Thomas Hooker said, “Meditation is a serious intention of the Mind whereby we come to search out the truth and settle it on the heart.”[1] Thomas Watson said, “Meditation is the soul’s retiring of itself, that by a serious and solemn thinking upon God, the heart may be raised up to heavenly affections.”[2]   A... Continue Reading

If we start our listening to a sermon with a bent to discern what is wrong in it, it would be like sitting down to a meal with the assumption that there must be something distasteful on our plates. Because we don’t know where that objectionable portion is located, we choose instead to forgo the... Continue Reading

Decades since he spent three years of his young life following Jesus on foot and witnessing with his own eyes the most extraordinary man who ever walked the face of the earth. Decades since he saw Jesus crucified and raised and ascended into heaven. Decades since the Spirit fell like fire in Jerusalem and eventually... Continue Reading

If today were your last, would you keep living distracted? Or would you live with urgency? Would you reconcile? Would you encourage? Would you walk away from sin and into obedience? And most importantly, are you ready to meet Christ?   The alarm clock goes off. Coffee brews. A text buzzes in. You’re already thinking... Continue Reading

There is only one thing that is potent enough to kill pride, the cross. When we see the Son of God nailed to an elevated plank of wood something changes in the heart. We realise that there is only one human being who deserves to be lifted high, and he is Jesus.   Never further... Continue Reading

Now wait a minute, you’re thinking. The pastor is also there for the children. Yes. Indubitably. The pastor is called by God. He is given the keys to unleash the free gifts of Christ and His Kingdom on everyone, including kids. But is that what we see in the children’s message? I’ve mostly observed poor... Continue Reading

The left sets themselves against God because they cannot deny that “what can be known about God is plain to them” (Romans 1:19). Thus, they know their refusal to acknowledge who He is, ask for forgiveness, and submit to His Son Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior will lead them to “receiving in themselves the... Continue Reading

Paul never tells Timothy to look forward to the future for new movements of the Spirit. Rather, he tells him to look backwards to what has already been revealed. Everything we need to be fruitful and productive, to be trained in righteousness, to be adequately equipped for every good work, has already been revealed. For... Continue Reading

In humility, Joseph knew that was so. When moments arose, he boldly, authoritatively seized the moment, not to proclaim his own ideas, but God’s. God prospered him and opened doors that eventually would sustain his own race and all the world.   There are billions of men and women in the world. But there are... Continue Reading

The NT often brings the OT to bear on a conceptual level (e.g., God as creator, divine warrior, covenant, exile). Quotations and allusions depend on a concrete, textual relationship between two passages through unique wording. Conceptual parallels, however, function more broadly. A conceptual parallel is tied to a large swath of texts or a synthesis... Continue Reading