If your understanding is the standard, truth will always shift. It will expand or contract based on your perspective, your experiences, and your preferences. But if God’s Word is the standard, truth remains fixed. It doesn’t bend. It doesn’t adjust. It stands. And that’s exactly what we need.     As believers, there’s a subtle... Continue Reading

We don’t expect God to appear to us in a burning bush today, but that doesn’t mean there won’t be times that we are called to do things. What does it take? A need and a dream.   A little over 500 years before Christ was born, there was a man named Zerubbabel who was... Continue Reading

As we seek to follow Jesus, we will be faced with both blessings and challenges. The question is, will we respond in obedience? The response to that question is largely dependent on our view of God.   In this morning’s reading we see Caleb and the crowd. Caleb and the crowd have experienced the power... Continue Reading

“A concert audience does not come to watch the conductor but to listen to the music; a church congregation should not come to watch or hear the preacher, but to listen to God’s Word. The function of the conductor is to draw the music out of the choir or orchestra, in order that the audience... Continue Reading

It takes immense courage and humility to take whatever rage we have against evildoers—of the local or cosmic variety—and entrust their fates to the God of the universe. What are you angry about today? Let go of it and entrust it to the God of perfect justice.   My annual Bible reading plan had me... Continue Reading

The West’s most remarkable inheritance is not merely its wealth or its power, but a habit of conscience—a civilisation formed by the unsettling conviction that even its own achievements must answer to a higher, divine standard. No constitution or declaration can substitute for this notion.   From 2016, the ‘Rhodes Must Fall’ campaign called for... Continue Reading

If the church isn’t singing with hearts full of love and affection for Christ, then we missed the mark. May God find true worshipers in our churches.   I’ve always struggled with the title Worship Leader. It’s not that I think it’s unbiblical, I’ve just always thought it may miscommunicate something about worship. Typically this... Continue Reading

The conscience is a gift from God, so all men are without excuse; we are all sinful, and we know it. When we understand that reality, the only options left are: should we stay in our misery, or is there anyone who can free us from our wickedness? The answer the Bible gives is simple:... Continue Reading

The solution to the crisis of manhood is not found first in cultural reform, but in ecclesiastical faithfulness. It begins with the church making disciples, which is exactly what Christ called us to do.   Blaming the culture has become something of a reflex. We look out at the world around us, and we understand... Continue Reading

America was not founded on secular philosophy dressed in religious language but on theological conviction applied with uncommon seriousness to the ordering of public life. That theology is not dead. It needs to be believed and lived, in our homes, our churches, our schools, and our public square.   In Harvard’s early rules and precepts,... Continue Reading