At the heart of every form of addiction are lies. All addicts lie about God, themselves, sin, and others. This article explains these four lies, and gives the truths that can uproot them.

Why is it that psalm singing is experiencing somewhat of a revival in various places? This article suggests that the main reason is in their therapeutic value. The Psalms minister powerfully to the emotional life of the believer.

Happiness without God is impossible. Only he can make one happy in every circumstance.

This article is directed towards pastors, offering practical advice about organization and efficient administration.

This is an article on time management directed primarily toward pastors. This author gives practical advice for how to manage time well for God’s glory.

This article is part of a series directed toward pastors. Here David Murray discusses key principles of communication and listening.

This article is the seventh in a series about Christian leadership. It is intended for pastors, and gives practical advice about handling finances.

This article is full of practical advice encouraging pastors to be brave and take courage in leading the church.

Being a pastor means being a shepherd to the sheep. This article considers what that looks like.

This article is addressed to pastors, discussing the pastoral danger of pride and overconfidence. The author talks about what it means to be a humble servant of your flock.

This article is addressed to pastors, discussing the pastoral danger of pride and overconfidence. The author talks about what it means to be a humble servant of your flock.

This is the second article in a series on Christian leadership directed towards pastors. This article discusses sources for learning how to be a Christian leader, the secret behind being a Christian leader, and the rewards of Christian leadership.

This is the first article in a series on Christian leadership directed towards pastors. This article discusses what characterizes leadership, as well as the importance of examining personal motivations behind leadership.

What should be the Christian attitude towards materialism and wealth? This article considers 1 Timothy 6:7 in order to answer the question.

The experience of apostasy is not a good one. This article offers advice on how churches can deal with such experience. The church should expect that apostasy will happen, know the causes of it, see its abomination, think of God’s judgment, and know the cure.

How can Christians spur each other on in the Christian life? This article draws five lessons from the gym that can be used by Christians for their spiritual life.

Do you want to see true change and growth in your life? This article discusses twelve possible reasons that you don't change in your life.

This article explains from Revelation 21 that in heaven there will be no sea, tears, temple, sun or moon, locked gates, no night, no sin, and no curse.

Why is it so important that we teach and practice church discipline? How should we practice church discipline? This article looks at Matthew 18:15-17 to answer these questions.

This is the tenth article in a series on the marks of a healthy church. It speaks about the importance of diversity in church, maintaining that such diversity is a biblical theme, and therefore something that Christians should pursue.

In Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, he calls believers to "love your enemies" (Matthew 5:43-48). David Murray looks at this theme of loving your enemies as it is found in the Old Testament, as it was taught by the Pharisees, as Jesus taught it, and what this means for us.

This article on 1 John 3:14 is about loving one another in the communion of saints. By nature we are dead in our sin, incapable of love, but Christ has brought us into life and love. Toward the end of the article the author offers ten challenges to working out love practically.

This article on Hebrews 12:14 speaks about holiness, sanctification, and holy living.

This digital age presents unique problems and challenges that affect our spiritual life. This article discusses practical ways to develop healthy personal devotions in the face of these challenges.

What should our worship look like? What is the regulative principle of worship? What are the benefits of Psalm singing? This article answers these questions, discussing the characteristics of healthy Christian public worship.

How do we listen to sermons? What are the marks of good listening? This article looks at the parable of the sower in Mark 4 to discuss how Christians can train themselves to listen well to the preaching of the Word.

This article discusses the role and task of the preacher based on the text Ezekiel 33. What does it mean to be a minister? Among other things, the minister is to deliver a message of warning, but also one of hope and salvation.

What are the marks of healthy preaching? This article discusses the characteristics of biblical preaching, and also explains the importance of balanced preaching.

What characterizes a healthy church? In this article David Murray identifies and describes six marks of a healthy church: divinity, veracity, purity, charity, equity, and diversity.

Looking at Psalm 37, this article shows the role Christians can play in stopping injustice.

This article showing that the rarity of evangelistic preaching can be traced to the preacher, congregation, world, and devil. It also gives reasons why such preaching is needed, with demonstration from different kinds of sermons of such preaching, and closes with the characteristic of preaching that aims for conversion.

Looking at Philippians 4:8, this article shows how Christians can live a positive life in a world that is negative—through pursuing whatever is truthful, pure, beautiful, and praiseworthy.

Looking at Luke 15:11-32 about the prodigal son, this article warns against sinning against God's love, and shows the way for those who have sinned against his love.

Self-centredness, self-righteousness, self-promotion, self-love, self-praise are all signs of selfaholism. This article shows that selfaholism brings misery, while serving others brings happiness.

God desires both our private worship and public worship. This article gives twelve reasons why public worship is better than private worship.

This article shows that imitating Christ will be the way to heal "compassion fatigue."

Dying brings spiritual blessings for the believer. It brings us into communion with Christ's sufferings, gives us a unique experience of Christ's grace, it transforms us into Christ's image, it is our last opportunity to witness for Christ, and it brings us to Christ. Let this article explain all of this.

This article shows how God shapes Christians in times of hardships, suffering, and failures. He brings a correct view of who he is and who we are.

This article shows how elders can deal with criticism directed at their pastor by members or other Christians.

This article shows the deep pain of depression and the salvation that God promises.

Can I as pastor share some jokes from the pulpit? I guess you did not even think about this. So what do you think? This article calls us to think about the act of preaching. It looks at the preacher and the calling to preach. It calls for serious preaching.

This article shows what a so-called perfect pastor looks like. Since none exists, this article shows what every pastor must strive for.

The Triune God honours marriage. Christians are called to honour marriage too. This article gives eight ways Christians can honour marriage.

Does legalizing homosexual marriages mean more marriages in practice? This article shows that legalizing same-sex marriages is meant to silence Christians and the gay conscience.

Did you know that without holiness there is no happiness? Happiness is the essential part of holiness. Let this article explain.

Does James 2:24 teach justification by works? This article shows that James 2:24 does not contradict other parts of Scripture, but that it contradicts a Christian who does not have works.

In Matthew 4:19 Jesus used the model of fishermen to describe the task of the minister. By looking at the character of the fish and fishermen, this article considers this as a model for evangelism.

This article is about the Scottish Communion Season surrounding the celebration of Lord's Supper (or Lord's Table).

This article discusses the topic of holy war in the Old Testament particularly the divine command that Israel destroy the nations in Canaan. The author looks to remind us of the biblical teaching of the justice and wrath of God.