Sometimes the Best Explanation Is ‘Forgive Me’
Sin infects our syntax. It corrodes our word choice. We let it — even wield it. When will we learn?
When confronted with our sin, when will we learn that God, in his kindness, has planned for this to take place that we might repent (Romans 2:4)? When will we learn that God intends us to repent that we might once again experience the joy of unblushing fellowship with him (Psalm 51:7–12)? When will we learn that one reason... Continue Reading
Aim All You Have at Heaven: How God Inspires Ambitious Generosity
Any investment we make in heaven at the expense of some experience on earth will be handsomely rewarded now in this time — and in the age to come
Your Father is not stingy, but generous. He wants to give you the kingdom. If you are his, “all things are yours, whether . . . the world or life or death or the present or the future — all are yours, and you are Christ’s, and Christ is God’s” (1 Corinthians 3:21–23). How insane of us,... Continue Reading
Put Away
"Pray by all means, but do not forget that Paul tells the Ephesians to put them off, to put them far from them, and we must do the same." - Martin Lloyd Jones
It is not pleasant, It is not at all pleasant even to preach on these things; it is very unpleasant for us to face them…but, says the Apostle, we must do it, and if we find any vestige or trace of these things within us, we must take hold of it and hurl it away... Continue Reading
The Equality Act and the Looming Tyranny of the Self – Part 1
Merely to discuss any part of the act seems to be a “parade of horribles.”
To replace real, biological sex with subjective feelings about who one is and mandating that people accept and act on this in public life is, as Emilie Kao of the Heritage Foundation recently observed, not the result of new scientific discoveries or thoughtful public debate. It is a radical and coercive decree, which amounts to “gaslighting... Continue Reading
Self-deception
The very nature of self-deception is that there is no conscious awareness of believing lies. Self-deception emerges from living on a self-referential basis.
The mere possibility of falling into this kind of deadly trap ought to be enough to breed extreme humility in the most experienced believer and most accomplished church. It ought to call us to radical commitment to measuring our lives by what the Scripture calls us to be and do and by nothing else. It... Continue Reading
When Peace Like A River
So as our nation recovers from the ever swinging pendulum of fire and flood, I choose to look to the beckoning hand of God to find my peace in the grace he pours out on me in Christ.
My prayer is for a gospel flood, for grace that runs ahead and fills every low place, for a landscape washed new under the blessing and favour of God. Our nation may not deserve it, but it desperately needs it. In recent days, Balrogs have stalked our desperate land …” On January 9, 2020,... Continue Reading
Dialogue with God
Worship that is communion between God and his people is not a monologue, it is a dialogue.
God speaks—truth, and his people respond—spirit. While the term spirit, as I’ve mentioned, may imply the Holy Spirit here, the word can also refer to our inner spirits, and I think in the context of this passages, that is Jesus’s primary point. The woman had asked him about the proper outward physical place and method... Continue Reading
The Good Name of Our Neighbor
It is incumbent on us to do our best to guard the reputations of others even when some form of discipline is involved.
Our obligation to protect the reputations of others is not limited to those who agree with us or who are not guilty of sin. It extends to all people; it extends especially to other believers. In the most extreme situations in which church discipline is involved, the reputation of the guilty party should still be... Continue Reading
A Strategic Survival Plan For Christian Living In Strange Times
Christians today need to come to terms with our current cultural situation and survive it.
To the anticipated response, “We have to do something!” I will voice no disagreement. We should do something and here it is (divinely inspired of God): Get married, have kids, build a house, plant a garden, etc. Those who cannot receive that advice will never be open to that which follows: seek the peace of the... Continue Reading
The Coalition of the Un-Woke
As "critical race theory" pervades national K-12 education and the "anti-racism" of race-hustling charlatans like Ibram X. Kendi solidifies its beachhead, the idea for such a coalition is rapidly gaining steam.
The imperative of the moment demands that left-liberals join us in an alliance against the neo-Marxism of wokeness, “cancel culture” and “anti-racism.” The survival of Western civilization, quite literally, depends on it. The metastasis of the “woke” ideology is the most comprehensive threat facing the American republic. It is appallingly totalitarian, insofar as the... Continue Reading
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 183
- 184
- 185
- 186
- 187
- …
- 1270
- Next Page »