Heaven
We are unable to anticipate the unimaginable blessings Christ has won for those who love Him.
What else do you need but to know that you will be with the One who has loved you before the beginning of creation and will love you after the end of this age? We love Him because He first loved us. The glories of the new creation in Jesus will make us forget the... Continue Reading
The Cancellation of Dr. Nassif
Dr. Nassif's orthodox stand on sexuality became a constitutive part of why he was dismissed from North Park University.
This case is most instructive regarding our wider culture. It is another example of the way in which our politics is predicated on a therapeutic notion of personhood and the rhetoric of a psychologized, ever-expanding definition of violence and victimhood. And it exposes the fact that progressive Christianity is really just another discourse of power. ... Continue Reading
Evangelical and LGBT+ Ally: Why You Can’t Be Both
It’s embarrassing for a self-professed evangelical to shrug and say the Bible’s commentary on homosexuality is outdated.
As Christians have been pointing out for more than 2,000 years, the reason Jesus never mentioned homosexuality is that his views on sexuality were already so clear that it wasn’t necessary…serious-minded people didn’t argue that Jesus would endorse homosexual relationships, much less same-sex marriage. “Some words, like strategic castles, are worth defending, and evangelical is among... Continue Reading
Responding to the Leaven of Revoice
Answering Nate Collins' attack on the Nashville Statement.
You may think Revoice is a distant concern or that the Nashville Statement is not the best or most robust response to the issues facing the church in the 21st century. But let’s not miss the forest for the trees—there is something sinister at work here that Christians need to see. On August 29, 2022,... Continue Reading
The Best Way to Recognize False Teaching
When we behold the beauty of the gospel more fully we are better able to recognize attempts to distort it.
We are inundated with all kinds of false promises today—and false teaching—in many forms. Some of it is deceptively Christian-ish in sound. But it is false teaching all the same. The answer to what threatens our focus on the gospel today is the same as it was in Colossae. We focus on Christ. One... Continue Reading
The Lord Said to My Lord—Mark 12:35-44
The Christ would not just be like David; He would be the greater David.
Jesus is unveiling a deeper understanding of the Christ for all who have eyes to see. He is revealing that the Christ will not a great but ultimately lesser imitation of David, as if David’s reign was the very pinnacle for God’s people. No, the coming Son of David would be so great that even... Continue Reading
That Time I Went After an Older, Godlier Man
He was a brother in Christ—a brother I had treated like a stranger, an enemy.
While there are times we as Christians must speak out, there is never a time we can speak to a fellow Christian or about a fellow Christian in a way that fails to reflect the love of our common Savior. It’s not a memory I’m proud of, but every now and again I feel the need to... Continue Reading
Is the Law for the Righteous?
Where faith works by love, all duties will be relished, for faith working by love overcomes all difficulties.
Pray and labour for such a free, heavenly heart that the law of God and all its precepts would not be a terror to us, but sweetness and delight. “Oh how I love thy law!” David cries. We ought to have such filial and child-like affections to God and His will that we would love... Continue Reading
Westminster Civil Ethics vs R2K Natural Law on Kidnapping
Is it displeasing to God for Christians to believe that the general equity of OT civil law be implemented today since capital punishment should find its true NT fulfillment in excommunication?
Plain and simple, the Confession does not teach that the civil law “can not be made applicable to any nation today…” Rather, it teaches the very opposite! It teaches that nations are obliged to implement the civil law as the general equity may require. R2K types misread Westminster Confession 19.4 by saying that the preservation... Continue Reading
Humble in Cooperation; Faithful in Friendship
When we speak, act, or respond with selfishness, we knowingly fail to walk in the way of wisdom.
Do not be consumed with your own interests but make it your practice to keep Christ first by putting the needs of others ahead of your own. Be grateful for what you have rather than bemoaning what you don’t. In this way, we set ourselves apart and are witnesses to the power of God in... Continue Reading
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