Applying Revoice’s Logic to All Sin – Part 1
Much of the error in Revoice’s discussion of same-sex attraction is their treatment of it as a “special sin,” different from other sins.
sinners having orientations does not negate moral culpability. Same-sex attraction is not special. It is sinful desire, a motion of original sin, and is always morally culpable sin. These five articles argue that same-sex attraction cannot be sublimated to holiness for 2 reasons: (1) No attraction contrary to God’s design can be sublimated to holiness.... Continue Reading
Metaphors and the Mission of God
In a day when Christians have all but lost the culture war in America, it is incumbent on us to listen carefully to what the Savior told His disciples upon their first missionary journey.
In the ancient wartime manual, The Art of War, Sun Tzu explained, “If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in... Continue Reading
Social Justice is an Attack on the Sufficiency of Scripture
When people lack a sufficient Bible they lack a guiding light.
Make no mistake about it, the Word of God is sufficient and the very moment that we take a step away from the sufficiency of God’s Word we take a step into darkness. Let me begin by stating that while I disagree with the social justice agenda and believe it to be a dangerous movement,... Continue Reading
How To Bear Up Under Your Burdens
Just as he sustained his people as they wandered the wilderness, so he will sustain you through your wilderness.
Psalm 55:22 says, “Cast your burden on the LORD, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved.” When you are weary and burdened, God is always available to help. He may not remove that burden from you, but he will certainly straighten your spine and shore you up as... Continue Reading
And Elisha Saw It! The Lord Answers Hard Prayers
We need to take encouragement from the Word when we pray and ask hard things of the Lord.
Why does it matter that Elisha saw it? Before Elijah was taken up from earth he asked Elisha what he could do for him before he was taken away (vs 9), and Elisha asked for a double portion of Elijah’s spirit. The spirit of Elijah was not Elijah’s to give away, for it was the spirit... Continue Reading
Whose Faith Saves You?
Is it our faith in Jesus Christ or is it the gift of his faith that saves us?
In looking at these and other verses which could be noted, it seems obvious that early Christians understood the faith by which a believer is justified is the faith of Jesus Christ and not our own. Any faith we have as believers is a gift from God. That faith is a portion of the faith... Continue Reading
The Heart of the Problem
The only way to deal with our sin is by having our hearts engaged. This is precisely what the Gospel does.
Jesus teaches us that there is something far more fundamental to our sinfulness than the actual sins we commit. Our sins do not make us sinful. Rather, we commit sins because, at the very center of our lives, we are sinful. Sin has invaded the inner recesses of our personalities. This is essential information for spiritual... Continue Reading
The Love of Christ for the Human Race
It doesn’t matter how many believers and not-yet believers around the globe are sinning and struggling. Christ never wearies of showing patience towards his people.
Jesus cannot be drained of his patience towards you, anymore than you can drain the Pacific Ocean with a teaspoon. Puritan Thomas Goodwin said that Jesus extends “acts of grace, and from his continual doing good unto and for his members…from his filling them with all mercy, grace, comfort, and felicity, himself becoming yet more... Continue Reading
Three Kinds of Death
Until we also succumb to physical death, let us eagerly share our faith with all who will hear.
At the fall, Genesis 3, all three aspects of death came with it. Before the fall, Adam was not subject to any form of death, but through his sin, death became a grim reality for the entire human race. The death Paul refers to in Romans 6:23 are spiritual death as well as eternal death,... Continue Reading
Satan, the First Revolutionary
Satan was the first radical revolutionary and continues to agitate in this role.
Satan tries to convince us that a life of obedience to God is a heavy burden that is impossible to bear. Satan tempts us with alternate forms of pleasure that are allegedly quicker and easier and better. We can get rich quicker by cheating someone. We can get secret sexual thrills without any personal commitment... Continue Reading