Christ is King. And your home is the front line. The question is not whether there will be a war. It’s whether you’ll show up to fight. Raise your children with courage. Defend your household with Scripture. And make war against the lies with the sword of truth.   They’re not after your political opinion.... Continue Reading

The Good Shepherd was both tender and tough. Regardless of our natural tendencies, we must strive to embody the heart of our Good Shepherd, who was neither lenient toward sin nor harsh with the broken and weak. By doing so, we will more closely reflect the heart of our Master.   “Truly, truly, I say... Continue Reading

The Gnostics maintained a sharp division between the inward/spiritual and the outward/physical, which led them to define their identity by looking inwardly to their divine spark. They also sought to escape the world as a means of salvation, since the physical world was evil and designed to deceive and trap people with its lies.  ... Continue Reading

The Apostle had a single focus in his mission. He proclaimed in I Corinthians 2:2, “For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.” In his pagan culture he emphasized this primary doctrine at the very outset. He also described this message was not his own but he was speaking... Continue Reading

We need the faith of the ages, not the reconstructions of a therapeutically driven or commercially inspired faith. And we need it, not least, because without it our postmodern world will become starved for the Word of God.   The following article is an excerpt from David F. Wells’s 1999 work entitled Losing Our Virtue:... Continue Reading

Humans have a tendency to react to social and cultural chaos by looking back for things that are lost, just as humans have a tendency to be captured by new, dangerous ideas. While any rejection of the foolishness of the last decade is welcome, indulging nostalgia is no more of a strategy than claiming “progress.”... Continue Reading

Barna declared that “Churches that fail to persistently teach reasons why the Bible can be trusted, what moral truth is, why it must be understood as absolute rather than situational, and facilitate accountability for the application of biblical truth in our personal lives are not churches with biblical purpose and power, but merely pawns of... Continue Reading

What I found in Van Til was a profound and refreshingly biblical explanation of the unbeliever’s heart and mind (Rom. 1:18–23)—a revelation (to me) of a fundamental aspect of biblical anthropology. Unbelievers are truth-suppressors. They know the true God, but they suppress that truth through their unrighteous behavior. Their thinking is futile, their hearts are... Continue Reading

David is completely alone—exhausted, blamed, and betrayed. But right there, in the depths of despair, comes one of the most hope-filled statements in Scripture: “But David strengthened himself in the Lord his God.” Let’s look at the five steps David took to strengthen himself in the Lord.   “And David was greatly distressed, for the... Continue Reading

What does wisdom look like? We could use simple definitions like “skill in living” or “knowledge applied,” but it’s also helpful to get the full picture. Wisdom is skill, yes, but this skill comes from being disciplined, that is, corrected when we go wrong. It’s the ability to make discerning choices by selecting the best... Continue Reading