sanctification

Is sanctification essential for salvation?

Reading Time: 2 minutesIs sanctification essential for salvation? Salvation is what God does for humanity. Based on His sovereign will, He…

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Hardening of the Heart

Reading Time: 3 minutesArteriosclerosis is a physical health condition brought on when plaque and cholesterol form in our arteries and cause them…

How do we reconcile divine grace and human responsibility in the work of salvation?  

Reading Time: 2 minutesHow do we reconcile divine grace and human responsibility in the work of salvation?     Ephesians 2:8 is maybe…

Godliness in Action

Reading Time: 4 minutesAs our church leaders sat discussing whether we should appoint more elders, we were left with the question “What…

Fits and Starts

Reading Time: 4 minutesFor a long time, I committed more “fits” than “starts.” For those not familiar with the idiom “fits and starts,”…

Sabbath rest simplicity

Why Sabbath is Meant to Be Simple

Reading Time: 8 minutesI’ll never forget my family’s first Sabbath gathering back with our church after thirteen weeks of

Skin and Bones Discipleship

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe story is told of a busy father who wanted to occupy his toddler so the boy wouldn’t distract…

A Call to Holiness

Reading Time: 5 minutesFrom the archive • March 1968 A Call to Holiness • by John Kiesz   There should be seen a vast…

The Great Commission

Reading Time: 6 minutesThe three stages of Transforming Vision into Reality (TVR) are Jesus as our Savior (justification), Jesus as our Lord…

Influential Faith: What Is It And Why Does It Matter?

Reading Time: 5 minutesAs my sighs of longing join in the requiem for a groaning earth, I know I’m not alone. Together,…