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Some relationships run much deeper than blood. The bond between a spiritual father and his children is forged in Christ and lasts forever.

Christians love to refer to Jesus as our Savior. But what exactly does Jesus save us from?

Why does Paul begin his letter to Timothy by identifying himself not only as an apostle, but as an apostle “by command of God”?

When Paul argues that he is an authentic apostle of Jesus, he points to the marks of persecution written on his flesh.

Faith results in two wonderful blessings for the believer: a new standing before God and a new life empowered by the Spirit.

Why should Christians boast only in the cross? Because everything that we have as believers comes through the cross.

Only Christ can take an instrument of death and make it the place where a new creation comes into being. The way of life runs through the cross.

What does Paul mean when he says that the world has been crucified to him and he to the world? He no longer trusts and treasures the world. He trusts and treasures Christ.

Legalism in Paul’s day and legalism in our own day share a similar root: the desire to impress fellow humans.

We may think that what we do with money matters little, but Paul teaches that where we choose to invest has eternal consequences.

The New Testament treats much boasting as sinful, but it also calls us toward a holy kind of boasting. So, how should Christians boast?

Do not determine the value of your work by comparing yourself with others. God calls each person to unique acts of faith, and comparison sours and spoils that calling.

What is “the law of Christ” — and how does our fulfilling of this law relate to justification by faith alone?

Christian love is not passive. When love sees a brother or sister caught in sin, it does not shrink away but confronts in order to renew and restore.

If Christians have the Spirit of God leading and guiding them, why does the New Testament issue over four hundred commands to obey?

Those made alive by the Spirit will keep in step with the Spirit. They will walk by the Spirit, sow to the Spirit, bear the fruit of the Spirit.

If the fruit of the Spirit is a miracle that God produces in his people, what can we do to cultivate that fruit?

How do Christians inherit the kingdom of God? Not by our work or merit, but by our union with the Son of God and offspring of Abraham.

If you live in sin, practice sin, and die in sin, you won’t go to heaven. You won’t be happy with God forever.

How does God give us victory over the desires of the flesh? He reshapes and reorients our desires by his Spirit.

Competing desires war within every Christian — desires of the flesh and of the Spirit. How can we refuse to gratify what our flesh wants?

If Christians are indwelt by the Spirit of God, and if he guides and controls us, are we simply spiritual robots?

All Christians should walk by the Spirit. But how? How do we experience the powerful, omnipotent, merciful, all-wise leading of the Spirit of God?

Paul says that the law is fulfilled in the command to “love your neighbor as yourself.” But how does such love fulfill the whole law?

What does it mean to love your neighbors as yourself? It means you seek their good with the same passion with which you seek your own, and you find your joy in theirs.