laurie “Just as you sent me into the world, I am sending them into the world.” —John 17:18 As we go out to invade our culture with the good news of Jesus Christ, we must recognize that we… Read More ›
Are You Rooted in God’s Word?
By Adrian Rogers “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.” 2 Timothy… Read More ›
Truth Is the Most Valued Commodity
By Adrian Rogers “Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.’” John 14:6 Did you know there is a difference between knowledge and truth? For example,… Read More ›
Meekness Is Not Weakness
By Adrian Rogers “Remind them to be subject to rulers and authorities, to obey, to be ready for every good work, to speak evil of no one, to be peaceable, gentle, showing all humility to all men.” Titus 3:1-2 May… Read More ›
Does Anything Come Before Jesus?
By Adrian Rogers “But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear.” 1 Peter 3:15… Read More ›
Are You a Truth-Teller?
By Adrian Rogers “Therefore, putting away lying, ‘Let each one of you speak truth with his neighbor,’ for we are members of one another.” Ephesians 4:25 Christians are called to lead by example. For parents, that means confessing and asking… Read More ›
Called to be a Faithful Witness
By Adrian Rogers “But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” Acts 1:8… Read More ›
The Prevailing Church
By Greg Laurie “Jesus answered, “My Kingdom is not an earthly kingdom. If it were, my followers would fight to keep me from being handed over to the Jewish leaders. But my Kingdom is not of this world.” —John 18:36… Read More ›
Jesus Satisfies Our Deepest Longing
By Adrian Rogers “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.” Exodus 20:17 One… Read More ›
Are You Tempted to Lie?
By Adrian Rogers “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.” Exodus 20:16 When I was younger, I was driving down to my little country church with one headlight, hoping I could make it back to school and get… Read More ›
Are You Teaching Your Children to Give?
By Adrian Rogers “But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity;… Read More ›
Are You Stealing from God?
By Adrian Rogers “Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? For you were bought at a price;… Read More ›
Are You Choosing Spiritual Life?
By Adrian Rogers “But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.” Matthew 6:33 Part of choosing life is presenting spiritual life. I have four children on Earth and a… Read More ›
Are You Living Abundantly in Jesus?
By Adrian Rogers “Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.’” John 14:6 Jesus gives spiritual life. When He said, “I am the way,” He meant,… Read More ›
Genesis 1-11: Authentic History from an Awesome God
The world sees God and the Lord Jesus Christ as enemies whom they believe need to be eradicated from the mind of humanity By Donald Whitchard Genesis 1:1,John 1:1-4,Hebrews 1:1-4,Psalm 19:1,Colossians 1:16-18,Psalm 47:7 Summary: This is the introduction… Read More ›
A Surprising Source of Spiritual Growth
By Greg Laurie “For I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it? I will make a pathway through the wilderness. I will create rivers in the dry wasteland.” —Isaiah 43:19 We… Read More ›
God Looks on the Heart
By Adrian Rogers “The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.” John 10:10 Life is God’s wonderful gift…. Read More ›