I think this is how our service of God often works. There are of course the obvious things: that terrible effort to explain the gospel that just went horribly wrong, the advice we gave that blew up in somebody’s face, the action we took that we look back and think was actually wrong. All well-intentioned... Continue Reading

The Lord Jesus, as the Christ of God, bore the Spirit and was borne by the Spirit throughout the whole course of his life in order that he might bestow the Spirit on his people. When Jesus sent the promise of his Father, fulfilling the prophecy of John the Baptist that he would baptize with the Holy Spirit (Luke 3:17; Acts 2:33),... Continue Reading

How do you see yourself? A mature man has come to the humble knowledge that he is nothing without Christ and everything with Christ. He is a mere branch on a glorious Vine, but he has been fearfully, wonderfully, and uniquely made by the Creator, designed for great achievements by God’s grace.   All of... Continue Reading

The gospel isn’t just an entry point. It’s the foundation we build on, the fuel we draw from, and the anchor that holds us fast. The moment a church assumes it, marginalizes it, or replaces it is the moment that church begins to drift. A church that forgets the gospel may still exist on paper;... Continue Reading

No one has mastered the task of child rearing, so there is both safety and good hope of success to be found in a multitude of counselors. This perspective also serves as a helpful reminder that worship is not about me as an individual, but as us as the gathered Body of Christ.   Children... Continue Reading

Your soul will find comfort, even in discomfort and pain, when you lay down the burden of being the master of your own fate and captain of your own soul and rest in belonging to Christ. Your soul will rest comfortably when Christ is your only comfort, hope, and joy in life and death.  ... Continue Reading

The triune God who is perfectly holy, perfectly wise, perfectly good, perfectly just, perfectly perfect in His essence and all of His actions is in precise and scrupulous control of all things. His will cannot be thwarted and all He has decreed and only what He has decreed comes to pass.   We live in... Continue Reading

As Francis Schaeffer pointed out to the EPC in our first General Assembly, we forget the Creation mandate of the prophets to our own peril —especially in times such as ours. From sexual dysphoria, God calls us back again to His design and blueprint in Creation, to which the Bible offers no alternatives.   Perhaps... Continue Reading

Baptism is God’s act of incorporation: binding us as many members into one body (1 Corinthians 12:13). Thus, baptism calls us to value the diverse gifts and functions of others in the church, because each contributes to the well-being and growth of the whole body (1 Corinthians 12:14–31).   The queen once dropped off her son at a birthday... Continue Reading

Arianism was and is a theology which is built up around one’s own experience of the invisibility and intangibility of God. We long indeed for God to be close and evident, to have him tangible in the way we would like to have him tangible; to be able to identify the hot breath of the... Continue Reading