I do wonder, might there still be tears in heaven? Didn’t God create our bodies with glands to produce them, with eyes to glisten with them, with cheeks to display them? Though we weep at our lowest moments, don’t we also weep at our highest?   How many tears do we shed over the course... Continue Reading

Depression’s benefits? While I wish I never had to battle this foe, I do see that our Lord has used my wrestling against depression to advance my sanctification. It has deepened my dependence on God, intensified my prayers, and forced me out of self-reliant independence.   I’m beginning to write this just a few days before... Continue Reading

“Nationally, Planned Parenthood is the second largest provider of Gender Affirming Hormone Care.” It seems reasonable to conclude that hormone treatments—pricey as they are—now contribute materially to Planned Parenthood’s bottom line.   A month ago, I was sent a Tweetstorm written by a woman who had worked as a “reproductive health assistant” at Planned Parenthood for about 18... Continue Reading

We need preachers who are confident of the truth and power of the gospel, men who will faithfully declare both the judgment of God against sin and the good news of forgiveness through Jesus Christ.    On a frosty morning shortly after the beginning of the new year I spotted a message traced out by... Continue Reading

Christians do not need to fear the “crooks” God allows in their lives but can instead rest in God’s faithfulness. Boston reminds us to keep our focus on God’s grace, even in our suffering.   Consider the work of God: who can make straight what he has made crooked? — Ecclesiastes 7:13 You may be... Continue Reading

In the Biden Administration, HHS will be less about public health and more about the imposition of divisive secular social policy. The Equality Act and the Do No Harm Act will be the cudgels by which the administration executes these policies.   Two bills have lingered between the Democratic House and Republican Senate for the... Continue Reading

A good confession that is well-known offers a tool to help Christian churches identify other churches with whom they may have much in common, and with whom they might profitably plant churches or engage in doctrinally rich gospel ministry. Of course, it is only a tool. As with hammers, so with confessions: it is not... Continue Reading

We die to this world (as a fallen order) in order that we might live to God in Christ. We are given a whole new orientation in life. No longer are we by nature inclined to love and live for this present evil age, but instead our hearts and minds are set on things above,... Continue Reading

The Bible is the deep well from which all knowledge of God is drawn. It is a treasure-trove; do not let it lay neglected. If you can read, you must make reading the Bible your daily duty. If you do not have a firm grasp on the Bible, you cannot overturn error in yourself or... Continue Reading

As techno-totalitarianism really gets into gear, it is up to each one of us to root our lives, our homes, our schools, and our parishes in the eternal values of the Christian faith and classical learning—and we need to do so with imagination and realism, avoiding the temptation to become nostalgic dreamers.   When I... Continue Reading