Making Himself Equal with God – Part 2 – John 5:19-23
It will make all the difference in the world to you on judgment day whether or not you have rendered worship to the true God rather than a false one.
How is it that so few take care to make sure that the God they are worshiping is in fact the true God? How many people glaze over and become bored or disinterested when they hear teaching aimed at making sure that the God they are worshiping is in fact the God of the Bible—the... Continue Reading
WCF 28: Of Baptism
Let us trust that Christ has commanded us to be baptized as a means of enjoying a rich walk with the Lord to the praise of his glory.
God wants his people to know that we are part of his body. This is true even for the youngest members of Christ’s church. Long before they publicly profess their faith those baptized in infancy are part of Christ’s church and covenant. Baptized infants aren’t future church members but actual church members. In places... Continue Reading
Samuel Waugh, Glorify God & Enjoy Him Forever
Samuel Waugh was the brother of my lineal ancestor.
In season and out of season he met his engagements. His custom was to catechize at regular periods, throughout his charge, and not only the children but also the heads of families—households. This was done by announcing from the pulpit certain days in the week, to meet those of a particular district, at a place... Continue Reading
What Does It Mean to Mortify the Sins of the Body?
The mortification of indwelling sin remaining in our mortal bodies, that it may not have life and power to bring forth the works or deeds of the flesh, is the constant duty of believers.
Indwelling sin is compared to a person, a living person, called “the old man,” with his faculties and properties, his wisdom, craft, subtlety, strength; this, says the apostle, must be killed, put to death, mortified—that is, have its power, life, vigor, and strength to produce its effects taken away by the Spirit. It is, indeed,... Continue Reading
Wise Mothers Model Submission
Practicing what we preach about authority.
When a wife presses into the most difficult aspects of Christian obedience, her life will shout to her sons and daughters that Jesus is telling the truth. In the Christian life, spontaneously “feeling like” doing something is not a prerequisite for actually doing it — trusting God’s promises is. And his word assures us that... Continue Reading
Living With Integrity in a Post-Truth World
“Truth Be Told” by Lionel Windsor
Truth Be Told is excellent for those grappling with anxiety about our culture’s loss of objectivity, refocusing our energy towards the real goal of living with integrity as people of truth. This is a welcome move away from handwringing about our generation’s “feelings over facts” tendencies and gives us something we can work on: our... Continue Reading
Enjoying the Anger of Jesus
The anger of Jesus is good news for it means one day all the crimes that have gone unpunished and all the hurts that have gone unnoticed will be judged.
Anger is right when we respond to the right things in the right way. It is the appropriate response to sin and injustice. What provokes Jesus’ outburst in Luke 11 is the hypocrisy of the religious leaders and the way they prevent other people coming to God. The climax of his tirade is: “Woe to... Continue Reading
A Change of Age
America and the West stand at a civilizational inflection point.
If we are seeking to equip our children in kingdom service, then our children will need to be adequately equipped for the kinds of battles that they are going to be facing. We owe it to our children to take these matters seriously. We may be dead before the full weight of these shifts are felt... Continue Reading
Are Right-Wing Christians Guilty of “Political Idolatry?”
There seem to be essentially three categories of Christians in the American Evangelical church at the moment.
The Woke-Right crowd commits idolatry as they do the bidding of those aligned with the Left. Unlike the vague slanderous charge of political idolatry to those on their right, those in the Biblicist category can clearly define the idolatrous participation of those to their Left. The secular ideology of Social Justice can and has been... Continue Reading
The Olympics as Utopian Theater
It’s all a show in the city of man.
The Olympics are an example of what Augustine called the city of man. A city of man is self-serving and, ultimately, doomed to fall away. In our world, progressives claim to promote justice but make common cause with genocide in the name of intersectionality. Many conservatives are quick to take on a religious mantle when... Continue Reading
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