Jesus always chose the path of sacrifice, substitution, and self-denial if in so doing it would bring life to others. This began, in His human days, with laying aside His crown in heaven and humbling Himself to be housed in human flesh for our salvation.   What determines what you do and when you do... Continue Reading

The question before the church is not whether Scripture is unclear. Scripture speaks plainly about church office, worship, and the created order. The real question is whether we will submit to what God has said, even when it cuts against cultural instincts or contemporary sensibilities.   If you have recently been keeping up with online... Continue Reading

When someone disagrees with us on practical church issues…we need to judge charitably in their favour if at all possible. Do they confess the faith? …confess God, Christ, and salvation by mercy? Do they live a good life, free of greed and sexual exploitation? …receive the true sacraments? These are the sorts of basic outward... Continue Reading

Right now, you might be going through trials that are rocking your world. You’re hanging on for dear life. You’re in the thick of something menacing and awful. So here’s what I want you to know: God is using this. He’s not being cruel. He doesn’t hate you. He’s making you into the saint he’s... Continue Reading

To resist lawful authority without just cause is not a mark of maturity or courage. It is a sign of a heart that has not yet learned to bow. And until we recover a biblical seriousness about rebellion, we will struggle to cultivate the peace, order, and godly fear that Scripture envisions for society, home,... Continue Reading

Most importantly, Lydia was a believer whose heart the Lord opened and transformed by grace, so she gladly offered her home, her staff, and herself to Christ—the firstfruits of gospel harvest in Macedonia and in Europe.   Eager to spread the good news throughout Anatolia (modern-day Turkey) but banned by God’s Spirit from entering Asia... Continue Reading

Flee to the city of refuge with all speed, and join yourself to Christ as your prophet, priest ,and king, who came to seek and save those who were lost, for there is no other name given under heaven by which we can be saved.   Britain is in the midst of what one thinktank... Continue Reading

Recategorization of SSA as an untouchable identity fails the biblical and confessional test. This new perverse doctrine of sanctification requires befriending an identity that opposes Christ. Deciding that a particular besetting sin is no longer sinful may temporarily placate one’s emotions. But friendship with the world is enmity with God. And to whatever degree we... Continue Reading

Today we live in a 365-day year solar calendar with leap years to keep it aligned with the sun. In prophetic and narrative accounts the Bible consistently reckons the year as 360 days. Whether it is in Genesis or the book of Revelation’s “times, a time and a half a time,” forty months or 1260... Continue Reading

If we’re so trained to say, Well, yeah, I’m guilty of that sin, that sin, that sin, and really every sin, then when we need to speak very strongly—either to others or ourselves—a rebuke and warning, then we figure, Nobody’s perfect. Nobody really obeys. Therefore, we don’t feel the warning that we should feel. There’s no... Continue Reading