We become so accustomed to sins, especially in our secular hedonistic culture, that we regard them as normal behavior. Enter a period of serious prayer, asking the Father to reveal the sins that lie hidden in your heart, mind, and daily activity.   Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, to make you... Continue Reading

The Lord’s zeal is his intense and passionate love to save you. The promise of a son isn’t only for Abraham, David, and Israel; it’s a promise also for you. His zeal is what drove the Lord to provide his Son on the mountain called Calvary to those sitting in darkness (Gen. 22:8–18; Matt. 27:33–44;... Continue Reading

God doesn’t run His kingdom on tidy plans and five-year goals. He parts seas and raises the dead. He told His people to march around a city for seven days and blow trumpets. He fed thousands with a little boy’s lunch. He told a general with leprosy to bathe seven times in a muddy river.... Continue Reading

The Nimrods of today want to restrict your freedom, take away your rights, tax you for the air you breathe through carbon credit schemes, take away your car, so that you own nothing and eat bugs to survive and make you afraid of the future. I think it is the last attack that is most... Continue Reading

Some suffering seems ‘useless.’ That’s the message of the book of Job. Some suffering isn’t because we sinned and it doesn’t seem to mature us, but God’s answer to Job—particularly in his second speech (Job 40-41)—is that the terrifying chaos monsters that Job wished would drown the world are worse than Job thought they were,... Continue Reading

The reality is gossip is ALWAYS destructive. The Bible has much to say about it. I have often said that there is one cancer that I have seen destroy churches more than ANYTHING else, and this is it. A gossip is a coward. Unwilling to face people honestly, they destroy them behind their back, one... Continue Reading

If it is the duty of ordinary Christians to be able to instruct others, how much more is it the duty of ministers, heads of families, parents, and those who have responsibility for others? What a shame it is for them to be unable to be teachers! It becomes us therefore to give the more... Continue Reading

Without public prayer throughout the worship service, the congregation is robbed of the opportunity to learn and participate in God’s people’s prayers.   Reformed churches include public prayer in their worship services because we view it as a biblically commanded and essential element of corporate worship. The practice is rooted in both Scripture and theological... Continue Reading

Sympathizing with others who are suffering from the consequences of their own actions is good, but grace is much more. For starters, grace includes forgiveness. Forgiveness goes way beyond mere sympathy. Of course, in order to offer forgiveness, you have to have something to forgive.   Luke 15:21–32 (ESV) (part four of a four-part series)... Continue Reading

The Bible’s truthfulness and relevance do not depend upon man and his designs. If it makes us feel any better, this problem of hearing, understanding, believing and obeying God’s Word is not new. The disciples of Jesus illustrate the problem as well as anyone, maybe better. After all, they were in His presence. They heard... Continue Reading