Find a godly man or woman that you can build a life and family with on the same solid foundation of Christ. Good looks will fade with time, gravity takes its toll on fleeting beauty, but faith and godly character can grow deeper as two people commit their lives to the Lord and one another.... Continue Reading

Knowing that we will spend eternity alongside all of Christ’s people should encourage us to pursue greater unity now. So, as you gather with your church this Lord’s Day, remember your shared story, your shared purpose, and your shared future. Remember and rejoice, for all of this is yours in Christ.   Abstract Brad Wetherell... Continue Reading

A local church needs a body of Spirit-filled, godly, qualified, humble, penitent, and united men to be examples of godliness for their people. This means they are ever aware of their sin and need of Christ, the abundant grace of God in Christ, and God’s call upon their lives to live and lead in gratitude.... Continue Reading

Why would God choose to use polygamy as the context for so many key Old Testament figures? The answer should be obvious: God loves to use crooked sticks to draw straight lines. A major theme in salvation history is God using broken and sinful people, despite themselves, to bring about his redemptive purposes.    ... Continue Reading

What will it be like to enjoy perfect communion with God’s people, and to be always in holy exercises with them, always singing praises to the Lamb, and giving glory to Him that sits on the throne for evermore, blessing God for the great mystery of the gospel?   Being isolated and feeling a lack... Continue Reading

When you worship Him through your doubts, you cast yourself upon the Rock of Ages. You jump from the hundredth floor of the burning building of sin and pray that He will catch you. You give up your life that you might find it. Doubt is the only way such desperate reliance upon God can spring forth... Continue Reading

Anyone who attempts to misuse God’s word that they might keep women from ever engaging in public discussions of theology must contend with the fact that God has clearly provided women the means to do so. To continue to make such unbiblical demands of women places the men who do so in contention with God... Continue Reading

Our words reveal a core part of who we are on the inside. Scripture is very clear that our words come directly from our hearts: “The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces evil, for out of the abundance of... Continue Reading

Human wisdom—the wisdom of the world—and the wisdom of God through the knowledge of Christ are mutually exclusive. So, the source of a believer’s wisdom must be God alone, through the knowledge of Christ, by the means of God’s Word.   Last time, I began with an attempt to begin to answer the question, What... Continue Reading

In a world of digital shadows, we are forced to return to something more substantial. If you find yourself skeptical of the “evidence” you see on your screen, I invite you to reconsider the costly, blood-bought testimony of the Apostles. Their foundation is one that cannot be edited, deleted, or devalued because they were there,... Continue Reading