Let us give generously and seek to help our brothers and sisters in need but let us also make sure that our generosity isn’t actually harming those we’re intending to help with it.   Read: 2 Thessalonians 3:6-12 Christ commands us to be generous and charitable, particularly toward our brothers and sisters in Christ (Rom.... Continue Reading

For you and me as Christians, the best quality of life will have as its foundation our faith in Jesus Christ as our substitute, dying for our sins on the cross, and Him as our righteousness, our only way of acceptance before God.   Recently, my wife and I were on an international flight. Sitting... Continue Reading

Muslims are present in our cities and neighborhoods in growing numbers, and the opportunity for gospel witness is real. Even the sensitive subject of Muhammad is not off-limits—it simply requires wisdom. Muslims today are questioning their faith at an unprecedented rate, in part because information once accessible only to specialists is now available to anyone... Continue Reading

The answer to civilizational confusion is not retreat. It is faithful obedience.…Live like reality is real. Because it is. Live under Christ’s authority in ordinary ways. Be faithful in a world that is forgetting what faithfulness even looks like. Christians must remember that the hard soil is still God’s field.   There are ideas so... Continue Reading

In an age when rage-baiting, shrieking, and childish whining passes for public discourse, we must remain composed and stable. Not because we are aloof, but because we are controlled by the deep and pervasive conviction that God has installed His King on Zion (Psalm 2:6).   There is no doubt that saints ought to rejoice.... Continue Reading

When the storms of life expose misplaced faith and fear arises, encouragement can be found when, with each passing storm, we marvel a bit more at the power and authority of Christ.   I love God’s word because it shows me the failures of God’s people. It does not give examples of those who had... Continue Reading

Even though forgiveness of sin is not explicit throughout Matthew’s Gospel…we can see that it is indeed pervasively implicit through the use of many other metaphors, concepts, and actions. Jesus’s constant healings, cleansings, and blessings should be understood as manifestations of this same rescuing and forgiving.   Forgiveness of Sins Through Death and Resurrection Several... Continue Reading

Don’t let the devil consume your mind with loving people in theory, and don’t let him drive you to despise the people that you actually know. Let’s be a people that love one another, not in word only, but in deed and truth (1 John 3:18).   I’ve heard it said before that the reason... Continue Reading

Scripture must become a part of the Christian. The Word becomes an implanted spiritual organ that grows on nourishment from its reading combined with access provided through corporate worship where it is read, prayed, sung, preached, and blesses offerings.   Paragraphs 1 to 7 of the Westminster Confession of Faith have shown that Scripture is... Continue Reading

The seed gets planted by human hands. The growth belongs entirely to God. And when the moment of harvest finally comes, sower and grower stand together in the same field, gathering in the harvest with joy.   There is a parable tucked into the fourth chapter of Mark’s gospel that almost never gets preached. It... Continue Reading