Our desperate search for God is itself a pointer towards His existence (image courtesy of pixabay.com)

“Entrusting Our Difficulties to God”-Sermon Notes on 1 Peter 3:8-12 from July 14, 2024

Posted on July 16, 2024July 16, 2024 by Billy Reinhardt

“See to it that no one repays evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what is good for one another and for all” (1 Thessalonians 5:15)

Trying to Squeeze 2 Gallons of Lemon Juice from a Single Lemon: The Problem of Finding Maximum Satisfaction in Temporal Pleasures

Posted on June 30, 2024July 3, 2024 by Billy Reinhardt

Finding ultimate satisfaction in even the good things of this world is like trying to squeeze 2-gallons of lemon juice from a single lemon.

God’s Call of Duty

Posted on January 10, 2023July 30, 2023 by Billy Reinhardt

“God, have You served me this particular situation in order to change it, or have You given me this particular situation to bear up under it and accept it as Your will?”

“God, glorify Yourself through my body!”

Posted on December 11, 2018April 9, 2019 by Billy Reinhardt

18 Run from sexual immorality! “Every sin a person can commit is outside the body.” On the contrary, the person who is sexually immoral sins against his own body. 19 Don’t you know that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God? You are not Read more about “God, glorify Yourself through my body!”[…]

Do we really believe that God has Christians' good in mind whenever even the toughest afflictions may come into our lives? (image courtesy of pixabay.com)

Charles Spurgeon: Help from his View of Affliction

Posted on October 25, 2017 by Billy Reinhardt

See a previous post I wrote on the value of biographies here Have you struggled with adversity in your life? Have you often wondered how to properly view the trials and struggles you’ve encountered? I know I have. What I want to share with you now is some of the thoughts from the life of Read more about Charles Spurgeon: Help from his View of Affliction[…]

Will we hear the words "well done" when we come to die? (image courtesy of pixabay.com)

God Uses Young, Brief Lives: Nabeel Qureshi, The Problem of Evil, and The Sovereignty of God

Posted on September 16, 2017September 18, 2017 by Billy Reinhardt

As I write these first few words (originally on Saturday, 9/16/17), I just heard that Nabeel Qureshi has passed away at the age of 34 with complications due originally to stage 4 stomach cancer. I first heard the news through Justin Taylor’s site here. If you want a good overview of his life and some Read more about God Uses Young, Brief Lives: Nabeel Qureshi, The Problem of Evil, and The Sovereignty of God[…]

Let's take the long-view perspective of our lives and of our trials by seeing them through biographies of others who have traveled our path (image courtesy of pixabay.com)

The Value of Biographies for Perspective in our Lives and our Trials

Posted on August 29, 2017August 30, 2017 by Billy Reinhardt

Whenever we are going through difficult seasons in life, God may use a variety of means by which to bring us comfort. God often brings comfort directly through His Word, and He will also often use people in our lives to console and to speak wisdom into our lives as well. One way that God Read more about The Value of Biographies for Perspective in our Lives and our Trials[…]

Would you accept such a proposal as Judson's? (image courtesy of pixabay.com)

“Honey, We’re Engaged! Let’s Go Suffer & Die for Jesus!”-Adoniram Judson’s Letter to Ann Before Their Marriage

Posted on July 14, 2017 by Billy Reinhardt

In my last post here I included Adoniram Judson’s letter to his father-in-law asking for Ann’s hand in marriage (you can also learn more about Judson himself and his missionary endeavors in my last post as well). Now I want us to look at Judson’s letter to Ann just a tad over a month before they Read more about “Honey, We’re Engaged! Let’s Go Suffer & Die for Jesus!”-Adoniram Judson’s Letter to Ann Before Their Marriage[…]