As Presbyterians, we are called to stand firm on God’s Word, proclaim the sufficiency of Christ, and shepherd our people with love in truth and grace. Feminism, in all its forms, pulls us away from that calling.   In 1923, J. Gresham Machen published his monumental work Christianity and Liberalism as a bold response to... Continue Reading

Where is God calling you to trust Him now? What is the classroom of opportunity He is offering to you, calling you to “stand still and see the salvation of the Lord?” What is He telling you to give or a place where you are to rest and let Him provide so things can be... Continue Reading

The resurrection Paul proclaims in 1 Corinthians 15 is not the mere transferal to an ethereal or spiritual state….The resurrection Paul proclaims in this chapter is the conquest of bodily death. It is the final triumph of God.   In the canonical gospels, as virtually all scholars concur, the resurrection of Christ, and the hope... Continue Reading

As we obey God, he will continue to lavish his gifts of grace upon us. For there is always blessing on the far side of obedience. “Blessed…are those who hear the word of God and keep it!” (Luke 11:28)   To be human is to be finite—to be limited in our knowledge of past, present,... Continue Reading

The problem with our religious good works is that we are attempting to “serve God” or “do good things” without being in a right relationship with God and without understanding how He wants to be served. Our good works are pure presumption and cannot be the means by which we are reconciled to God.   ... Continue Reading

The doctrines of justification and union with Christ are the best pieces of news sinners in this sin-scarred world could ever hear. What we never could have dreamed has become ours. And what we have no capacity to earn is now ours in Christ.   The Need for Sacrifice I spent one year in my... Continue Reading

Vos’s insights concerning Biblical Theology are numerous and influential….[Vos’s] insights should significantly prompt Evangelicals to recognize that the work of the biblical theologian is to replicate as accurately as possible God’s progressive revelation of Himself in harmony with His redemptive deeds, as portrayed for us in the Bible’s storyline from Genesis to Revelation.   Many... Continue Reading

The Bible is explicit regarding the desperate consequences of sin, the reality of eternal punishment, the urgency of the gospel, and God’s command for people to place their dependence on the finished work of Christ for forgiveness of their sin and restoration to God.   I sat across the table from a young man with... Continue Reading

Don’t hide but walk in the light and confess your sins. Don’t hope in a silver bullet but be prepared to walk the long path of repentance. And, above all, don’t collapse into self-loathing but bring your sins to your wonderful, merciful Savior and receive his words of absolution: “Your sins are forgiven.”   Log... Continue Reading

Because God created humans to worship, music is inescapably a form of worship, for better or worse. Ultimately, real people should be creating music because people were created to worship with music. As the psalmist sang, “My lips will shout for joy, when I sing praises to you; my soul also, which you have redeemed.”   According to... Continue Reading