Paul does not say, “Aratus was a pagan heretic, so ignore him.” He says, “Your own poet got this right.” He identifies a seed of truth—humanity’s dependence on and likeness to the divine—and he claims it for Yahweh. He affirms the Stoic insight (God is the source of life) while stripping it of its Stoic context... Continue Reading

Many people find that first thing in the morning is their best time for reading God’s Word. But that doesn’t work for everyone, or for every season of life. The more important thing is not when you read but that you read. Use lunchtime, break time or bedtime depending on what works best for you. In any case, develop... Continue Reading

Inerrancy allows for figures of speech, like hyperbole and metaphors. Inerrancy doesn’t demand precise scientific language, like vantage point observations of the moon being larger than the stars (Gn. 1:16) or the sun rising and going down (Ecc. 1:5). Feinberg once said that almost any statement is capable of greater precision.   Churches break apart.... Continue Reading

Fred Rogers was an ordained Presbyterian minister. His television show was his ministry. He was the only one they ever allowed to pastor through public television. The show was his church. And he never once beat people over the head with Scripture. He made the gospel visible. He embodied it. He showed an entire generation... Continue Reading

Oh to be more like what Christ was when here below! It is a wilderness, and a wilderness will God make us to know it. He says, “Arise and depart; this is not your rest, it is polluted.” God will not put us off with the worldling’s trash. He has higher enjoyments for us.  ... Continue Reading

What feels heavy to us passes quickly under His gaze. This is not meant to belittle our sorrow. It is meant to remind us that history does not spiral out of control when a life ends. God remains at the center, unhurried, aware, ruling.   A New Year’s Devotion The first sound is dirt. It... Continue Reading

New Agers speak of “Christ consciousness,” “divine energy,” or “the source,” while denying the exclusivity of Christ and the authority of Scripture. These systems refuse to bow to God as He has revealed Himself. Syncretism borrows and redefines biblical terms. This makes deception easier to accept, because it sounds spiritual while subtly replacing God’s truth... Continue Reading

God will receive glory either through our soft hearts or our hard hearts. Again and again in the Exodus narrative, God reminds Israel and Egypt that he is sovereign over the events and even Pharaoh’s heart, and it is all for his glory. Before the climactic events where God leads Israel through the Red Sea... Continue Reading

At Christ’s birth, a glorious reversal of the Fall began to take place. Before God became man in the historical person of Jesus Christ, the material world of flesh was stained by sin and corruption. In the Incarnation, the material world was elevated once again to its rightful place as that which “was very good”... Continue Reading

As one who looks to Christ as your only way of acceptance with God, He is always with you (Matthew 28:18,20b).   I don’t know how things are with you today, but as I write this, I have a special need to remember this truth. If you are familiar with the Bible, you may know... Continue Reading