The Holy Spirit Acts Like a Broken Hip

Someone (J.D. Grear) has said that many of us think that the Holy Spirit is like our pituitary gland. You know it's there, you're glad you've got it, ...

The Trinity Works Together for Our Rescue

While every analogy of the Trinity has its limitations, this picture illustrates one aspect of our Triune God—that they are all on the same team. ...

Conversion Is Like Waking Up to an Alarm Clock

Bible scholar N.T. Wright uses the analogy of waking up in the morning for how some people come to Christ through a dramatic, instant conversion and others ...

Our True ‘Cornerman’—the Holy Spirit

You might not know the name Angelo Dundee, but you've undoubtedly heard of Muhammad Ali, probably the most famous professional boxer of all time. For ...

The Spirit Searches Infinitely Beyond Google

One of the roles of the Holy Spirit is to search, as in search engine. The total number of servers Google employs is a well-kept secret, but one recent ...

The Church Is Like The Atchafalaya River

The 137-mile long Atchafalaya River is a distributary of the Mississippi River that meanders through south central Louisiana and empties into the Gulf ...

Catching Sleep, Catching Revival

Even though our churches are only able to be the object of revival rather than its producer, I don't think our waiting is as passive as it seems. ...

Pentecost Is Like the Opening of the Aswan High Dam

John Piper provides the following helpful illustration of the Holy Spirit before and after Pentecost:

Picture a huge dam for hydroelectric power under ...

Freed Soldiers Learn to Trust Rescuer's Voice

On January 28, 1945, as World War II was groaning to a close, 121 elite Army Rangers liberated over 500 POWs, mostly Americans, from a Japanese prisoner ...

Doctors Work to Restore Patient's Heartbeat

A person is lying on a surgical table. It's the moment of crisis. Doctors and nurses are working frantically to save a life. But it's clear they ...