We must repent of every careless use of His Name. We must ask God to cultivate in us a weighty, passionate, and holy reverence for the Name above all names. We must worship with sincerity, pray with gravity, and speak with awe.   The Crushing Nature of Kavod Imagine a man attempting to lift a... Continue Reading

Incline the tossing of your heart to the firm foundation of the word of God and force your soul to submit itself there to His wisdom. Remember that through the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ your affliction is not lacking in purpose; rather, it is productive, working in you the kind of character and... Continue Reading

The problem, all too often, is that we don’t see the results of our prayers—not the immediate workings of the Spirit groaning in and through us nor the future outcomes our prayers may be a means of accomplishing. We talk to God and wonder if we’re just talking to the walls, like someone muttering in... Continue Reading

Biblical hope, gospel hope, drives us to live purposeful, productive, spiritually aware lives that transform the ordinary stuff of life into opportunities for thanksgiving, testimony, and self-counsel in the little skirmishes of daily life and for life-altering preparation for the big skirmishes of life.   A friend called and asked about my day. I sighed:... Continue Reading

Among the most precious promises that anchor a Christian’s hope in the present is Jesus’ parting promise before His ascension: “I am with you always, to the end of the age” (Matt. 28:20). That means that Jesus is with us in all kinds of days—both in weakness and in power, in happiness and in hurricanes—and He... Continue Reading

…the church has “members,” and that some of those members are selected by the others as “officers” who are entrusted with conducting the church’s affairs. Such officers are not part of a distinct class that propagates itself apart from the will of the other members (BCO Pref. II.6), and they cannot force any of their... Continue Reading

The church is constantly faced with one form or another of denial of the truth, or a modification of the truth, or a re-slanting or re-shaping of the truth. So in that sense, there’s nothing new when that happens today. There are some forms of such debates that have novel features to them. But as... Continue Reading

Paul writes in Philippians 3:8-9: “Indeed I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish in order that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of... Continue Reading

Doriani does not understand the biblical principle that you cannot have a good motive or goal with an evil means or an evil motive or goal with a good means. If your motive is good, your means must be good as well, and vice versa. God designed both the good ends in life and the... Continue Reading

If we are walking with Christ in his Spirit, these “fruit” will be obvious: “love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, [and] self-control” (Galatians 5:22–23). Do you see any room for profanity on the list?   Does it seem to you that public profanity is getting worse? If so, you’re not wrong. Politico published... Continue Reading