When we ask for help, God blesses us through the hands of others, and he blesses them in return. What feels humbling to us may become joy to them.   I don’t like asking for help. Frankly, I’d rather take care of myself, by myself. But independence has become a thing of the past for... Continue Reading

Because we become what we behold—either for our glory or our ruin—it is of the utmost importance for parents to have a framework which reorients the attentional life of a household away from the shallows of internet-connected digital technologies towards the depths of communion with the Triune God.   Abstract Internet-connected digital technologies are having... Continue Reading

We need to be more careful than ever to exercise discernment—to distinguish truth from error, right from wrong, and real from fake. This will require us to analyze the content we encounter, but it will also require us to consider the creator of the content we encounter…whether that creator is a living and moral being... Continue Reading

What lies in the heart is truer than what lies on the surface (1 Samuel 16:7). Man focuses on the outward; God, the inward. When we’re committed to the truth, we’re committed to the inward. We humble ourselves to be shaped by God’s Word, and we open ourselves up to the possibility that God is... Continue Reading

Prophecies and types both point forward to Christ, but they do it in two distinct ways. Prophecies do it by directly predicting and promising the coming of Christ. Types do it by symbolizing Christ.    Prophecies as Predictions Prophecies and types are related to each other. How? Let us begin with prophecy. In the Bible, the prophets... Continue Reading

It is our Lord Jesus Christ who REALLY holds the power of death….He is already waiting for us up ahead, at the day of our own death…“I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even if he dies. And everyone who lives and believes in me will never die.... Continue Reading

These foibles are a good reminder that ministers too are jars of clay, sometimes struggling with fear (real or not), or worrying about things which are in reality the fruit of an inflated sense of importance.   It should not come as a surprise that when pastors get together (at denominational meetings, joint services, or... Continue Reading

We should even be careful about saying what is true. We may even break the ninth commandment by speaking truth!   James Durham (1622-1658) was minister in Glasgow for only eleven years but left a considerable number of writings. One of the co-authors of ‘The Sum of Saving Knowledge’, he is best known for writing... Continue Reading

For all of redeemed creation in the New Heavens and the New Earth…with perfectly renewed minds and renewed tongues,we will finally have those words to properly praise and thank Him who made our salvation of such infinite importance by dying for us that we may forever live with Him in this glorious world to come.... Continue Reading

To have a truly Biblically informed view of the demonic activity in the world, we must hold a robust belief in the reality of spiritual evil, a sober avoidance of emotionalism and hyperbolic stories, and an unshakable confidence in Christ’s supremacy.   Last week I wrote an article about the role of the Holy Spirit... Continue Reading