Exalting God, Edifying Believers, Evangelizing the Lost

The Price of Conviction

By Michael Youssef, Ph D.  08/06/20 God’s Word is filled with the stories of His saints suffering greatly for their faith. But far from discouraging believers today, these lives lived out in enduring faith emit a sweetness that draws us to the Lord Jesus each day. The...
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Loving Through Giving

By Michael Youssef, Ph D.  08/05/20 Read 1 Corinthians 16:1-4. Jesus often taught on the subject of money. In His Sermon on the Mount, He said, “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, . . . But store up for yourselves treasures in...
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Our Love Is Not in Vain

By Michael Youssef, Ph D.  08/04/20 Read 1 Corinthians 15:1-28. When the first crop of the season ripens, it’s an exciting day for a farmer. The farmer has diligently prepared the fields, sown the seeds, and tended the seedlings. If the firstfruits are good, then the farmer...
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For the Sake of Others

By Michael Youssef, Ph D.  08/03/20 Read 1 Corinthians 14:6-40. The believers in Corinth were followers of Jesus. They had received the Gospel with joy and were learning to live in community as brothers and sisters in Christ. But old habits die hard, and they continued to...
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What Love Is and Is Not

By Michael Youssef, Ph D.  08/02/20 Read 1 Corinthians 13:1-13. While 1 Corinthians 13—the passage about love—is well-known, the chapter can only be properly understood when we read the love chapter in light of what came before it and what comes after it. Both chapters 12 and 14...
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