Three Principles on Wisdom
Wisdom, like anything good gift, is only useful when it is not seen as ultimate.
Knowing the will of God comes through wisdom. It is for this reason that choosing to live a life based on godly wisdom has more impact than merely what is seen. The believer is to walk in wisdom because the days are evil. In this modern age, it is easy for a person to be... Continue Reading
Satan is Attacking Ephesians 5:33
Are churches prioritizing the defense of the Christian marriage?
Satan must destroy the marriage relationship to achieve his goal of denying God by preventing his children from glorifying Him. So doing, Satan has created two echo chambers to promote his deceptions: a social echo chamber that deceives women into believing that all men are toxic – the Feminist Movement being his minion, and a... Continue Reading
Arminius: A New Look (Part 4)
In his sermons on Romans 9, he rejected the standard Reformed uses of this text to support unconditional election.
Arminius’ approach is not explicitly to attack or reject Calvin’s doctrine of unconditional predestination. Rather, he simply argues that Romans 9 does not support that doctrine, as Arminius says at the end of the analysis, “And thus I think I have shown that this passage of the Apostle does not serve to confirm that opinion which many suppose... Continue Reading
Don’t Assume Scripture’s View of Gender
Gender will become a wedge between this generation and the Word.
It would be easy to assume that this conversation is only important to those who find themselves or loved ones wrestling with gender-dysphoria. That is just not the case. The conversation surrounding gender effects more than just those who find themselves identifying as a different gender. In our cities, schools, churches, and homes there... Continue Reading
Before You Pull the Ripcord on Your Marriage
In the end, we have to remember that marriage is a portrait of Christ and the church—the holy bond we share with our bridegroom.
Like Hosea the prophet and his adulterous wife, Gomer, Christ pursues us, hedges us in, and showers us with his longsuffering patience and love until we repent. This is the love that should mark all Christian marriages. We live out Christ’s love for us in our marriages when we forgive when sinned against, even when... Continue Reading
God Created Family To Carry Out His Will
Genesis 1:28 shows us God’s general intention for humanity as it pertains to family.
“And God blessed them. And God said to them, ‘Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.’” As God created humanity, he assigned a huge two-part... Continue Reading
3 Reasons to Not Follow Your Heart
We don’t HAVE to follow our hearts, because we have something more stable, more trustworthy, and infinitely more reliable to follow.
As a parent, you want to see many of the above things happen in the lives of your children. You want to see them achieve their potential, chase after their dreams, and for them to be happy. But beyond that, you want them to find the joy and freedom of living under the lordship of... Continue Reading
The Irrelevance of Hell
Within a culture of entertainment, not very much is going to be said about hell.
Even when people die who weren’t religious and didn’t have a life committed to Christ—it’s common to hear their close friends and family reassuring everyone that their loved one is in a better place now. Heaven is real, but hell has been relegated to a mythological land fit for the story books. The culture that... Continue Reading
Embracing God’s Rest
Entering God’s Rest isn’t a historical survey of Sabbath interpretation.
Ceremonial laws were given to Old Testament Israel as a system of types and shadows pointing to New Testament fulfillment (Acts 10; Heb. 10:1–10). Judicial laws supported the theocracy of the Old Testament that expired with the Israelite state (Ex. 21:1–23:19). Moral laws were rooted in creation, summarized in the Ten Commandments, and continue as... Continue Reading
Where Did Family Come From?
God created people and God created family.
The mission God assigned to human beings could not be accomplished by male alone. Just as God’s image was only fully displayed in male and female, God’s will could only be fully completed by male and female. Moses, who wrote Genesis, left us a little editorial note here to explain what happened when the two came... Continue Reading