The incessant storms of recent times—political, cultural, ecclesial, theological, medical, economic!—have shown how quickly such worldly securities can crumble. Such storms provide a perfect opportunity for the Church’s counter-message to shine most distinctly, as the city on a hill (Matt. 5:14). We are in great need of recovering this lost confidence.   Note: We don’t... Continue Reading

 The Lord’s Supper is a precious memorial to remind people about Jesus’ sacrificial death. But it is not merely a memorial. It conveys special sanctifying grace to Christians who eat and drink in faith because Jesus is spiritually present as his people fellowship with him and each other Read the Passage 23For I received from... Continue Reading

Pastor, when you grow weary, you must see that a minister’s weariness isn’t a failure of faithfulness. Weariness results from the reality of our limits. We must acknowledge those limits. If we’re dishonest about our imperfections and insufficiencies, we’ll never be able to appreciate or enjoy God’s perfect sufficiency.   I have an outdated cell... Continue Reading

Prosperity gospel proponents have told me that if I had prayed in faith, my body would have been healed, my son would have been spared, and my marriage would have been restored. It was all up to me. If I just had the faith, I would have had a better outcome. Their words have left... Continue Reading

The ultimate aim of the union between Christ and the Church is righteous rule—a co-reigning with Christ over creation in the new heavens and new earth. This union is not merely for relational joy but for fulfilling God’s purposes in the world. Marriages that cultivate fruitful sexual love model this divine calling, bringing order, stability,... Continue Reading

Until the last 50 years, the Reformed tradition has been absolutely clear and consistent on the topic of homosexuality because the Bible is clear and consistent on homosexuality. Any Presbyterian denomination that ignores this biblical truth is sowing the seeds of its own destruction. What has tragically transpired in the mainline Presbyterian church shouts in... Continue Reading

Postmillennialists continue to face an acute dilemma, perhaps more so now than ever before: At Christ’s return, will “the nations that are at the four corners of the earth” be in the grip of diabolic deception (Rev 20:7–9)? Or will these nations still be subdued by the power of the gospel, leaving death as the... Continue Reading

Given the theological significance of human constitution and the anthropological significance of Jesus Christ, the church should take this opportunity to (re)examine the what question of human being by looking to the man himself through the teachings of orthodox Christology in the Chalcedonian tradition. The Chalcedonian Definition (451 AD) produced at the fourth ecumenical council... Continue Reading

Heaven is not personal happiness; it is eternal communion with God the Father through union with his Son via the work of the Holy Spirit. And the human problem is not that we do not feel psychologically happy. It is (morally) that we are sinful and (existentially) that we die. That vision is so much... Continue Reading

The Spirit “spoke by the prophets” in the Old Testament. This phrase of the creed summarizes the Spirit’s ministry before Christ’s baptism. Since the same Spirit of God was at work in both Old and New Testaments, his ministry before Pentecost was not different in nature but only in degree, including his work of regenerating... Continue Reading