Are these scriptures contradicting themselves? Absolutely not! But you also absolutely cannot do both of these things at the same time. So what do you do? This shows that you need discernment in order to apply the Proverbs. Sometimes you need to answer a fool according to his folly, and sometimes you don’t. If we... Continue Reading

One head, many hats. But only one helmet of salvation. Protect your head. If not, you live by heart, not mind. A hurt head leaves you ruled by feeling. Heart decisions lead to hard places. If feelings dictate action, you miss God’s appointments.   After the terrible destruction of the flood, Noah stepped off the... Continue Reading

The Spirit would come fulfilling Christ’s promise and prepare the disciples of Christ to preach His Gospel. However, today, the church’s problem with this passage is that we get caught up in the descriptive images of the event and completely miss the purpose of the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost.    Acts 2:1–13... Continue Reading

Christian, the hour feels late. The crescent is rising in places where the cross once led. But the story isn’t finished. Let them vote. Let them build. So will we. We will rise not with violence, but with voices that cannot be silenced. Not with rage, but with resurrection. Not with fear, but with faith.... Continue Reading

“We can’t protect kids until we adults cure ourselves of any illusions that this is just another passing fad, a fringe movement that affects very few and will dissipate on its own. Gender ideology has a committed, well-funded, multi-faction army promoting and defending it. It’s going to take the equivalent on the other side to... Continue Reading

God is most wise, and he has only given us a few vital areas with which to concern ourselves when it comes to compatibility: Sexual compatibility, spiritual compatibility, and gender-roles compatibility. When we move beyond these, we keep ourselves from the blessing of marriage.   Much is made these days about compatibility when it comes... Continue Reading

Inside your body, even if it is broken or failing, is the blueprint for your resurrection body. You may not be satisfied with your current body or mind—but you’ll be forever thrilled with your resurrection upgrade.   We can know a lot about our resurrection bodies. Why? Because we’re told a great deal about Christ’s... Continue Reading

The criteria for being a leader in the local church is to be a faithful leader in your family. If you can be faithful in small things, you can then be trusted in larger things.   Life has some big important moments and a lot of smaller moments that seem less important. The big moments... Continue Reading

In corporate worship, all three priorities of the church—communion with God, edification of the body, and evangelism—are beautifully melded together. May we recover this same emphasis today, recognizing that worship is not a spectator sport but the glorious, active, and ordered work of the people of God.   This past week we celebrated the Protestant... Continue Reading

The only hope we have is to become fools. As Scripture says, “Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise” (1 Corinthians 3:18). As Dostoevsky shows us, we must become “ridiculous men”—willing to be thought foolish... Continue Reading