Our family currently lives in the center of a major European city and we often find ourselves thinking, if happiness is measured by the looks on people’s face...
I asked someone recently, “What’s your favorite memory or tradition of Christmas?” I was shocked by the reply, “None.”
None. Not one.
He
went on to exp...
“You can’t smoke, drink, go to movies, listen to rock and roll, or dance. The Holy Spirit won’t come into a trash can.”
I heard the pastor make this point emph...
It's Advent. And Christmas will soon be upon us, but it's anything but merry!
Instead of holiday joy, it seems that despair—a sense of hopelessness, no way out...
Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. -1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
This year as w...
God offers us his friendship. How amazing is that?
I remember hearing a sermon once where the preacher reacted uncomfortably to the idea of “God as friend.” ...
I waited patiently for the Lord; he turned to me and heard my cry. He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and ...
In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that your faith—of greate...
If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fa...
The cross of Jesus as the centerpiece of the atonement and our reconciliation with God has never been an easy matter to understand. “If God required all that to...
Your ministry is a success, your family life brilliant, but as you try to move forward, you've discovered that you've run out of your own resources. In the mids...
“Pastor, I’m just not getting fed here.”
How often have you heard this? At first it sounds legitimate enough. If someone in the church is not “getting fed” in ...
John I. Snyder is an international pastor, author, and conference speaker. His forthcoming book "Resenting God: Escape the Downward Spiral of Blame" from Abingdon Press will be released on October 16, 2018. His highly acclaimed prayer guide Your 100 Day Prayer from Thomas Nelson Publishers has transformed the lives of readers all over the world, taking them on a 100-day journey in prayer over a specific issue or circumstance in their lives. John received his Master of Theology and Master of Divinity degrees from Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, New Jersey, and he received his Doctor of Theology degree magna cum laude in New Testament Studies from the University of Basel, Switzerland.
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