Listen to the prayers of the saints! They are not full of pride, but they are full of confidence in Christ. On their best days, they see themselves as the chief of sinners, and still in desperate need of a Savior.    Have you ever really listened to the prayers of the saints? What do... Continue Reading

Jesus’s earthly life demonstrates a deep commitment to relationships and a remarkable sense of initiative…what would it look like for us to follow in his ways? To not only play the host but join people where they are? To pursue those outside the fold? To attend gatherings and events with intentionality and for the sake... Continue Reading

It is necessary to distinguish the basis of our justification—Christ’s bearing the Father’s wrath on our behalf and being raised from the dead—and the means of our justification—belief in Christ Jesus, who alone bore our deserved wrath and rose from death on our behalf.   All month, Christ Over All has focused on the question,... Continue Reading

The Roman religion proclaims idol worship as fundamental to Christianity. Roman doctrine blasphemes Christ’s name. Rome brings down the work of Christ. The papacy elevates men with titles reserved for God alone. What fellowship has light with darkness? There is a great gulf fixed between the Roman Catholic system and the Word of God. If... Continue Reading

For God, salt was a symbol of his covenant with the Israelites. It showed that His covenant with them was permanent. Salt is also not something that can be destroyed by time or fire, but it endures.   When you do, however, and you arrive at the grain offering in Leviticus 2, you might notice... Continue Reading

Our worship needs to help grant us the transcendence, and the immanence, of what we’re doing. It needs to be heavenly and earthy. We can be too chummy sometimes when we’re entering the presence of God, and we can make everything very spiritual when God in the Bible is concerned with very ordinary (and sometimes... Continue Reading

The 2024 election proved that the American people overwhelmingly favor respecting reality and calling transgenderism to account. But the road to 2024 was anything but guaranteed. With corporations suddenly reorienting themselves after years of woke activism, social conservatives must seize the opportunity to engrain these electoral gains and preserve them for future generations.   Amazon... Continue Reading

Just as Peter moved from fearful failure to faithful witness, we too are called to let Christ’s holiness embolden us, freeing us from the fear of man and empowering us to testify with both courage and humility. When we anchor our apologetics in the transformative vision of Christ’s power, his majesty, his unique glory, we... Continue Reading

Without God and his revealed Word, there is no reference point to make sense of the world or any human experience. Any time we evaluate arguments and philosophies, our ground for truth can be nothing other than our unchanging, covenant-keeping Creator as revealed in his Word.   When you hear the words “gender and sexuality,”... Continue Reading

MEHR Ministries is a “Reformed ministry, training and equipping servants of Christ to plant biblically faithful churches throughout the Middle East.” Hatami collaborates with the PCA missions group Mission to the World and works with the underground church in Iran to train leaders and help with church planting.   Last month, the Presbyterian Church in America... Continue Reading