When He was tempted, He never faltered. He never gave in. When He was tired, and hungry, the devil came and tried to turn His head. But Christ was victorious. When He dealt with His mother and unbelieving brothers, He was without sin. When He flipped tables and cracked the whip, He never sinned. The... Continue Reading

You may have asked yourself at some time: “If all the unbelieving world is deceived, how may I know that I am not?”  That is a good question; and you have several very strong “pillars” to support you.  Principal among them is your Christ, the One who has united your humanity to His divinity, and... Continue Reading

There is only one escape—to ask God to fill you with new affections, his loves. For forever joy and peace, it’s wise to nurture new and better loves in the here and now. God alone is the source of all that is true, good and beautiful, and as fallen creatures, we need his loving hands... Continue Reading

Racial pride insults creation and racial hatred denies the gospel. A faithful church welcomes, disciples, loves and evangelizes without sorting souls by skin.   America cannot stop talking about race because America has never known how to tell the truth about it. Race, as a God-created rank of human beings, is a lie. Racism, as... Continue Reading

The promise stands: the gates of hell cannot withstand the advance of holy, righteous, dangerous men. The only question is whether we’ll rise up and take what’s been promised, or continue sitting while everything burns around us.   There is a passage in the book of Ezekiel that should make our generation shake in its... Continue Reading

The most important thing in your marriage is not your marriage. It is your relationship with God. All of your marriage flows out of your relationship with him. God doesn’t merely hand you a shovel and tell you to try harder. He teaches husbands and wives to love with a love they first received from... Continue Reading

We study the attributes of God now so that we will not be total strangers to His beauty when we see Him on His throne. We study the person and work of Christ now so that we can begin to learn the language of the country we are marching toward.   We live in an... Continue Reading

While baptism threatens with the floodwaters of judgment those who would apostatize against His covenant, it marks off Christ’s own as those who have indeed passed through the judgment waters safely in the “ark” of His own person and work.   Noah stands at a watershed moment in history (2 Peter 3:5–7). In doing so,... Continue Reading

Anything that hardship can take or prosperity can give pales in comparison to the One with everlasting treasures at His right hand. He is infinitely valuable.   Christian suffering proves to the world that God is great. Think about it. Everyone experiences suffering. Hardships and trials mark the human race. We all experience loss, adversity,... Continue Reading

If God is not in control of the human will, if He is not sovereign over that, we are saying that we are sovereign. Not only are we sovereign, but God is impotent. We are in control and there’s nothing God can do about it. There’s nothing He can do to change it. This is... Continue Reading