True-Hearted
Discipleship

Moment by moment, every hour of every day, our Great High Priest is praying for all His believing people.

This week, watch Session 1 of The Nature & Practice of True-Hearted Discipleship: “Where Authentic Discipleship Begins.”

Likeness to Jesus is forged in the same crucible that God used to perfect His own Son (Hebrews 5:8).

Behind the scenes at Media Gratiae we have been busily working on our next study, The Nature and Practice of True-Hearted Discipleship by Ian Hamilton.

The Spirit of God is not in the fire, or the earthquake, or the hurricane; but in the still, small voice.

This year our podcast happens to be published on Reformation Day, October 31.

This Reformation Day, we invite you to join us as we remember and praise God for His faithfulness to guide His people throughout Church history.

I neither can nor will retract anything; for it cannot be either safe or honest for a Christian to speak against his conscience. Here I stand. I cannot do otherwise. God help me. Amen.

To conclude this short series we want to present you with session one of our study, Living with the True God: Lessons from Judges.

Oh, we shall see, when we arrive in heaven, how wonderful has been the wisdom that has guided us in all our journey through! You may be quite certain that all that takes place, small or great, is in that covenant that is ordered in all things and sure. Nothing is uncertain with God. A sparrow falls not to the ground without Him. You are of more value than many sparrows.

The refrain of Judges is, “Every man did what was right in his own eyes.” When we stop to consider this statement, it can be quite shocking.

When God's people are careless with His honor and fail to uphold His reputation, God will uphold it at their expense.

The people of Israel wrongly believed that since the battle for Canaan was over their battle against idolatry and sin was as well. As New Testament believers reading this account know, the battles for their hearts was just beginning.

It is not comely, it is not seemly for the upright to go mourning all their days. Ye children of God, refrain yourselves from weeping, and make a joyful noise unto the Rock of your salvation.

Why is Judges so important? What can we learn of Christ? What would the Christian life be missing without it? This week we begin a series highlighting this piece of Scripture.

Beware sparing any sin. It will not spare you.

Today on The Whole Counsel podcast, Andrew Davies is reading a Great Awakening era sermon by William Chalmer Burns on Psalm 110:2: "The Lord will stretch forth Your strong scepter from Zion, saying, 'Rule in the midst of Your enemies.'"

He loves them with a tender and compassionate love, with an active or doing love, with a passive or suffering love. His love is infinite, without bounds or limits; it is superlative, without comparison; transcendent, beyond comprehension; everlasting, without change, and which will have no end or conclusion.

God is the author of Scripture and the same Holy Spirit that worked in the lives of its human authors is living and working in every believer. But that does not mean the work of reading, studying, interpreting, and applying will be easy.

In the end, Christ will be everlastingly treasured by His blood-bought bride. Then, we will not only know, but also fully experience that Christ is the infinite store-house of every heavenly blessing (Ephesians 1:3).

But how do we read and study well? John provides helpful tips on approaching personal Bible study. He and Teddy then discuss how to pray while studying Scripture to maximize its impact on our pursuit of holiness.

Though you be never so devout, zealous, earnest, and constant in prayer, yet it is in Christ only that you must be heard and accepted.

This week, Dr. John Snyder and Teddy James continue our series on Proverbs 2, examining our biblical response to wisdom.

In God there can be no alteration, by the accession of anything to make his substance greater or better, or by diminution to make it less or worse.

Today, we are diving deeper into the mission of The Hope Project with Gilbert Mulubwa, Project Director, and Jeremy Walker, ProjectAdvisor (Spiritual) at The Hope Project.

Our Lord Jesus is a friend who loved us before there was any time.

The battle for truly listening to God’s voice is constant and fought on multiple fronts.

In a poem entitled “Jehovah Tsidkenu”, which translates to “The Lord our Righteousness”, M’Cheyne writes of his soul’s journey from indifference toward the gospel to delight in the person and work of Jesus.

There are treasures that are placed in safety-deposit boxes, rarely seen and more rarely used. Then there are things we treasure that are used every day, and the more worn and scarred they become, the more precious they are to us.

When we find a healthy church, we always find an overriding preoccupation with Christ.