We should praise God for the spiritual giants of our faith. We should praise Him for the lessons and wisdom gleaned from such ministries. However, we must remain mindful of the road before us. We must remain faithful to our call.   I have been reading two classic books this month. One is D. Martyn... Continue Reading

The church and her deposit of truth once for all delivered to the saints cannot (ultimately) be corrupted or annihilated. She will endure whether or not her storehouse of moral law and eternal first principles are heeded. She is a perfect society, without external dependence for the fulfillment of her final end.   American Christianity,... Continue Reading

Perfectionism is impatience with how God designed people to grow gradually over time through imperfect efforts. It fails to recognize that perfection is only possible in glory.   Perfectionism makes everyone miserable, even if it works for a while. An infamous perfectionist is college football coach Nick Saban. Coach Saban has six national championships and... Continue Reading

Professing Christians commit adultery, fornicate, use pornography, and watch sexually charged movies. But God’s will is “your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality” (1 Thess. 4:3). Before you judge the world judge yourself. Without holiness we have nothing to say to the world. And without it we will not see the Lord (Heb. 12:14).... Continue Reading

In our own time, social media has become ever more dominant in the realm of public discourse, eclipsing newspapers and even television. For better or worse, it is the agora of our times. So banning certain ideas and people from social media is deeply pernicious.   There is a growing tendency toward censorship in the... Continue Reading

Maron said it was not easy to find a lawyer to take her case: Challenging activists who claim the mantle of antiracism carries tremendous professional risks these days. “Part of me would have loved to walk away from the whole thing,” she said. “But these ideologues have tried to ruin my name and my career... Continue Reading

Ancient ideals can be reforged and remembered and reappropriated to match the new times and new challenges of today. The family can be bonded by more than mere sentiment and consumption, but by meaningful mission and output.    I wondered if the editors at The New York Times realized the irony in the title “The Pandemic Created... Continue Reading

The Christian knows that they deserve nothing from God but hell. And we thank Jesus for taking our hell upon himself. Then, knowing the immense crimes that God has forgiven us, and knowing that although we deserve his worst he has given us his best, we cannot help but extend the same to others.    As... Continue Reading

The Bible warns us all to avoid those who would stir up dissention and start quarrels—those with a critical spirit tend to do such things, focusing only on what is negative. Let’s also discern when criticism stems, not from a desire to promote what is right and true, but from a critical spirit seeking to... Continue Reading

If there are scepters in God’s invisible kingdom, they are not grasped in clenched fists but joyfully surrendered to the true king. If there are crowns in God’s invisible kingdom, they are worn only so they can be removed to be thrown at his feet.    My travels have led me through many castles in... Continue Reading