Glory in Christ Jesus is somewhat of Christianity 101. But when Paul contemplated life and death, Christianity 101 is what he needed. And it may be what you need today.   Ministry, life, parenting, etc. does not center on our personal and internal achievement goals. Nor does it center on our desires for external fame... Continue Reading

There must come a time where we must cast off our longings for the world’s acceptance and realize that the only place of true embrace is in Christ alone. Let us rejoice, that though despised and rejected by all others, God sees you as chosen and precious, and welcomes you in Christ.   We have... Continue Reading

Divine transcendence means that God created history and guides history and is in control of history as the First Cause of all the secondary causes now operating freely in the world. All this is possible only because God is not part of history or subject to the limitations of time.    Something very big changed... Continue Reading

It is only through the lens of eternity that we see the goodness, justice, and faithfulness of God. And only in the light of eternity do we long to be near God and find him to be our portion forever.   In story after story, book after book, the Bible reminds us that no one... Continue Reading

We must ask ourselves: Is freedom, as the nominalists insist, the ability to act according to one’s imagination and desires? Or is freedom the ability to act according to what is best, free from the domination of base passions or a sinful disposition, but in accordance with a standard that necessarily requires limits?   In... Continue Reading

Where does CRT/Social Justice/Woke-ism sit? It is in the world. It is of the world. It has nothing whatsoever to do with the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. It only tries to make everyone believe they are either a victim or an oppressor. It is an evil Marxist teaching from Satan.   For which... Continue Reading

Pastors need to lead the churches to pray for those who serve us in the convention. Then they need to lead their churches to show up, stand up, and speak up, so that all who work in any convention institution or agency remember that those institutions and agencies are owned by the churches.   “I... Continue Reading

Sadly, in the United States it’s the poor and middle class that have been the hardest hit by declines in fertility. Those with only a high school diploma or some college education have seen the sharpest drops in childbearing rates since the 1970s.   For the first time ever, the global population will enter a... Continue Reading

For now, we acknowledge ourselves to be “strangers and exiles on the earth,” greeting divine promises from afar (Hebrews 11:13), recognizing we’re not at home. Not yet. But oh, do we have hope that we already taste.   Among the many hopes challenged, if not dashed, in the last year have been civic hopes. Perhaps... Continue Reading

Hus encouraged women to study the Scriptures, to speak to others about Christ, to participate in church singing, and to admonish those who needed correction, including priests. “Listen, daughter, and incline your ears and know that you are a person and that you have a body and a soul,” he wrote in 1412. “Therefore remember,... Continue Reading