Pre-Christians, new Christians, and even more established Christians needed guidance in the faith.
In various ways, we may be discouraged from living for Jesus and proclaiming him to be the only way of salvation. We should respond by imitating the apostles' example.
Do we fix our eyes on Jesus, expecting to receive good from him?
The purpose of prayer is to change our heart, mind, and will to be in conformity to God's will.
We are commissioned by the King to go out and share the truth: Jesus is King!
The Holy Spirit gives us spiritual life, abides with us, and desires to fill us fully.
Should we be more cautious about rejecting out of hand "truth" delivered by unlikely sources?
The thought that God might leave us to our own devices is terrifying. Yet we must wonder if God does this more often than we might want to think.
Most important was that people wanted to worship God again.
When the Christian looks with envy at the success of the world, and then seeks to emulate the world's thinking, strategy, methods and more, is he or she following the example of Ahaz?