His Word is sufficient. It is relevant. It is authoritative. It is the final standard for truth, for life, and for worship. Everything we need to know Him, love Him, and serve Him rightly has already been given. The question is whether we will build on it.   Since all Christians are worshippers, we can... Continue Reading

Forget all this AI nonsense and connect with the living God and with the people He has created to have fellowship with Himself. Save the machines for mowing your lawn or making your coffee.   Recall in the 1999 film The Matrix how one character in league with the dark side is discussing the benefits... Continue Reading

So much of the strife in the Corinthian church was created by the attitude of those engaged in the extraordinary gifts who were convinced that they were on a higher spiritual plane than the rest of the members of the church.   Paul had to speak harshly to the Corinthian community because the church there... Continue Reading

The bitterness of the Hebrews’ slavery echoes the bitter meaninglessness of life without God. Though we are cushioned in the West by material prosperity the godless can never fully escape the lash of finity and godless purposelessness.   In our bible lecture this week we looked back to the Western church at the beginning of... Continue Reading

David’s words acknowledge a boundary he could not cross. Christ’s work declares that the boundary itself has been broken. And that is where the passage ultimately leads us.   David’s fall with Bathsheba marks a decisive turning point in the narrative of Samuel. Up to this moment, one theme has defined David’s life above all... Continue Reading

A diluted gospel is one that is robbed of its power. The irony is that, in their concern to treat the symptoms of sin, the Evangelicals “of the Left” fail to deal with the very thing that produces the symptoms: personal guilt. When they have finished their treatment, the parasite is still alive and well.... Continue Reading

Job was as good as dead, but he was not left in his grave. The Redeemer lives, and he vindicates the suffering Job against the accusations of his friends and raises Job to new life. Though many accuse him, Job 19:25–27 succinctly shows that Job holds fast to both vindication and resurrection hope. This confident hope is... Continue Reading

When we gather for worship, our consciences cannot be bound by the latest cultural fads, complex man-made liturgies, or theatrical gimmicks. We simply gather to read the Word, preach the Word, pray the Word, sing the Word, and see the Word in the sacraments. By keeping worship simple, biblical, and Christ-centered, we worship God exactly... Continue Reading

The “moral weight lies not in what AI is, but in what our use of AI is doing TO US…The pressing ethical question is no longer: ‘Does AI deserve to be treated well?’ It is rather: ‘Is one training oneself to be the kind of person who speaks and acts in a way consistent with... Continue Reading

Machen helped found a denomination shortly before his death whose order and standards in no way encouraged racist, segregationist, or ethnonationalist views. Machen is not the hero modern kinists, racists, or segregationists are looking for; his own writings and his all-too-short life as a churchman make that clear. Machen changed, and so can we.  ... Continue Reading