To distinguish law and gospel is not to oppose them as enemies. The antinomian error is as dangerous as the legalist error, and Reformed theology explicitly rejects both.   If the social media posts, YouTube clips, and Facebook groups of prominent Evangelical and so-called “Reformed” pastors serve as any barometer of theological health, a pastoral... Continue Reading

The Father is not the Son. The Son is not the Spirit. The Spirit is not the Father. And yet each is fully and truly God. Each person possesses the fullness of deity. Each thinks, speaks, and acts. Each is involved in creation and redemption. This is not a division of God into parts. It... Continue Reading

In that chapter, Paul uses the image of a seed becoming a plant. A wheat kernel begins small, buried in the ground, but it rises into something that feeds life and produces many more seeds. It is the same in kind, yet far more glorious in form. So it will be with us. What is... Continue Reading

God is the one who created grace because he knew we would need it. It is his to give, not ours to discover within. What you will discover when you receive grace from God and not dispense it to yourself, is that God is far more generous and thorough with the grace he gives than... Continue Reading

Christians must be willing to fight back against a culture that continues to attack the image of God from various angles. We must plant our feet firmly in God’s     To be made in God’s image means not only that we were created by God, but that we are “like” him in many ways—his... Continue Reading

The Confession offers guardrails, of course. It would be wrong to conclude justification by works of the law, for instance. What grounds the unity between elders, however, is not individual agreement on matters untouched by the Confession, but the Confession itself as a faithful summary of the Bible. Every session in the PCA, therefore, has... Continue Reading

For the believer, Christ is everything. If we are guilty, He has made atonement. If we are vile, He is worthy. If we are nothing, He is all in all.     Jesus knows your sins, your errors, your follies, and still He loves you tenderly. Your weakness does not repel Him; it gives Him... Continue Reading

What’s the best way to avoid this dangerous straggling? Get in the middle of the pack! How can we avoid being hardened by sin? “But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called ‘today,’ that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin” (Heb 3:13). Rather than wallow and... Continue Reading

When we sin with our mouths, we know that if we confess our sins, God is faithful and just to forgive us our sins. Because Jesus was perfect in how He spoke and how He lived, He could bear God’s wrath for our sins as our substitute. He has paid for all of the times... Continue Reading

As we ponder the redemption Christ has accomplished, we should sing for joy at all times, in all places, proclaiming His mercies to those around us and inviting them to be part of the people of God   If you’re anything like me you likely have a long prayer list filled with petitions for family,... Continue Reading