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 ...
Judging from the billions of dollars of beauty products that are sold every year, it appears that we really don’t like what we see in the mirror every morning. ...
Through terror and tragedy, we learn to lean on the promises in Scripture.
We remember the terrible events of September 11. Our family lived on Long Island a...
The personalities, games, and church-speak are those odd and humorous experiences that occur so frequently in the ministry. Pastors and leaders often share the ...
While researching on the Internet for after-death visitation reports from people who have lost their loved ones, I came across this. In her article, Visions of ...
Faith in a God who delivers and rescues is just pure wishful thinking.
It’s just an emotional crutch for those who need it.
Haven’t you heard or maybe even sa...
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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