The Greatest Gift My Father Gave Me
May God strengthen us to instruct, that our little ones learn the way of wisdom, and that by it they may live.
To be a parent is to be a teacher. Have times of both organized and organic Biblical learning in your home. This isn’t novel stuff, but simple steps in accomplishing a miraculous source in the life of our children, cultivating the Word of God to keep them walking in the wisdom of God. One... Continue Reading
Parents, Know and Defend Your Rights
Christians urgently need to understand what has happened to children in Colorado.
The Wailes and Roller families recently joined with another family to enlist the legal help of Alliance Defending Freedom. They filed a lawsuit against JeffCo for refusing to give parents truthful, pertinent information about their children’s overnight accommodations, thus hampering the rights of parents to make informed decisions about their children’s upbringing, education, and privacy.... Continue Reading
A Renewed Mind, a Transformed Life
The renewed mind is marked by a reliance on the Bible, the only infallible rule for faith and practice.
Through the light of Scripture, we begin to understand God’s holy character and realize our sinfulness—learning all that was lost in Eden, and discovering why we long to return from exile to the Father’s fellowship. That leads us to turn in repentance and look with joy to the redemption found only in the Lord Jesus... Continue Reading
Training in Godliness
Over time, godly habits will change your life in many ways.
All of us need to train for godliness. It doesn’t matter if you are a new Christian or if you have been a believer for fifty years. All of us need to work on building godly habits of Bible reading and prayer. We need to confess our specific sins and actively work on loving God... Continue Reading
10 Puritans Who Changed the World: John Flavel, the Preacher of Providence
Who Was John Flavel?
Flavel was flexible, resilient, and persevering amid suffering. When he could not preach, he wrote. For example, during the persecution of Nonconformists in the 1670s and early 1680s, Flavel published at least nine books, including A Token for Mourners, The Touchstone of Sincerity, The Method of Grace, and Treatise on the Soul of Man. Flavel’s Mystery of Providence is perhaps the... Continue Reading
Eloquence and the Heart, Part 2
Eloquence, Gift or Art?
Who deserves the presence and the empowerment of the third person of the Godhead? We surely can do nothing to merit His blessing. “God doesn’t use people because they are gifted. He uses people (even preachers) because he is gracious… If we do believe (this), then we will pray – we will pray before we... Continue Reading
The Importance of a God-Centred Doctrine of Sin
A deficient doctrine of sin reveals a Christian worldview that is insufficiently shaped by what God has spoken through Scripture.
It is crucial to work towards a view of God and his world that is shaped by the revelation that God has given to us. Failing to do this will result in us being formed instead by the foundational assumptions of our culture, in which humanity is exalted and God is marginalised. One of... Continue Reading
The Perspective of a Godly, Wise Man
When a man humbly submits to God's will for his life and embraces God's sovereignty, everything changes.
Such a man realizes that God oversees everything in his life, and even the worst and hardest events can produce a redemptive purpose. He works all things together for good. Any bitterness or anger at God or man can be laid aside as we see what God is doing. How we see things is most... Continue Reading
Habitual Communities
Embedding Habits III
I want to argue that there is a sort of Christian community that can be found whenever you gather with Christians and that habitual elements of this also teach us that all of life is meant to be about following Christ. Most British Christians find this concept off-putting. If I were to suggest that the group... Continue Reading
Alleviating Fear
How do You Overcome Fear?
If you have fear in any area, there is one remedy. In prayer and the reading of the Word, listen to God. Let Him remind you of His promises (there are 7,000 in the Bible) and give you direction for your life. And then believe Him. Everybody has fear. Fear is that anxiety that... Continue Reading
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