To have a firm foundation for keeping the Sabbath in a profitable manner, you must be convinced from the Scriptures that the Sabbath is the sacred day of God. Then you are able to wake up on the first day of the week and say to yourself, “My God has set apart one day in... Continue Reading

Listening to God’s voice isn’t easy, but the most valuable things in life rarely come easy (Prov 2:1-5). That copy of the Bible in your home is an unexplored diamond mine, which is calling for your exploration. When Christians start to get properly acquainted with their Bibles, exciting things happen!     Lots of us struggle to concentrate... Continue Reading

God’s grace is sufficient in your weakness – whatever that is – today as well. If you are physically weak, spiritually weak, emotionally weak, or mentally weak, in any case, God promises to provide you the strength in your weakness today and this week. What an incredible gift from God!   Do you ever feel a... Continue Reading

In a culture that has lost its way on marriage and gender, one of the best ways we can display the Gospel is by embracing what Scripture teaches about them and living lives that display their beauty to the world.  Christians need to take their cues from Scripture and perform the marriage and gender dance... Continue Reading

If you live in a part of the country (or world) that’s more “culturally Christian,” don’t merely look down on those who you live among as being “inauthentic Christians.” That’s your mission field, and the fields just might be ripe for harvest.   Several months ago I had the opportunity to visit some family friends... Continue Reading

Where is the exceptional self-made saint? There is “none…no, not one…together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one” (Rom. 3:10, 12). We cannot escape our guilt and sin because we are “by nature children of wrath” (Eph. 2:3) and there is no escaping nature—it is what we are. “If you, who... Continue Reading

The gospel going forward has nothing to do with OUR LEGACY. Becoming focused on our legacy will distract us from the gospel mission. Worrying about how people will remember us is a surefire way to succumb to all sorts of temptations, distractions, and pitfalls. The gospel going forward means we are primarily concerned with how... Continue Reading

The fear of rejection is often a fear piled on top of other fears and uncertainties. The solution is to make the fear of rejection “a small thing”. And the way to make the fear of rejection a small thing is to make the acceptance of Christ a bigger thing. And the only way that... Continue Reading

God has appointed for the protection of the pulpit is biblically regulated and sincerely administered polity.[1] Note that polity is an instrument. Polity is not an end in itself. The proper end toward which biblical polity is aimed is the worship of God. Worship comprises the reading and preaching of God’s Word, along with various other... Continue Reading

God created male and female, boys and girls, men and women. Our bodies are not opposed to our identities but, rather, give objective and biological clarification to who we are. We are not bodiless image bearers. We are embodied creatures because bodies matter. And bodies matter because God made them.   The first time the... Continue Reading