It is when we have our minds focused on the things of earth that the glory of heaven doesn’t mean as much. When that happens, anxiety flares up, despair creeps in, and our world crashes in. But the things of this world are temporary; the things we don’t see are eternal.   Our eyes begin... Continue Reading

The Lord notices chiefly the disposition and affection of people’s hearts towards good or evil. It is a desperate condition, when not only your practice is out of course, but your affections also are alienated from God and inclined to evil. “You hate the good, and love the evil.” Whatever oppressors may claim to be the... Continue Reading

The gospel he received was not given to him by a man but by Jesus Christ. Paul felt he had no right to change, hide, or minimize the gospel to water it down so he would not offend. God had spoken, and his job was to deliver God’s word to needy people.   For am... Continue Reading

Is it so mysterious that I am not growing? Couldn’t the main reason be my prayerlessness? We need to become focused on the encouragement of warm, loving times with our patient Savior—the One who does not cease whispering our names into the ears of His Father. We must deal with this besetting sin. We are... Continue Reading

Readers are warned against thinking that they are wise (Prov. 26:12; Prov. 28:11, 26) and instead are urged to trust God (Prov. 3:7). A failure to note this teaching has led many to perceive a tension in the wisdom corpus, if not an irreconcilable conflict between Job-Ecclesiastes on one side and Proverbs on the other; however,... Continue Reading

Our lack of the original autographs in no way impacts the Christian faith. If anything, it is the amazing unity and agreement between the ancient copies and manuscripts that we possess today that affirm God’s divine and sovereign hand over the transmission of His Word throughout the ages. It would be impossible for the multitude... Continue Reading

The Creator made His plan obvious. Jesus said that since the beginning of creation, God created them male and female so that they would be joined together and become one flesh (Mark 10:6-8). Jesus adds, “Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate” (Verse 9). We can see from God’s original design that... Continue Reading

Some people think that, because believers are saved by God’s grace in Christ, they can sin whenever they feel like it because God will forgive them anyway. A fancy word for this is antinomianism. This kind of cheap grace does not take into account the Holy Spirit’s work of sanctification in the lives of all... Continue Reading

I am part of something much bigger and much grander than myself. It is when we get our eyes off of these spiritual truths that we can become discouraged and depressed. Satan will try to convince us that we are all alone, that no one knows we even exist, and that no one cares if... Continue Reading

When God casts Egypt into darkness, Goshen shines with an uncanny luster (Ex. 10:23), and the same is true of the present moment. Because Christians understand something of the true nature of work — that is, because we are (hopefully) labouring for the glory of God and the good of our neighbours — we have... Continue Reading