If Deuteronomy 6:7 commands us to teach God’s law to our children “when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise,” how much more should we ponder His precepts within our own heart as we do those things?   We last observed that those... Continue Reading

What if…you were dying under the wrath of God, and there was nothing before you but an eternity of misery! At such a moment as this, what could you put in the scale equal to the weight of your immortal soul?   What is the weight of a soul? Though it cannot be measured by scientific means,... Continue Reading

God has enemies, and the book of Obadiah is a short prophetic oracle about God’s action against his enemies. Ultimately, however, it’s a message of hope for God’s people.   God has enemies. This truth is difficult to stomach. It can be hard for us to square with other truths we read in our Bibles,... Continue Reading

Sin robs all of us of the argument that God is obligated to do us good. Death and judgment is what we deserve. Grace is God’s unmerited favor shown toward us.   “Nondum considerasti, quanti ponderis sit peccatum!” wrote Anselm in his famous work on the incarnation, Cur Deus Homo. Translated, it means: “You have... Continue Reading

Jesus said, “Everyone, after he has been fully trained, will be like his teacher.”  Therefore, if you homeschool your children, they will become like you.  If you send them to a Christian school, they will become like the curriculum taught at that school.  If you send them to a Muslim school, they will become Muslims. ... Continue Reading

Union between Christ and His body of believers cannot be broken and therefore is of perpetual duration. Nothing can break that bond or separate us from Him (Rom. 8:38) because, “he that is joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him,” (1 Cor. 6:17).    While I was with them, I kept them in... Continue Reading

Jesus called false teachers wolves in sheep’s clothing. Jude wants to warn you that if you consider false teachers to be harmless you might let your guard down. Jude warns that it is a deadly mistake for a Christian to be one who dances with wolves.   When the Academy Awards for best picture was... Continue Reading

It’s probably not a coincidence that during this period of increasing autonomy (exacerbated by social media use), mental illness, depression, and suicidal ideation are also on the rise. As we separate from one another and the transcendent God who created us, we sink into the despair of our own authority and isolation.   New technologies nearly always impact... Continue Reading

The term “non-religious” is so broad as to be almost meaningless. The words secular, agnostic, atheistic, humanistic, irreligious, or non-religious are not synonyms. This is not some nit-picky pedantry. For the billion plus people in the world who are one particular type of atheist, the difference matters.   It is widely thought that there are... Continue Reading

We do not have many family trees—a Baptist tree, a Pentecostal tree, a Calvinist tree, and so on. We have one tree. Saints of old sit at its base while younger ones grow from its branches.   Shortly before the end of last year I found myself at Bunhill Fields Cemetery, the resting place of... Continue Reading