According to the 2020 American Worldview Inventory from Arizona Christian University, half of Americans believe that “if a person is generally good, or does enough good things during their life, they will “earn” a place in Heaven.   Earlier this week, while explaining his efforts to end the war between Russia and Ukraine, President Trump said:... Continue Reading

Preaching apologetically is to preach with the realization that we are proclaiming a message that is true (we are making a truth claim) and that this truth claim is grounded in particular historical events—the doing and dying of Jesus.   “Like A Lion” You may have heard the quip from the ever-quotable Charles Spurgeon: “The... Continue Reading

Live out your love for God in more faithful obedience to all His commands, and be different, not in an offensive or combative way, neither in a snooty or condescending way, but in a loving way through which people see the light of Christ and the glory of your heavenly Father in your good works... Continue Reading

Oneism tells us that the answers are within. We need the honesty to say that the problem is within, and that the Creator alone can redeem the beyond-self-repair brokenness of his creatures. Sugarcoating the bitter reality of sin causes the good news of Christ’s saving work to ring hollow and meaningless.   How do we... Continue Reading

As we grieve, we also hope. We both lament and anticipate. We cry and we wait. We weep yet with expectation. We sorrow yet we hold on, knowing with hope that one day, our great Savior will redeem every tear, every sadness, and every sorrow.   In many ways before losing my son to cancer,... Continue Reading

Although we are low, although we are small, although we’re lower than the angels, God has given us dominion over all these things, and that should lead us to the conclusion of the psalm: God’s greatness. “Oh LORD, our Lord. How majestic is your name in all the earth!”   Read the Passage Let’s take... Continue Reading

If Paul had not insisted with such determination and without compromise that the true gospel of Christ must focus on all nations and all peoples rather than continuing to center on Israelite peoples, this concrete expression of unity among all believers never would have happened…In the past, the pious commitment of religiously dedicated Judeans to... Continue Reading

I humbly exhort you, my fellow pastors, please do not gloss over or forget in each sermon and Bible lesson to preach Christ, His whole gospel, and the blessings and power of being in union with Him. Do not just use the words “gospel” or “in Christ” and assume people know them or do not... Continue Reading

Satan’s fall from heaven was apparently the result of his own discontentment with his position. Cultivating a thankful heart—the self-conscious giving of thanks to God and those around us—paves the road of contentment.   It’s natural for people to be discontent; it’s as natural to man as weeds are to the soil. Thorns and thistles... Continue Reading

If our performance in life were the only basis for judgment, every single person who ever lived would be consigned to the lake of fire…Without Christ, no one is righteous in God’s sight. We have all sinned and fallen short of God’s glorious righteous standard…On that glorious day when Jesus returns as the Son of... Continue Reading