One to one ministry has incredible value in evangelism and discipleship. You can take the time to explain key gospel concepts thoroughly. As each person is different, you can take the time to answer the different questions people have. You can be more sure that what is being communicated is also being understood.   Christians... Continue Reading

Christ prays perfectly on our behalf. He prays with words we could never utter, prays with confidence we could never muster. He presents to the Father those many good things missing from our prayers, like asking for our safekeeping when we’re naïve about temptation, or for our maturing when we walk through serious trouble. Even... Continue Reading

Do not think the gospel is too old-fashioned to work. To the world, it is foolishness, but to those being saved, it is the power of God. Trust not in your own strength or ability, but in the power of God, who works through sermons—even those that are not all that good.   One of... Continue Reading

It’s true that we live in the world. But we are not of the world. We are called by God whom we serve to embrace ultimate truths, not fear them, for Christ has done something remarkable for us.    Whatever hard thing you are facing may turn out to be more frightful in the projection than the reality... Continue Reading

But the most irritating contemporary ‘ism’ is ‘evangelicalism,’ which, as actually discussed, is nothing but a straw man conjured up when someone wishes to play the prophet and sound important.  There is a digital cottage industry in criticizing ‘evangelicalism,’ and the grounds on which this is done are about as diverse as the number of... Continue Reading

The notion of the image of God…sheds light on the value of human reason, volition, and agency. If humans are understood as just another animal, devoid of the dignity and purpose derived from the Creator then the discussion of religious liberty becomes arbitrary as in whether one ought to dress up their poodle in a... Continue Reading

While some accounts of creationism and traducianism fail to give adequate consideration to adjacent Christian doctrines, both accounts can be articulated in a responsible way that does not entail an undermining of clearly revealed truth.   When it comes to the origin of the world, all Christians are creationists. After all, nothing in Scripture is... Continue Reading

Liberalism is itself in great danger of being chewed up and spit out by the new ultra-intolerant leftists of our day, who are not “liberal” in any sense of the word. They are creating their own dogma (doctrines), which everyone must get in line with—or else. The new leftists are every day creating new “sins”... Continue Reading

“I have to, as a believer, start with Creation…I believe work is the meaning of life, I say it because God said it. And God made us for that purpose and imbibed us with a certain dignity and a status as an image bearer of Him that reflects our ability to produce, to create, to... Continue Reading

The good news of something like the Golden Rule in particular and the Sermon on the Mount in general is that they not only tell us what God expects of us, but God empowers us to live the way that we ought to live. They are not just pleasant and inspiring moral precepts that we... Continue Reading