We often wisely persevere long after some book smart people have given up. And we remember that God will work through us, and as He does, He will be glorified because, by not being the smartest person in the room, we will exalt Him all the more, whenever we succeed.     Not being the... Continue Reading

Human thinking is not neutral, especially when it comes to ultimate questions. The deeper you go into questions about meaning, identity, morality, and purpose, the more unreliable fallen reasoning becomes.   There’s a belief that sits underneath almost everything in our culture, and it’s so common that even many Christians don’t question it anymore. It’s... Continue Reading

The nations may ask where our God is, but we know where He is. Our God sits in the heavens that He created where He rules with omnipotent authority. Whatever He wants to do, He does.   Read Psalm 115 Devotion One of the greatest encouraging and comforting truths for God’s people is that our... Continue Reading

The prodigal’s expenditures in a far country were trivial compared to the cost that our sins have accumulated. Yet God loved us so much that He sent His son to pay the penalty we deserve (2 Corinthians 5:21).   The Source of Joyous Celebration: A Beautiful Savior Charles Dickens is quoted as saying that the... Continue Reading

Our churches—good, bible-believing, gospel-preaching, evangelical churches—are quite likely to have people who consider themselves to be believers but who produce no fruit in keeping with righteousness.…These are the people Jesus said will claim they did all sorts in the name of the Lord and yet He will say to them, “depart from me, I never... Continue Reading

Sin and death don’t have the last word. There is hope. Not only do we become new creation in Jesus Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17), but in Jesus Christ, both Jew and Gentile become living stones in the restored Temple (2 Corinthians 3:3, 1 Peter 2:5) where God is there.   Is a future resurrection of the dead part... Continue Reading

Fine-tuning provides compelling evidence that God exists and intended to create living beings. And this sounds very much like the kind of God we find described in Genesis who creates a heavens and earth that are hospitable for life.   One of the remarkable scientific discoveries of the past several decades is that the universe... Continue Reading

Under the covenant of works, the law was a terrifying taskmaster with a whip. Under the covenant of grace, the law is a friendly guide holding a lantern, while the Spirit of Christ holds our hand and gives us the strength to walk the path cheerfully.   In our previous article, we saw how the... Continue Reading

What is required is a repentance that goes all the way down. Not merely a new resolution about your morning routine, but a reckoning with what you actually believe your life is for.   You shall not steal. —Exodus 20:15 Two words in Hebrew. Lo tignov. The commandment lands with the flat certainty of a... Continue Reading

What makes me a Christian dad is not that I have mastered the art of raising children beneath a tasteful banner of biblical conviction. No, What makes me a Christian dad is that Christ keeps dragging my fatherhood out of the closet of image and into the house of repentance, clinging, and real love.  ... Continue Reading