Treasure Chest

With a devotional commentary by John Woodward . This Grace Note is based on an allegory by John Bunyan. His Pilgrim’s Progress (first published in 1678), is one of the most important and influential books ever written. The classic allegory of the Christian life contains a highly respected summary of biblical doctrine with timeless insights…

Deliverance from spiritual depression begins with an understanding of “justification,” not sanctification, as one might suspect. “All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Rom 3:23). “This is life eternal, to know Thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom Thou has sent” (John 17:3). As a believer, are you truly…

Even in this advanced space age, fear is still the number one problem of nations, leaders and individuals. The message of Christmas is that God has the answer to fear. Learn how you can be free from the fears that torment you. . Four times in the Gospel record of the great event of Christmas…

Life seems to get busier and busier these days. There’s always more to do … tasks that demand our attention. Technology is bringing us more automated helpers. Smart vacuum cleaners roam through rooms, hopefully gobbling up unwanted dust; robots are becoming sophisticated assistants. iPhone’s Siri, Android’s Google Now, and GPS devices are to help us…

Jesus said in the Gospel of Matthew that the Kingdom is now.[1] So what does this Kingdom look like? A kingdom where God is God and we are not A place of total dependence on Him A place of total abandonment to His will and His will becomes ours A place where we don’t have…

Who are we In Christ? We are purchased. We belong to Him. We are brand new. We are adopted into the King’s family. We are children of the living God. We are royalty. We are forgiven. We are saints. We please Him. We are holy–set apart for sacred use. We are cared for. We are…

When I was back in Atlanta for a summer during my college years, I saw an advertisement promising a $5000 income for summer work. When I went to the recruiting seminar I didn’t realize that their lead salesman was selling us on selling cutlery! So, in addition to taking a couple of summer courses I…

[The concept of “the Cross” in this article involves, not only Christ’s substitutionary death on Calvary for our redemption, but the Cross in the life of the believer. This dimension involves discovering and claiming as personally true, our co-death and co-resurrection with Christ by faith. This “not I, but Christ” level of discipleship is illustrated…

Treadmill Living? Did you ever notice the number of old used treadmills for sale? If you ever had one of those things, you might have used it very regularly for quite a while. It sure made you feel better, more muscle tone, better heart beat and more energy. Then after a while, you used it…

One of the greatest lessons we learn in our Christian life is to bypass the entire realm of the flesh and go directly to Jesus and make contact with Him. When we go directly to Christ, we are free from the flesh. We are free from our self. We are free from self-preoccupation. We are…