To take up your cross is to relinquish any control over your life, give yourself unreservedly to the Savior, and embrace Him and His cause, whatever the cost.
Read MoreWhile most of us will not face magisterial persecution, the Christian life still includes seasons of hardship, opposition, and quiet faithfulness under pressure. In those moments, Calvin’s counsel remains deeply relevant.
Read MoreRead the Beatitudes, and there you have a description of what every Christian is meant to be.
Read MoreThis week, Dr. John Snyder continues reflecting on spiritual weariness.
Read MoreWhat we will do in heaven flows from what we will be.
Read MoreThis week on The Whole Counsel, Dr. John Snyder continues a thoughtful discussion on seasonal depression—whether that season is influenced by winter’s effect on our mood and mental state, or by a particularly difficult chapter of life.
Read MoreMany know this classic hymn of faith, but do you know its new year origin?
Read MoreIn this opening episode of our new series, Winter of the Soul, Dr. John Snyder reads from and reflects on this short but deeply revealing letter.
Read MoreMay this coming year be one of rich spiritual blessing to your soul…
Read MoreChrist is the only human to fully experience the weight of temptation, yet He never yielded.
Read MoreGod, even He, descends. No thunder-bolt is in His hands. No avenging angels follow to sweep the rebels into perdition. The voice which speaks is the voice of mercy. The tidings which are brought, are the tidings of deliverance.
Read MoreDr. John Snyder is joined again by Jordan Thomas to slow down, look closely, and recover the awe that Scripture invites us to feel as we consider the eternal Son taking on human flesh.
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