“Let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.” Hebrews 10:24-25   In this article, I will make four observations from this text specifically related to the ministry of encouragement in a local church: First, the writer of Hebrews contrasts “not neglecting to meet together” with “encouraging one another.” We know this because he uses the conjunction “but” [...]

God’s will for your life is in the Bible, but not in the way you may expect. One of the ways we discover God’s will for our lives is by learning the principles of God’s word.  For example, the Bible doesn’t tell us who we should marry, but it does tell us a lot about marriage and purity and what kind of person we should marry.  The Bible doesn’t tell us where we should work, but it does teach us about the nature of work, about laziness, about submission [...]