Biblical Worldview: Parents’ Rights and Responsibilities in Education
God makes it very clear that he holds parents, and not public schools, primarily responsible for the content and quality of their children’s education.
Take back the rod. God gave it to you, not to the government. Take back your kids. God gave them to you, not to the government. This will be for God’s glory. And, I would suggest, this would be the first, and most significant step, to taking back our country. One of the most... Continue Reading
How do Christians Approach the Law?
Do Christians Obey the Old Testament Law?
If the ceremonial and civil/judicial laws are no longer binding, why are there so many in Scripture? Paul makes clear that the entire Old Testament was written for our benefit (Romans 15:4). In truth, these laws are useful to Christians because there are uses of the law other than obedience. The Law restrains sin and... Continue Reading
What Knowing God Involves
Knowing God is a relationship calculated to thrill a person’s heart.
Knowing God involves, first, listening to God’s word and receiving it as the Holy Spirit interprets it, in application to oneself; second, noting God’s nature and character, as his word and works reveal it; third, accepting his invitations and doing what he commands; and fourth, recognizing and rejoicing in the love that he has shown... Continue Reading
If God Would Outsource His Sovereignty
The reality, of course, is that God does not ask what gifts of his providence we would like to receive from his hand.
It falls to us to receive what God assigns—to receive it with trust in his goodness and with confidence in his purposes, willing and eager to steward it all faithfully for the good of his beloved people and the glory of his great name. I want you to imagine that, at least for a... Continue Reading
Heaven Won’t Fit in Your Head
Our minds cannot begin to hold the multidimensional mysteries of the universe; it cannot retain ages, nations, or species, much less shape them.
We can handle only momentary glances of truth into the preexistent Godhead. Awe is the aim, not divine understanding. “Such knowledge,” the creature confesses, “is too wonderful for me; it is high; I cannot attain it” (Psalm 139:6). I have long been a mental maniac. I ruminate over unanswerable questions, turning the concepts of... Continue Reading
Written in the Book
He takes our names with him wherever he goes.
The God who spoke the world into being wrote your name in his own blood on his hand. One day, when the heavens are ripped away and the earth remade in fire, you and I can sit with him and look at them together. We will find…our names, written before time, written in time, written forever.... Continue Reading
The After-Effects of Jesus’ Death: Matthew 27:50-53
The first effect of the death of Jesus in the gospel of Matthew is the tremendous visible signs which accompanied that moment.
It is understandable for the authors to only briefly mention these miraculous events as they point towards, support, and otherwise affirm and magnify the singular person of which each of the gospels is about—Jesus. One of the strangest few verses in all of the Bible, describes the circumstances around the death of Christ. Matthew,... Continue Reading
Bank Collapses & Good Investments
If you want to change the world, limit investing in the limited and maximize your investment in the infinite.
Invest in the Kingdom of God. Give your time, talents, and treasures to God’s mission on earth. Pour out your life—whether you eat, drink, work, rest, or whatever you do—with that aim in mind. Be a hearer and a doer of His Word. And you will bear thirty, sixty, or even a hundredfold return (Matthew... Continue Reading
The Eternality of God
Although we clearly cannot grasp fully what God’s eternity means, we can understand that this attribute is real.
Thinking about God’s attributes may be hard work, but no other object of study is more suitable to humble and expand our mind. It allows us to forget ourselves and focus all our attention on the only true God who is the source of all life and blessings. When we talk about God’s attributes... Continue Reading
On Culture, Caesar, and Biblical Critical Theory
Book Review—There is plenty of incisive commentary in the new volume, "Biblical Critical Theory," by Christopher Watkin.
Watkin reminds us that the biblical story, or metanarrative, is also a far ranging ideological assessment of culture. It too offers a type of critical theory: it also tests and evaluates all things, but in the light of God and his Word. And the aim is not revolution but redemption. The new book by a Monash University philosophy professor and Christian thinker... Continue Reading
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