When we acknowledge the reality of sin, we also embrace the beauty of salvation. We see the cross for what it truly is: God’s love poured out for sinners, making a way back to Him (Romans 5:8). So instead of running from the word sinner, we can face it with humility and hope.   Many... Continue Reading

The Spirit can heal the cancer of discontent and criticism with His grace working through faith and thankfulness. Look to Christ and trust him to fill your heart with gratitude because, though He didn’t have to, God graciously gave you a spouse, a friend, a lover. Receive your spouse as a good gift from your... Continue Reading

When God enters a covenant, what he promises to do becomes an inviolable oath that is guaranteed by his own unchangeable character and his inability to lie …God cut major covenants during the lifetimes of Noah, Abraham, Moses, and David. And then he promised that in the future he would cut an even better covenant,... Continue Reading

When wickedness shakes a nation, Christians must be clear-eyed about evil yet confident in God’s justice. We remember that He reigns, that governments are accountable to Him, and that vengeance belongs to the Lord. We engage the public square not with despair or rage but with a steady hope rooted in the cross of Christ.... Continue Reading

Christians have long referred to the “ordinary means of grace.” Churches should not work to make disciples through extraordinary means, through dynamic and exciting new techniques never mentioned in the Bible. Rather, they should use the ordinary, everyday practices like preaching, teaching, singing, praying, and practicing the ordinances.   Origin, Means, and End of Missions... Continue Reading

The call to youth leaders—and to all who disciple the next generation—is to move beyond assumptions, pursue genuine conversations, and point students not to themselves but to Christ. Because the good news of the gospel isn’t that we’re all right. It’s that Jesus came for those who aren’t.   In high school, I was in... Continue Reading

All other subjects that students in higher education study can be seen as potentially contributing to human happiness by improving the lives of the students and of wider society in a variety of different ways….However, only theology can tell you about the true and lasting happiness that comes from a right relationship with God through... Continue Reading

Believers, being renewed in the image of their Creator and sharing equal standing before Christ, must completely abandon former destructive behaviors—especially deceptive speech—which undermine unity in God’s family.   A father, wanting to teach his young son about the impact of anger, gave him a bag of nails and instructed him to hammer a nail... Continue Reading

The Lord’s Day is a weekly reminder that man does not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God. It carries us from creation to consummation, from glory to eschatological glory. It is the memorial of God’s mighty acts, so it is fitting that on that day the Church... Continue Reading

Fellow pastors, beware of the danger of the ordinary Sunday. Protect your heart. As Solomon says, “Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life” (Proverbs 4:23). Don’t allow the challenges of leadership to let you grow calloused toward God or God’s people. It is the ordinary Sundays that contain the snares that... Continue Reading