Living in complete reliance on God - Have you ever had to rely on God because you had no other options, and he was all you had left? It's a scary place to be. The times I've… [...]
Afflictions that help us relax in God - I recently had coffee with a friend who asked a question I can't stop thinking about: Do you think God allows affliction into our lives to teach us how to… [...]
What’s next? The divine domino effect - In the summer of 2001, I embarked on my first-ever short-term mission trip. We went to Cuba, where my faith was stretched. God's character and his ways overwhelmed me. A… [...]
Transforming worry into joy - "It's so easy to be anxious." A friend confessed this to me recently, and I couldn't help but agree. No matter how much Scripture we read, or how many sermons… [...]
How to get a jolt of wisdom in less than a minute - If you have a few moments while you're waiting in line somewhere, you probably grab your phone for a few bits of content sugar, don't you? I mean, might as… [...]
Leading ourselves (and others) to greater confidence in God - Before we leave A.W. Pink, I wanted to wrap up our study of this classic theologian on an inspiring note. In his 1930 book The Attributes of God, he writes… [...]
When God is silent toward us (from A.W. Pink’s The Attributes of God) - Has God been letting you struggle with a hard decision or heavy issue for a long time? "Why doesn't he just answer?" you may wonder. You're not alone, believe me.… [...]
Thanking him for the bad: A final word on The Sovereignty of God (1928) - Near the end of his book, A.W. Pink paints a picture of a Christian businessperson who thanks God for a safe train journey, a good week of retail sales, and… [...]
Trying on a new attitude as we pray to a sovereign God - Arthur Pink, in The Sovereignty of God, corrects the common thinking that prayer is our way of getting God to act. He writes that prayer is designed "not that God's… [...]
Why pray, if God is sovereign? 4 wonderful reminders - Moving through Pink's The Sovereignty of God, the chapter on prayer just about dried out my highlighter. I remember in the mid-90s, right after I became a believer, I asked… [...]
