To miss God’s design is to not live as God intended. It’s to sell ourselves short, to make for us lives and identities and destinies that are far, far poorer than what God intends. That’s why Christians talk about this stuff: because the good life really is possible.   Let’s begin with the observable facts... Continue Reading

In God’s reckoning, when He laid our iniquities on His incarnate Son, He effectively relocated hell onto Christ Himself such that from Gethsemane to the grave His humiliation for sinners reached its nadir in both soul and body.   It’s an understatement to say that the last phrase of Article 4 of the Apostles’ Creed—He... Continue Reading

In the writings of his prophets and apostles, God has granted the church a wholesome word and a precious deposit (2 Timothy 1:13-14): which explains our past, opens up a future, and guides us on the path whereby we might inherit it.   One generation shall commend your works to another (Ps 145:4). I’ve just... Continue Reading

The prophet will endure the three days and nights as a man made ready to receive and obey YHWH’s call. Having completed his ordeal and preparation, the sovereign God will ensure that Jonah’s mission resumes.   The Fate of the Reluctant Prophet It is impossible to imagine the misery Jonah endured for those three days... Continue Reading

“If you win them with music, you’ve won them to music. If you win them with children’s ministry, you’ve won them to children’s ministry. If you win them with politics, you’ve won them to politics. If you win them with your personality, you’ve won them to you, but not to the Lord Jesus Christ.”  ... Continue Reading

As a Protestant, Witherspoon understood that the sure foundation for a Christian civilization is not an established state church imposing generic morals on a population; it is the presence of actual Christians with converted hearts and minds.   Christian Political Action at America’s Founding Introduction In October of 1753, John Witherspoon wrote a discernment blog.... Continue Reading

The Pharisees loaded the Sabbath with untold stupid laws and turned it into a day of fear and misery. Jesus now recovers it. For he is the Lord of the Sabbath. He is the God of the seven days of creation. He was the one who created the world and who rested on the Seventh Day.   My good... Continue Reading

James’s appeal to Scripture at the Jerusalem Council changes the course of history. God has spoken, and that changes everything. Stepping back, his use of the prophets has amazing things to teach us.   A Crucial Moment in the Early Church Tensions were running high. The “who’s who” were all there, for the stakes were... Continue Reading

As God’s chosen, Christians must carefully choose how to live where they live.  You are not to be anything like those living around you.  Especially if it is a place like Sodom.   During this month, as the LGBTQ+ community annually parades its banner colors they blasphemously hijack from God’s noahic covenant,[1] Christians will benefit revisiting Genesis 19:1-25[2] (as Carl... Continue Reading

It is the Spirit who opens eyes to His beauty and opens ears to His call. Whether at the tomb of Lazarus or before the Athenian philosophers or to the hearers assembled before us, the response of the congregation is not elicited by the preacher but by the One preached.   A group of pastors... Continue Reading