Nehemiah modeled seven biblical steps leading to God-honoring confrontation that preserve unity and honor the Lord.    Confrontation. It’s the least enjoyable part of leadership, but absolutely essential for effectiveness for any husband, father, coach, or team leader in business. Today, we look into Nehemiah 5, where Nehemiah puts on a “clinic in wise confrontation”... Continue Reading

Abraham possessed Canaan below, and Canaan above. The regenerate saints of the true church have the same inheritance as he (Abraham) had/has. Let us enjoy it, steward it, and preserve it for the kingdom of God.   Sometimes we hear a lot of good teaching on how the church’s saints on earth are “aliens and... Continue Reading

What the Scriptures reveal about what Christ has created His church to be and do (ecclesiology) ought to provide a standard by which patterns of ministry are discerned to be profitable or even permitted for Christ’s bride.   All theology is practical theology. This was the conviction of the Westminster divines when they penned their... Continue Reading

Let the doctrine of union with Christ disperse the clouds of doubt and discouragement from your heart. We can rest assured of our salvation because we are united to our Savior. He set us free from the tyranny of sin, called us to live in service to Him, and will not let us go.   ... Continue Reading

The practitioner of this technique is never satisfied. Answer one question and three more appear, each carrying the same embedded accusation, each framed to produce the same conclusion regardless of what you offer in response. The question was never meant to be answered. The question is the payload.   I’ll be honest with you—I’ve been... Continue Reading

[Recently] the evil thugs ruling Iran were killed by American and Israeli forces. As a result, all around the world Iranians living in exile have been dancing in the streets, singing and celebrating the downfall of this evil regime. They are perfectly right to do so, just as ancient Israel was perfectly right to celebrate... Continue Reading

Jesus, as the greater Melchizedek, guarantees unshakable hope to those who trust Him in faith. Being the perfect priest of righteousness, we can trust that His blood is sufficient to cover our sins and protect us from God’s wrath.   There are many things in the Bible that are confusing. Scripture is full of spiritual... Continue Reading

Jesus has demonstrated that it is possible to live as a finite human in a broken world and to do so well. Jesus was joyfully busy with His Father’s work all of His short days on earth, and He has now conquered, and He is sitting down in the presence of the Father.   Tara... Continue Reading

A funeral is a sanctifying rehearsal of our own future: one that calls us deeper to Christ and asks us to contemplate what portion of our present way of living will be judged as eternally significant by the only One whose evaluation really matters.   During the Covid-19 pandemic, the practice of delaying funerals became... Continue Reading

William F. Buckley recognized that to defend Western civilization, you must also be civilized. This is not to say that would-be culture warriors must share Buckley’s taste in music or literature or art. But it is true that character is destiny.   The late William F. Buckley, the founder of National Review, host of The Firing Line, and... Continue Reading