It is hard to see who God changes through you. Sometimes you see people light up after a conversation, other times it feels like you are ploughing a freshly salted field. And the temptation in those moments is to change the goalposts, to move from investing in people to counting the books you read, the... Continue Reading

In Irreversible Damage, Abigail Shrier has done for us the preponderance of work necessary to demonstrate exactly who are the enemies of all who value healthy children, healthy families, and a healthy society, and what tactics they employ. The gatekeepers we trusted to safeguard our children have not only failed, they have turned their teeth... Continue Reading

If we ask how a quiet person who minded his own business became so famous and influential, the answer is that Packer’s publishing was the vehicle by which his ideas were disseminated. His life therefore stands as a tribute to the power of the written and published word.   James Innell Packer, better known to... Continue Reading

We should understand Paul’s instruction—as Calvin did—as a prohibition to partake in idolatrous and ungodly living and worship that is contrary to the gospel of Jesus Christ and forsaking any partnerships that would encourage such evil.   The Question In the thirteen chapters of Second Corinthians, Paul exhorts the Church in Corinth with an epistle... Continue Reading

These two letters afford rich reflection upon the triune God. We may trace four lines of teaching about the Trinity from these two letters. And then we may draw some implications from these letters about the place of theology in Scripture and in the Christian life.   In all likelihood, the first surviving letters written... Continue Reading

 The truth that each person is created in the image of God, regardless of color or status, appeared first in the Judeo-Christian tradition and became the bedrock of all human rights crusades.   God does not bodily descend into the world without changing it forever. Those who fear our culture is returning to paganism are... Continue Reading

When we view God in light of our circumstances we are self-focused and see God as either impotent to help us or aloof and not caring that we suffer. However, when we become focused on God and His glory we step away from the realm of intellectual reasoning into that of faith. It is as... Continue Reading

The memo was signed by the vice chancellor for diversity, equity, and community engagement, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Akirah Bradley, and Associate Vice Chancellor for the Office of Institutional Equity and Compliance and Title IX Coordinator Valerie Simons and described supporting the Black Lives Matter movement as a “non-negotiable condition of enrollment and employment.”... Continue Reading

Prayer changes things on earth. Prayer brings God’s presence near. Prayer moves God’s plan along. Prayer brings the judgments that have the power to awaken the spiritually dead. Prayer is the one thing you and I must not neglect.   Then the angel took the censer and filled it with fire from the altar and... Continue Reading

Let’s shine the camera on ourselves. 2020 is the year of cancelling. We might look at China with disgust and growing wariness of their geo-political agenda, but our own background is a growing mound of buried careers, reputations, and lives. We have long lost the will to disagree with other, even with passion. The mob... Continue Reading