How Should You Pray for False Teachers?
Pray that you & your pastors speak the truth in love with boldness.
The kingdom of darkness fills the stands and cheers on the false teacher in his or her schemes. This undoubtedly stirs up righteous anger in the true Christian and most certainly the men of God who are charged with the task of preaching truth and refuting error. In the Psalms, this would fall under the category... Continue Reading
Repost: Next Level Discipleship
We want our discipleship to be gamified.
Discipleship is slow. Gamification is all about quick wins and rewarding incremental progress. Discipleship, the lifelong obedience towards God that transforms us into the likeness of his son, is often incremental, but it’s never quick. If anyone suggests a quick win for an issue of character or obedience, run away from them. I was speaking... Continue Reading
The Sermon on the Mount Is Not an Impossible Standard to Make Us Feel Bad
Walking in the way of the Sermon on the Mount means walking close to Jesus.
The Sermon on the Mount contains within its many commands an awareness that these commands will not be kept flawlessly. That means part of entering by the narrow gate is being so poor in spirit that you know you need God’s help. It means lamenting your sins and looking to God for mercy. It means... Continue Reading
A Plea for Our Girls
God’s plan for our girls is to grow into strong, virtuous daughters who are as “corner pillars cut for the structure of a palace” (Psalm 144:12).
In our times, these biblical distinctives will cause our girls to stand out against the culture and frankly, that’s hard for our girls, who just want to fit in. What is the church to do? Be the adults and refuse to let this culture steal away our girls. Our girls need to be celebrated, valued,... Continue Reading
Generations of Blessing: How the Historicity of Genesis 1–11 Hits Home
The Importance of Genealogy
Genesis presents a view of reality that sees individual life as part of the divine, larger, coherent purpose that has continuity and hence a hope for the future. What occurs today is meaningful and bears on our future—efforts at building a life, a family, community, work, and spiritual development results. Henri Nouwen sums this up... Continue Reading
The Arc of the Ark Story
Seeing the Death and Resurrection of the World
Baptism corresponds to the ark story because the arc of that story was death and life. Baptism is the Christian’s public declaration that God has brought us through the waters of judgment. Through union with Christ, we have been brought safely into everlasting life. The Lord Jesus, the true and greater ark, is our refuge.... Continue Reading
Corinthian Enthusiasm
Only one book serves as our ultimate and final authority in all that it affirms.
Let us be the sort of people who prayerfully and carefully immerse ourselves day and night in God’s Word (Josh. 1:8; Ps. 1:2). Let us also be the sort of Berean-like people who receive good teaching about God’s Word “with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so” (Acts 17:11). ... Continue Reading
Return of the Dad Theologian
He is the man of Psalm 1, and as a minister and shepherd of his family, he is also the man of Titus 1.
As dads and husbands we cannot retrieve lost time, but if we are willing to humble ourselves under the mighty hand of God and repent of any complacency (or outright laziness) we have had, He is faithful and just to cleanse us of all unrighteousness (1 Peter 5:6, 1 John 1:9). His mercies are new... Continue Reading
Do Jesus and Paul Contradict One Another?
Interpreting what Jesus taught during His earthly ministry against what His Apostles subsequently wrote reveals a fundamental misunderstanding of biblical revelation.
Attempts to pit the teachings of Jesus and the Apostle Paul against one another will result in a division of the canon. This can lead people to undermine both the Apostolic teaching on redemption as well as the Apostolic ethic for the lives of the members of the New Testament church. Some have sought... Continue Reading
The Fall in Genesis 3: A Prepositional Approach
If we don’t understand the story of the fall, then we won’t properly understand the Story of Scripture.
In order to see the power of the cross and receive the gospel as truly good news, we must understand our helpless condition, that we have sinned and fall short of the glory of God (Rom. 3:23). The road after Genesis 3 has many twists and turns, but along the way we read about the rescuing grace of... Continue Reading
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