There are many reasons we might struggle to have an answer for these situations. Maybe, like me, we feel embarrassed and inarticulate, scared of offending our loved ones or the risk of changing the atmosphere. Perhaps we have been scalded in the past by hostile responses to our faith. What if we mess up, say... Continue Reading

The proliferation of lies, in other words, is not accidental but deliberate—we prefer our lies rather than the truth. We love to crouch in shadow rather than give an inch toward the light. And we do this because we ourselves are evil.   “An evildoer listens to wicked lips, and a liar gives ear to... Continue Reading

We cannot love God and hate our “enemies” (Matthew 5:43–44). We cannot say we love God and hate our brothers (1 John 4:20–21). “Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks” (Matthew 12:34 NKJV). If hatred is our default language, if we delight in unleashing a world of iniquity, then the truth of... Continue Reading

Are you lazy? Are you cynical? Are you an enabler of your children or spouse to disobey because you don’t lovingly confront them with their sin? We must not believe the lie that our sin hurts no one.   Hebrews 12: 1-3 reminds us that we are to keep our eyes on Jesus Christ as... Continue Reading

Hebrews draws the line with two categories. There are those who shrink back and are destroyed. And there are those who believe and are saved. You can’t be both. You either look over your shoulder and head for Egypt, or you plant your face toward Canaan and don’t stop till you see the gates. You... Continue Reading

The times we live in may grow more hostile. The cost of faithfulness may increase. But the opportunity for witness is greater than ever. Christ is still building His church, and no cultural opposition can stop Him. So let’s be Christians who navigate our workplaces with truth that will not bend and love that will... Continue Reading

In contrast to the Atheistic-evolutionary view or reality, the biblical worldview does provide reasons for believing in our mind’s ability to discern truth. Namely, being created in the image of a rational God makes sense as an explanation for why we can engage in science.   Could it be that Atheism and Science don’t mix,... Continue Reading

Jesus holds out free and full forgiveness, but also a cleansing and purifying that you desperately need. He offers you true joy and satisfaction in place of the fleeting, defiling pleasure of sin.   The following is a letter I wrote to a brother some years ago. It has been anonymized and lightly edited. Dear... Continue Reading

The only way to escape the hounding darkness of self-loathing is to accept our inability….This death can only be avoided by walking through it, by dying to ourselves and living to Christ. This is the way out of the watery labyrinth of our world and into the Kingdom of God….“This is water.” But only Christ... Continue Reading

The Solomonic shadow in Jesus’s life and ministry is something the very first verse of the New Testament prepares us to see. Matthew describes the first Gospel as “The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham” (Matthew 1:1). The phrase “son of David” thus signals to us that... Continue Reading