Since the end of World War II, much of the hateful rhetoric and violence directed toward the Asian American community has emerged from those who have viewed their Asian American neighbors as competitors in a zero-sum game.   While a growing number of media outlets are attempting to indict “white supremacists” for the dramatic increase in... Continue Reading

Liberals believe that individuals can do little and that solving the problem requires changing the systems.  Whereas conservatives believe that to solve the problems even in the systems means changing the people who are caught up in them.     Last week we had a post about how some on the right and some on the left are... Continue Reading

A large amount of what is published today will be gathering dust in ten or twenty years. There is a reason these older Puritan works are still being published and read centuries after the deaths of their authors.   Over the last year, I did a lot of reading in the old Puritan authors (I’m... Continue Reading

The Equality Act is unlike any other bill before Congress. Most legislation is meant to spark debate and help unite our country around a common purpose. With this bill, though, the radical Left has revealed it no longer cares about simply winning the debate. Rather, the Left wants to stop the debate from ever happening.... Continue Reading

Today, we have even greater assurances of God’s steadfast love: a bloody cross, an empty tomb, and a Savior who sits on the throne. And if this steadfast love is ours, then we too can sing with abandon, far before deliverance comes.   I have trusted in your steadfast love; my heart shall rejoice in your salvation. (Psalm... Continue Reading

As we hope in God while downtrodden, we grow in patience, which gives birth to greater hope. Hope is an investment that bears a sort of compounding interest that raises the soul in enduring joy.   Psalm 42 came to life in new ways for many saints when Covid-19 initially hit. Restrictions kept millions of... Continue Reading

The aim of teaching God’s word is a love purified by God from a heart motivated by desires to please God and focused on others. It is a pure love unstained by sinful desires, lusts, and envy, pouring out from a conscience that reaches out for the benefit of another person.   We hear a lot... Continue Reading

It could be that God uses something as insignificant as a question on social media, or in conversation, to put cracks in a powerful narrative, to put doubts in peoples’ minds, and to put the power of the gospel to work in our still fallen world.   Martin Luther wrote many books, preached many sermons... Continue Reading

This is how God relates to all humanity—through covenants. He relates to all of humanity through his covenant with Adam, which we’ve broken; and he relates to a sub-group of humans—a very large group—through his covenant with Christ.   …I want you to think: “covenant!” That was the take home lesson of the first session... Continue Reading

If we are to withstand the coming totalitarian regime, we will need resources that are not just political but beautiful. We must become reattuned to our past and look to a standard outside ourselves. Reclaiming beauty means acknowledging that there are good things that have come before us.   When the stock market becomes volatile,... Continue Reading