We have but one life, and we do not know its length. Let us pray with Moses, “Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.”    Life is a precious gift, yet it is fleeting. Each of us has but one life to live, and we do not know... Continue Reading

Christianity has never been about just sitting around and waiting for heaven. It is about having our lives transformed by Christ, and then seeing other livesand even our culture—impacted and transformed as well.   Yesterday I wrote an article featuring 30 quotes on the biblical worldview. Some folks might think that this is all rather... Continue Reading

The violent outrages of humanity are not met by a God who poses as a teddy bear. For the sake of peace, we must long for the day when the just God excludes everything that stands implacably opposed to him.   I was angry. And justifiably so: my six-year-old child had, after a long afternoon... Continue Reading

Since Yahweh is the only true and living God, then only Yahweh is worthy of worship. To worship any other supposed god is to worship nothing, emptiness, vanity. All other gods are imposters. Yahweh refuses to share worship with imposter gods. He is a jealous God. Those who worship Yahweh must worship only Him.  ... Continue Reading

Until we know the glory of God—His beauty, goodness, and truth impacting us soul and body, day by day—we will not be able to show that glory to the watching world. This is our charge in these last days.   For the earth will be filled With the knowledge of the glory of the LORD,... Continue Reading

TE Kevin DeYoung was elected to serve as moderator. The Assembly heard various reports including those from the Stated Clerk, the Review of Presbytery Reports, and the Standing Judicial Commission. Four BCO amendments were ratified, and the Overtures Committee made recommendations on several overtures.   The Assembly opened with a worship service. Ruling Elder Steve... Continue Reading

The church is the means by which God deals graciously with us. It is where human beings encounter the sacred and are themselves consecrated. But this requires more than beautiful worship. True worship must be rooted in the great dogmas of the faith, which reveal both who God is and who we are in his... Continue Reading

Do not allow the strange and uncomfortable sorrows of this life to harden your heart against the God who sends them (Psalm 66:10-12). Rather, draw near to Him who will one day wipe away every tear from our eyes and remove heartsickness forever. The day draws nearer when hope will no longer be deferred, but... Continue Reading

As Hebrews puts it, Jesus was a son who “learned obedience through what he suffered. And being made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him” (Hebrews 5:8-9). In other words, because Jesus drew close to God through his suffering and disappointment, he opened the way for you and me... Continue Reading

Children are a heritage from the Lord…they do best when they are the provenance of an excellent wife together with a husband…lays down his life for the ones he loves. Musk’s strong instinct to save civilization is good, but a world full of lost children, looking for their father, carrying in themselves the grief and... Continue Reading