Even though we belong to Christ’s heavenly kingdom, this heavenly kingdom does not undo the differences and order between the genders. In terms of equality and worth, there is no Jew or Gentile, slave or free, male or female, but we are all one in Christ (Gal. 3:28). But in terms of order and structure, the... Continue Reading

You don’t have to wait until the end of your life to speak words that last. Begin now. Write a note to your son or daughter. Have a conversation that’s overdue. Name a strength. Gently warn about a weakness. Speak a word of hope. Most of all, point them to the One who speaks the truest... Continue Reading

If we are to be thoroughly converted, every thought, doubt, and ideology contrary to Christ and His word must be slain right in its very infancy before it has opportunity to spread further and fester. Even as the shadow of the thought creases your mind, turn from it, slay it, and replace the void left... Continue Reading

Catholic teaching rejects the Protestant doctrine of imputed righteousness. The question is this: is the righteousness whereby we are forgiven and made right with God a righteousness working in us or a righteousness reckoned to our account? Catholics say the former, Protestants the latter. According to Catholic teaching, justification is more than God’s declaration of... Continue Reading

In the valleys of life, He will be next to us. In the fires of suffering and persecution, He will stand with us and uphold us. In the victories, we get a foretaste of Heaven. In every season, we get the goodness of God because we get God Himself. Yet, we are so prone to... Continue Reading

God doesn’t need any help in the truth department. He doesn’t need new additions to that category. We as His people should be seeking beautiful ways to convey those truths that He has revealed. We as His children should not try to contort God’s word, but we should deeply meditate on the deep well of... Continue Reading

In the best of cases, a secular vision of education offers students false and ungrounded optimism in human progress. In most cases, untethered from God’s Story, history appears random, the future uncertain, and life disconnected from any greater purpose. In the end, students are catechized into a truncated vision of life and the world, and... Continue Reading

We have allowed millions of people to destroy their relationships, their understanding of sex, and their lives on both sides of the camera not just by refusing to legally restrict behavior, but by refusing to pass moral judgements. Now, in the figure of Bonnie Blue, the logical moral product of that culture has arrived. We once had... Continue Reading

In our attempt to become secular, the West has simply replaced one set of beliefs with another. And I have to say, I much prefer the beliefs that began with ‘thus saith the Lord’…There is simply no way for us to do culture, society or politics without reference to some set of religious or metaphysical... Continue Reading

If you rarely talk about God, is He really that important to you? Our words often reveal what we value most. Jesus put it this way: “Out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks” (Luke 6:45). Do we talk like God is number one? If we did, what would we say?   Worship... Continue Reading