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The Church’s Singular Failure

The church’s singular failure in recent decades has been the failure to see Christianity as a life system, or worldview, that governs every area of life.

Martin Luther King Jr: Loving Your Enemies

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. preached “Loving Your Enemies” on November 17, 1957 at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, AL.

Caffeinated Thought of the Day: Come to Jesus

Shane Vander Hart shares Charles Spurgeon’s encouragement that those who come to Jesus will never be rejected by Him because He can not deny Himself.

Caffeinated Thought of the Day: Avoid Empty Worship

Shane Vander Hart: We can go to a church that has great biblical preaching and still come away empty if our hearts are not right before God.

Caffeinated Thought of the Day: Christ and Him Crucified

Shane Vander Hart: Christ took upon Himself what was ours and gives to us what was rightfully His. We should be eternally grateful as a result.

Caffeinated Thought of the Day: What Will Spark a Revival?

We need to pray for faithful pastors after God’s own heart to truly feed His Church, and pray for an outpouring of His Spirit for a powerful ministry.

Caffeinated Thought of the Day: Hearing the Bible Isn’t Enough

Shane Vander Hart: The Bible is God’s love letter to us, so we must, as Ryken notes, heed God’s warnings, trust God’s promises, and obey God’s commands.

Video: God Can Save Anybody

As former atheist Paul Wood demonstrates. There is not a single person on the planet that God can not save. There is nobody who is not within His reach.

Caffeinated Thought of the Day: Spiritual Discipline

Shane Vander Hart: It is amazing how often we approach spiritual discipline as though we can accomplish it on our own power. We need the Holy Spirit’s help.

Caffeinated Thought of the Day: Celebrate Christmas with Easter in Mind

Shane Vander Hart: Christmas is simply the beginning of the road to the Passion. Without the Passion and Resurrection of Christ, Christmas is meaningless.

Caffeinated Thought of the Day: The Amazing Incarnation

Shane Vander Hart: The Incarnation is amazing! God the Son, the co-Creator of the universe, humbled Himself by coming not as King, but son of a carpenter.

Caffeinated Thought of the Day: Watergate and the Resurrection

Shane Vander Hart: the late Chuck Colson, a former Nixon advisor sent to prison over Watergate, once said that Watergate was proof of the resurrection.

Caffeinated Thought of the Day: Christians and External Authority

Shane Vander Hart: The Bible, not some fallible external source or our internal compass, is the authority on which we must rely. It is our guide for life.

Caffeinated Thought of the Day: God’s Election and Fairness

Shane Vander Hart: The doctrine of election is something that is hard to understand, and even harder to reconcile with our cultural idea of “fairness.”

Caffeinated Thought of the Day: Jesus is the Remedy for Sin

Shane Vander Hart: There is nothing in us that makes us worthy of salvation, but so many think they can earn their way into heaven if they are good enough.

Caffeinated Thought of the Day: Do All to His Glory and Praise

Shane Vander Hart: How much different would life be if we just kept the perspective that we are to do all (work, play, etc.) for God’s glory and praise?