We can’t make sense of election without union with Christ, because there is nothing inherent within us that would make us desirous to God. There is nothing in us worth choosing. But when we are united to Christ, it all starts to make a little more sense.   “In Him.” In my estimation, these are... Continue Reading

The fact that Christ has experienced weakness and suffering is critical to His high priesthood. Like the Old Testament high priests, He can have compassion on the ignorant and wayward because He Himself has worn weakness (Heb 5:2). While He never sinned, He understands how and why we do, and He understands this because He... Continue Reading

The past decade brought about the turning of thousands of pages in my personal life. As I ran through the hallways of the cosmic conversation of Christ, I made friends along the way in the form of books. Many of them became bricks God used to develop my dogmatic journey which is, I pray, far... Continue Reading

Do you have Spiritual goals? Do you have a plan for reading the Bible? How have you organized your prayer life? How are you seeking to share your faith with the lost around you? One of my favorite sayings is, “If you aim at nothing, you will hit it!”   The end of the year... Continue Reading

Though we fall short in many ways when it comes to the virtue of gentleness, it is important to remember that Jesus Christ is an inexhaustible fountain of gentleness, and that he gently invites us to draw freely upon his inexhaustible fullness: “Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will... Continue Reading

If you are in Christ, let no sin, guilt, or shame keep you waiting in the temple courts, ninety feet from the presence of your God. Hear your God whisper from within, “Draw near” (Hebrews 10:22). Walk past the bronze altar and the washbasins, the bread of the Presence and the lampstand, and open the... Continue Reading

“Do we really want judges, juries, or bureaucrats deciding who ought to teach Catholicism at a parish school, or Judaism at a Jewish day school?” said Eric Rassbach, vice president and senior counsel at Becket, the religious liberty law firm representing the schools. “Religion teachers play a vital role in the ecosystem of faith. We... Continue Reading

The Westminster Confession of Faith explains, “The whole counsel of God concerning all things necessary for His own glory, man’s salvation, faith, and life, is either expressly set down in Scripture, or by good and necessary consequence may be deduced from Scripture” (1.6). The doctrine of the Trinity is not expressly set down in Scripture... Continue Reading

It must also be acknowledged that even those Christians who have been well taught—those Christians who have sat under a faithful preaching ministry which upholds both the love and justice of God—are not unaccustomed to moments of inner conflict. We think about the many unbelievers we know who are good and decent people and wonder... Continue Reading

Some boast in power, some in progress, others in truth. But we boast in love. Love alone is credible. Love is the enticing fragrance of the gospel that moves us forward. The answer of love is not the opposite of power or progress or truth. But it is a reversal.   Literary critic and poet... Continue Reading