If you are at all a people watcher, you will see different people wearing different marks on their bodies. Those marks tell you something about that person. For example, some people wear the mark of near sightedness; some have on their fingers the mark of being married; others bear the mark of expecting a child. Paul writes that he bears on his body the marks of the Lord Jesus Christ. The reference that Paul is making is to the marks of a slave. When Paul calls himself a servant of the Lord, he is not talking about being a paid laborer for the King.

Under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, James is commanding his brothers and sisters in Christ to consider it all joy whenever they face trials. You might ask, "How can I obey that command?" Well, in order to obey that command, you need to be convinced by the three basic truths as discussed.

When Jesus sent out his twelve disciples to minister the gospel he told them how they should conduct themselves as kingdom servants. But he also spoke of the responsibility of the people to receive these ministers as his official representatives. Jesus insists that the way people receive his ministers reflects their relationship with God. He invites God's people to welcome "a prophet in the name of a prophet" and "to receive a righteous man's reward".

In previous articles on the topic of Christ's kingship in all of life, I offered a summary of what is known today as the "two kingdom/natural law" (2KNL) view. According to this view, Christians live in two kingdoms, the kingdom of the church where Christ reigns by his Word and Spirit, and the "common kingdom" of non-churchly life in God's world where Christ reigns by means of the natural law. Advocates of this perspective are wary of the idea that Christians are called to acknowledge Christ's redemptive rule in their common vocations or in the non-ecclesiastical realm.

This article discusses the normal Christian life according to Romans 6, Romans 7, and Romans 8. The author looks at the unity of these three chapters, as it describes the place of sin, the struggle against sin, and the work of the Spirit in the believer.

This article is about major principles of living the Christian life. The author describes how the Christian life will always have tension, the Christian life involves our whole life (all our faculties), and the Christian life receives Divine chastisement. The author also looks at regeneration and the concept of the crisis experience. 

How deep does sin go? This article looks at the place that God should have in our lives. It also studies the relation between law and gospel, and Jesus Christ and the law.

What is the relationship between Christ and the church? This article shows that Christ has chosen and is protecting and gathering His church. The church, on the other hand, exists for Christ; therefore, being a member means being known by Christ, belonging to Him and being one in Him. 

This article explains that when Christians understand who they are in Christ, through the work of the Holy Spirit in their intimate relationship with the Father, then they will also live out of that identity in Christ, enjoying life in the Spirit.

Why did the ancient Greeks and Romans have no place for hospitals? This article indicates that paganism had no real basis for compassion. But as Christ is full of compassion, Christians sought to emulate that compassion, which provided the driving force behind early Christian medical care.

Tolerance does not mean that everyone is right. This article shows that Christians have the responsibility to maintain the claim that Christ is the only way to God. This is what they must witness to, without being intolerant.

Looking at the example of Apollos, this article gives nine marks that characterizes a healthy Christian.

This article looks at two examples of men who lived Christ-centred lives: 1st century Paul, and Charles Spurgeon. The author draws lessons from these men's lives and ministry to show how Christians today can develop the centrality of Christ in their lives.

The Christian life can be explained as a life of humbleness, being humble like little children depending only on God’s word and Spirit. 

This article discusses what it means that God has washed and sanctified and justified us in Jesus Christ.