When our Savior was born, there was no Christmas music playing in the hotels, if you could get into one. The Romans were moving people around for social control, while celebrating the pagan feast of Saturnalia, the birthday of the sun and light. Herod, the half–Arab King of the Jews, in the name of “choice”... Continue Reading

We return to God because He first came to us (Luke 19:10). He does not merely lead us home; He makes us able to go. By cleansing the heart, He opens the way. By giving the Spirit, He fulfils Moses’s promise. By gathering His people from all nations, He completes the return Israel could never... Continue Reading

Augustine in no way denies the “historicity” of Genesis—it is just that he sees the Creation narrative as a literary device designed by God to condescend to our conceptual weaknesses.   It has been said, that Augustine was more intensely-interested in the doctrine of Creation, than anything else. This may very well be true—even though... Continue Reading

While our biblical concept of complementarianism is vastly counter-cultural today—as are many aspects of biblical Christianity—this is the most faithful and missional way to pursue authoritative leadership in the local church. For God’s ways are always the most faithful and missional.   One of the current issues in the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) is... Continue Reading

Athanasius helps us see that we don’t have to choose between being against the world or for the world. Nor should we settle for some vague balance between the two. We must be intensely against the world’s idols and distortions precisely because we’re wholeheartedly for the world’s goodness and redemption in Christ.   The fourth-century... Continue Reading

Your normal life is brimming with opportunities to teach your kids about God, his creation, and our purpose—truths that will help them walk in biblical sexuality. They do need to know these truths. But more than knowing them, your children need to believe them.   In “Teach Your Kids to Be Truly Sex Positive,” I... Continue Reading

Come to the Christ who is. Bow before the Lord who cannot be resized to fit your preferences.Let Scripture straighten the contours where your imagination has bent Him. Let His Word reintroduce you to the living Christ. And as you behold Him—the real Him—let every false Jesus perish in the brightness of His glory.  ... Continue Reading

John had described it. The Word in the beginning. The Word with God. The Word who was God. Eternal life flowing between Father and Son, a communion without distance or shadow. Knowledge without learning. Joy without rise or fall. Power that created not through effort but through simple command. Stars spun because Christ spun them.... Continue Reading

Every saint plays the part the Lord has composed for them in the New Song—a doxology so perfect that it cannot be played without them. Heaven is not a competition of glory but a harmony of vocations, each one chosen by God, each one filled with His infinite love, each one reflecting His glory in... Continue Reading

There’s a better way. It involves loving America without worshiping it, serving Christ without confusing his kingdom with any nation-state, and building for the long term rather than grasping for power in the moment. It’s less seductive than the Christian Nationalist alternative. But it has the significant advantage of being true, sustainable, and genuinely Christian.... Continue Reading