Entitlement is the Enemy of Worship
We cannot worship God until we believe he owes us nothing.
May the Lord help us to kill entitlement. May he remind us by his Gospel what it cost his son to save us. That it’s his breath that keeps us alive and his hands that hold the universe together. Help us Lord to kill this sense of entitlement in us. Help us so that we... Continue Reading
Why is the Toy Market Targeting Adults?
Toy companies are expanding special lines of products that appeal to kidults.
The appearance of the kidult is troubling from several non-economic perspectives. It speaks of the state of a decadent culture that embraces childish and immature things. Childhood is a transitory state through which all pass. It can be a time of innocence and happiness where everything is full of wonder and freshness. However, it is... Continue Reading
Living as Christians in a National Fertility Crisis
For Christians, the decision to pursue childbearing isn’t ultimately an economic decision; it’s a theological one.
In many places today, younger generations face difficult living conditions. Sadly, many are dealing with deep hopelessness. But Christians aren’t called to judge the legitimacy of God’s purposes based on our personal situation. Whether in the age of Korea’s birth control policy or today during the fears of ultra-low fertility, God’s command is unchanged. My desire... Continue Reading
This is My Beloved Son | Matthew 3:17
Though we cannot understand the depths of this mystery, we must remember that Christ lived His earthly life in His humanity.
The Father was pleased with Christ because He was perfectly and entirely obedient. He is only pleased with us because the perfect obedience of Christ has been fully imputed onto us. Therefore, whenever we think upon the works (Ephesians 2:10) or ministry (Ephesians 4:12) that the Father has set for us to accomplish, we do... Continue Reading
Radically Orthodox
Athanasius was orthodox, but radical, not conservative. He wanted to vigorously defend the truth.
It’s very rarely the conservatives who achieve anything. It’s the outspoken radicals who get stuff done. It’s they whom we remember. The conservatives value, above all else, the boat not being rocked. The radicals are willing to fight for the truth, even if it gets them exiled. Radically orthodox is where it’s at. Those... Continue Reading
Longing, Lament, and Joy
The Kingdom is here, the Kingdom is not yet here. We live in the Twixt, the time between the times.
We can cultivate joy. We can learn joy. We can choose joy—in fact you have to, it won’t come naturally. But there is no shortcut to joy. There are no five steps that will get you there. We simply have to realise that nothing we have is worth anything all that much when viewed eternally, that the... Continue Reading
Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntington
The more Selina let go of her earthly ties (only her daughter Elizabeth outlived her), the more she poured her life in the spreading of the gospel.
As the Church of England tightened its rules in preventing dissenters from obtaining a license to preach, she found a loophole in the legislation by calling preachers to minister in her private chapels, which was allowed. She stretched however the rule by enlarging her chapels and inviting thousands to attend the services. By the end... Continue Reading
Why are there Differences in Grace?
It is not the degrees of grace that hold out against corruption and enable you to resist temptations, but the sovereignty of grace.
The Lord knows that the earth could not bear grace in its perfection. This is why the Lord has given out grace in small measures. Only in Immanuel’s land is the full and uninterrupted breathing of the Holy Ghost. That is where the Lord has determined to transplant all the trees of grace eventually. Created... Continue Reading
You Will be Breathtaking
Why God Clothes Us in Glory
Discovering all that we are and will be in Christ may be one key to escaping the cold cells of man-centeredness. Because anything glorious we discover about ourselves — and we will be glorious — is a mere reflection of him. We don’t receive any glory that does not whisper his glory and therefore glorify him... Continue Reading
When Creation was Finished but God was Not
Sabbath rest acknowledges that we have work to do because God worked first.
Sabbath rest should thank God for our work. If we have work to do, God has given it—even jobs we do not like. He has also provided the strength, wisdom, endurance, and creativity to complete any work that is behind us. (He has also given others to help us with our work!) The beginning of... Continue Reading
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