Are You on the Foolish, Shameful Path to Victory?
Are you limping through your pilgrimage?
Walking with a limp is a testimony to God’s faithfulness to us; and it is far more effective than the testimony of the powerful, because it points others who feel the sharp pain of sin and misery to the God who has given them the ability to feel that pain and who promises to rescue... Continue Reading
The Logic of God – Ravi Zacharias
How good philosophy contributes to effective apologetics.
The Logic of God is the newest offering by Zacharias. This book contains 52 Christian essentials for the heart and mind. The book is targeted to Christian readers but it would be an excellent resource for skeptics to consider as well. Ask students of apologetics, “Who has wielded the weightiest influence in the 20th... Continue Reading
We Are All Theologians
We can’t truly know God or live for God until we know the facts God gives us about himself.
We are all responsible before God to know these things truly and rightly, to align our knowledge with the source of truth God has given us in his Word. We are all responsible to deepen and sharpen this knowledge, to gain greater knowledge and to ensure it becomes more accurate over time. For years... Continue Reading
But in All These Things We Overwhelmingly Conquer through Him Who Loved Us
We are to see the eternal as far more important than the temporal.
I confess that for most of my Christian life I have assumed that society or government would be the persecutors of the True Church, but events over the last few years have revealed that the Compromised Church in the West is probably going to be where the persecution comes from. The division between the Remnant... Continue Reading
Rahab the Whore…Mother of Christ
Would there be a place for her, daughter of the accursed Canaan, a woman who had availed herself of the profits of fornication?
Indeed, there is every reason for amazement. Here was one woman who came in last, totally unworthy, not even qualifying for the crumbs of the dogs, and yet she was given a seat of honor up front by her Great Son, the Christ, through the eternal love with which He loved her before the foundation... Continue Reading
A King Like the Nations
Israel demanded to have a ruler like all of the other nations.
The shout for a king like the other nations still reverberates through churches today. The cry is not so much verbalized from the pulpit, as it is demonstrated through a church’s approach to ministry and their undergirding values. The effect is the same that the nation of Israel experienced: churches become less of a distinct... Continue Reading
The Ascension: Jesus’ Victory March Through the Cosmos
The King has conquered His enemies.
When he ascended into heaven he caused the treasures of his victory to rain down upon his church. The ascension of Christ is an important part of Jesus’ exaltation, and without it the application of redemption becomes impossible. When he ascended, he poured his Spirit upon the church and gave gifts to his people. I... Continue Reading
When Does Temptation Become Sin?
When does sexual or romantic desire become sinful?
Temptation becomes an evil desire (e.g., adultery in the heart) when we look at a person for the purpose of lusting. Recognizing the aesthetic beauty of a person is not an evil desire—even if that person is not a spouse. Yet the moment that this recognition births evil desire in the heart by looking with... Continue Reading
Did God Make Mayor Pete Gay?
According to Buttigieg, the devil is not responsible for his sexual orientation, God is.
There is nothing outside of the sovereign providence and care of God, including Mayor Pete, but when Buttigieg implicitly invokes the providence of God to justify his homosexuality he assumes some facts that are in dispute and he fails to distinguish between those things we may attribute to God directly and those things we may... Continue Reading
John 3:16 and Man’s Ability to Choose God
What does this famous verse teach about fallen man’s ability to choose Christ?
The argument used by non-Reformed people is that this text teaches that everybody in the world has it in their power to accept or reject Christ. A careful look at the text reveals, however, that it teaches nothing of the kind. It is ironic that in the same chapter, indeed in the same context,... Continue Reading