J. D. Greear

The ultimate community in God’s kingdom is the church—a blessing we receive not just in eternity but in this time.

Through their long anticipation and watch for the Messiah, Simeon and Anna show us that Jesus comes to those who wait.

Martin Luther said that, since the fall, our hearts have been hard-wired with a “wages” mentality: We only get what we deserve. We’re only worth […]

You’ve probably noticed this by now, but our culture isn’t doing awesome with the whole dating and marriage thing.

A lot of us say we want to live by faith, but the moment we can’t see or understand what God is doing, we throw up our hands and say, “Are you even there, God?”

When the Apostle Peter said Christians should expect to be slandered and mistreated as evildoers, it's because it was literally true for Christians in Peter's day.

When you read from the Prophets and Psalms, you may be struck with how much of them come from a posture of waiting. Throughout the Psalms, King David says...

Jesus said the most defining characteristic of his church should be its love. Your love for each other, he told his disciples, is how the world will recognize that you belong to me...

In Luke 18 Jesus tells the story of two men that went into the temple to pray. One man was religiously and professionally accomplished, and a sense of self-sufficiency filled his heart as he prayed. Jesus said...

There is a sweet peace in giving up the responsibility to control everything and the drive to get vengeance...

My family loves the movie The Greatest Showman. It's the (highly embellished) account of P.T. Barnum's rise to success. There's a moving scene where his prospective father-in-law tells Barnum he'll never be good enough for the man's daughter. He says...

The evidence for the resurrection is clear for all who want to see it...