God desires his glory to spread throughout time, through generations, and it is mainly through parenting that this happens. It’s the responsibility and privilege of parents to train up the next generation to praise God. Here is where all the verses mentioned in the opening paragraph fit perfectly. Parents are told to train their children (Proverbs... Continue Reading

If we can be captivated by aspects of God’s creation, how much more should we be enthralled by the Creator himself? How much more should we stop and behold our God through reflection and meditation on His word? How much more should we recount His wondrous deeds and stand in awe?   About 53 million... Continue Reading

The Bible, in fact, “is indiscriminate in its pleasure language” using words like happiness, joy, contentment, delight, and satisfaction essentially as synonyms describing the same kinds of experiences. Happiness is not trivial. Human beings take it very seriously. And we can’t help it.    God means for you to seek the highest happiness there is to... Continue Reading

What can we learn from Paul’s writing today when our church leaders renounce their faith, when Christians chase after selfish gain, and when believers are enticed by the world and its ever-changing worldviews? Grieving is not enough. Nor is the quest against the culture of this world. All those attempts have failed miserably.   Fallen... Continue Reading

Christianity is founded on truth. An earnestness must accompany every person, class, church, or seminary that seeks to define and defend a sound theology. We must have a resolute determination to be God-honoring theologians. God is not properly glorified where He is not rightly known.   Everyone is a theologian. This is not to say... Continue Reading

One of the fascinating but underappreciated aspects of the visions of Revelation is the symbolism used to portray the church as it exists on the earth awaiting Jesus’ return. Much has been made of the images/metaphors used for the church in the rest New Testament. The church is pictured as a body, a flock, the... Continue Reading

Kuyper rightly recognized over a hundred years ago the end game of Modernism. He says, “Finally Modernism, which denies and abolishes every difference, cannot rest until it has made woman man and man woman, and, putting every distinction on a common level, kills life by placing it under the ban of uniformity” (p 27). God... Continue Reading

It’s important to note that ignoring your anger is not the same thing as fighting and killing it, though both are attempts to avoid expressing that anger against others. The first will only cause the anger to build up until you can’t ignore it anymore. The second dispenses with it in a way that glorifies... Continue Reading

As Pastors we make mistakes. Let’s not be surprised by them, let’s listen carefully to them, let’s learn and grow in our ministry, let’s be ready to repent and make restitution for where we go wrong. The health of our hearts demands it, the health of the church depends on it. It is something we... Continue Reading

While the trends are clear—the U.S. is steadily becoming less Christian and less religiously observant as the share of adults who are not religious grows—self-described Christians report that they attend religious services at about the same rate today as in 2009. Today, 62% of Christians say they attend religious services at least once or twice... Continue Reading