What if we feel more excited to see family than to see Jesus in heaven? Pastor John offers seven practical suggestions for pursuing deeper love for Christ.Listen Now

It was late, and I was ready for bed. “Let’s just watch some of it,” my roommate suggested. A sermon at this hour? I would almost certainly fall asleep. I didn’t. Two hours later, eyes wide open — what had we just heard? “Ten Indictments Against the Modern Church in America” — a bracing, prophetic, fiery call for straying churches to come back to biblical Christianity. Paul Washer, addressing fellow pastors at a conference on revival, preached on urgent issues facing Christians in America. One of the strongest calls urged ministers to be clear on the utter necessity of the new birth — what it truly is, what counterfeits challenge it, and how its presence (or absence) shows in our lives. Unclarity on conversion means unsound evangelism and unscriptural teaching. How many were deceived? Was I among them? The stakes were eternal. Created, Not Decided By pressing in on the neglected doctrine that salvation req