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Joy Is Not More Biblical Than Happiness, and Yes, God Really Is Happy

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If I were to say, “It’s bright outside. It’s a sunny day. The sky is blue. There's not a cloud in the sky,” have I said four different things? No, I've said one thing in four different ways. The same thing is true with the Hebrew and Greek words for happiness and joy and gladness used in Scripture.

Will Even Spiders Be on the New Earth?

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If you encountered a web with its geometric artistry without knowing spiders existed, you would marvel, wondering what human made them, and how. Whether we or spiders themselves appreciate their work, surely their Creator does.

Every Child Is Known and Loved by God, from Conception

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Raul Reyes is the president and founder of Life Equip Global, which seeks to equip churches with resources to respond to the Global Abortion Holocaust. He recently shared a touching note, which involves embryonic adoption.

Will We Trust in God’s Character and His Care for Us?

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May God’s words in these verses, and my wife Nanci’s reflections after each of them, encourage you to keep trusting Jesus today.

Because of Jesus, Our Best Years Are Always Ahead of Us

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Recently, a friend turned 40, and I was reflecting on that season of my own life. I remember when I hit 40, I wondered if most of my best years were behind me. Little did I realize then that my most spiritually impactful years in this present life were still ahead.

Will We Sing in Heaven?

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Music is transcendent—a bridge between this world and another. That’s why people devote so much of themselves to it and gain such pleasure in it. We love the rich and varied rhythms and harmonies. In Heaven God will unleash our creativity, not confine it.

We Can Simultaneously Make Room in Our Hearts for God, People, and Animals

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One of the strangest assumptions people sometimes make is that if we love animals, we can’t sufficiently love God and people. But love is not a zero-sum game.

The Heavens Move Our Hearts to Worship the Creator

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Like many people, I enjoyed hearing updates about NASA’s Artemis II, which recently completed a 10-day mission around the moon, traveling over 800,000 kilometers. The photos that commander Reid Wiseman took of the earth are stunning!

Christ Is Our Model for Prayer and Submitting to God’s Will

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Though we asked God wholeheartedly to heal Nanci, we recognized Him as Lord and trusted Him to do His will even if it wasn’t our will. We knew what God sovereignly chose would be both for His glory and Nanci’s good.

We Are to Draw on God’s Strength and Partner with Him in Our Sanctification

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“To this end I labor, struggling with all his energy, which so powerfully works in me” (Colossians 1:29). We must make every effort to be righteous, to obey Him. Yet all the while we must do this appealing to His strength, not our own.

My New Book All God’s Creatures, Coming This Fall

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My latest book All God’s Creatures: What the Bible Says About Animals, Heaven, and the New Earth will be released from Tyndale House on November 17. It was a labor of love for the past three years—especially love for God first, and Nanci second.

Because of the Resurrection, One Day Everything Is Going to Be OK

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It’s been almost three years since author Tim Keller entered the presence of Jesus. As is said of Abel, so it can be said of Tim: “he still speaks through his faith” (Hebrews 11:4, CSB). This video clip, and what Tim says about how the resurrection changes how we face challenges, is just so powerful.

Resurrection Sunday Worked in Reverse to Make Good Friday Good

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Out of the appallingly bad came what was inexpressibly good. And the good trumps the bad because the bad was temporary while the good is eternal. God’s love and grace come to us soaked in divine blood.

Moments That Reveal Our Sin and Our Need for a Savior

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We may sometimes be able to fool ourselves and others, but never God. He knows what we’re thinking about and what we’re doing. And it is His appraisal of our life that ultimately matters.

True Happiness Is Only Found in the Last Place Many People Look

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John Calvin said, “While all men seek after happiness, scarcely one in a hundred looks for it from God.” One reason is because we’re sinners. Another is because the average person wouldn’t imagine that happiness could be found in God.

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