Not until we take God seriously will we ever take sin seriously. But if we acknowledge the righteous character of God, then we, like the saints of old, will cover our mouths with our hands and repent in dust and ashes before Him.   “The sinfulness of sin” sounds like a vacuous redundancy that adds no... Continue Reading

The church had been fighting and grieving over something that had never been theirs. Oh, they had enjoyed it for a season, even used it for the benefit of the Kingdom, but it had never been theirs to own. It was a freedom afforded to them, but not theirs by right.   Imagine with me... Continue Reading

Justice Clarence Thomas issued the opinion of the court Monday, siding with Chike Uzuegbunam, a former student at Georgia Gwinnett College, and affirming his right to share his Christian faith on campus.    The Supreme Court ruled in an 8-1 decision Monday that a Georgia college’s speech code policy violated the First Amendment and that a student... Continue Reading

At the end of the book, the Lord restores Job’s wealth, but he never gets his kids back. That’s death, folks. It assures us that no one actually lives happily ever after in this life. A void will always be there.   On October 17, 2020, I led a graveside service at 10 am for... Continue Reading

God is not playing games when he pulls the rug out from under you. He is up to something, but it is probably not what you think it is.   Has this happened to you? You read all the signs that were so blatantly from the Lord—“yes, this is the path, go this way, I am with... Continue Reading

The Christian who is absent in prayer, neglects prayer, and refuses to be encouraged and built up in prayer, is a Christian who denies the work of Christ at the right hand of God the Father: “Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died—more than that, who was raised—who is at the... Continue Reading

The book of Acts serves as a tremendous encouragement to all who have cast their lot with this Jesus movement. The challenges of today are not all that different from the challenges our brothers and sisters of old had to face.    Luke’s first volume to the Roman official Theophilus was all about how the world’s... Continue Reading

He taught Adam in the garden, and taught Abraham and Isaac and Jacob. Through Moses, he taught the people. Torah, the name for the first five books of the Old Testament, means instruction or teaching. Through prophets and kings and sages as his mouthpieces, God taught his people, and is still teaching.   Imagine it’s the first day of... Continue Reading

Love for God requires a new heart, with new relish, new perception. A regenerate believer, through his or her union with Christ, is in the presence of God through the indwelling Spirit, and can now perceive and love the glory of God as revealed in Christ.   One’s nature determines much of one’s desire for... Continue Reading

Insist that there is no objective standard of good and evil and that good and evil are relativistic concepts. Insist that my progressive views are objectively good and that anyone who has different views is objectively evil. Ignore the irony.   Step One: Insist that there is no such thing as the truth. Insist that... Continue Reading