Discipleship and Service

“But at your word…”
It is not easy to set aside our own doubts and concerns and still carry out an instruction we recognize as coming from the Lord.…
Friedemann Werkshage December 26, 2025
Peter’s Fall Step 6: In the wrong company
We have already seen that Peter overestimated himself, slept, and consequently didn’t pray. We also noticed that his heart’s condition became visible to others through…
Manuel Dietermann December 21, 2025
Peter’s Fall Step 5: An obvious distance
We have already seen that Peter overestimated himself, slept, and consequently didn’t pray. We also noticed that his heart’s spiritual condition became visible to others…
Manuel Dietermann December 18, 2025
Love is the headline
Romans 13:8-10 applies the teaching from Romans 8:4 to our practice of faith. Romans 8:4 states that the righteous requirements of the law are fulfilled…
Marco Leßmann December 17, 2025
Remember Lot’s Wife
Two angels came to Sodom at that time to warn Lot and his family of the coming judgment. They instructed Lot to lead his family…
Daniel Melui December 10, 2025
Peter’s Fall and Restoration (1/14)
The Bible presents to us many lives as examples, both positive and negative. Nothing good is exaggerated, nothing bad is glossed over.  Today, I want…
Manuel Dietermann December 8, 2025
A Slack Hand
  A serious but, at the same time, challenging and motivating verse! The original word, here rendered as “deceitfully,” can also be translated as “with…
Alex Schneider December 7, 2025
Serving and Waiting
These words were written to young Christians — first-century converts — by the Apostle Paul, the greatest evangelist of all time. We, the young Christians…
F.B. Hole December 6, 2025
Enoch – he pleased God
Everything we know about Enoch is condensed into eight verses of Scripture: four in Genesis 5, two in Hebrews 11, and two in Jude. However,…
F.B. Hole December 5, 2025
The Real Joash
A Crisis By a narrow margin, the royal descendants of David were nearly wiped out. If that had happened, how could the Messiah have been…
Michael Hardt December 4, 2025
It is written
At the beginning of His public ministry on earth, Christ was led by the Spirit of God into the desert to be tempted by the…
Matthias Wölfinger December 3, 2025
Obedience in Practice (3)
In the first two articles of our series on obedience, we examined the following questions: – Who is our great role model? – What does…
Henning Panthel December 2, 2025
Obedience of faith (2)
In this series of articles on the topic of obedience, we will address three questions: Who is our great role model? What does “obedience of…
Henning Panthel December 1, 2025
Bottom Line of A Life
God inscribed the tombstone of King David with the following statement: “For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God,…
Alex Schneider November 19, 2025
Leaving Marks…
When Enoch was caught up, there was obviously a search for him. We read: “For before he was taken, he had this testimony, that he…
Alex Schneider November 15, 2025
Negligent?
A serious but, at the same time, challenging and motivating verse! God’s work – in whatever form – is so important and urgent that laziness,…
Alex Schneider November 14, 2025
Why my Whole Life For God?
Question: I still don’t quite understand why God makes such a complete claim on our whole lives and demands that we submit our lives completely…
T.A. November 13, 2025
Much To Do – But Only A Few Workers
  When we read this verse, we may be inclined to think of servants of the Lord who serve Him in distant lands. These words…
Ernst-August Bremicker November 10, 2025
Alcohol – A Great Danger (?)
Alcohol is a subject about which the Bible is not silent. It is also an issue that is still highly topical today. We notice this…
Christian Rosenthal November 6, 2025