You Are Welcome to Have Your Faith as Long as You Don’t Really Believe It
Those who tell you to stop pushing your beliefs are happily pushing theirs.
The truth is, ALL law is ultimately based on someone’s morality. And everyone wants their particular morality to have some sort of legislative enforcement. Even atheists and secular humanists do. In fact, they push their worldviews and morality on us all the time, even suing people and taking religious folks to court, and so on. If... Continue Reading
Civil Duties
What are our obligations as Christian citizens in the midst of all this?
We must not insult our leaders in our speech nor fight with them. We must forbear them under their heavy responsibilities and with their human weaknesses. We must be gentle and kind. While respectfully contending out of our convictions, we must yield to their leadership whenever we can do so without sin. As with everyone,... Continue Reading
Blandina – God’s Strength in Weakness
Blandina was a Christian slave who refused to give up her faith and to give any information. Because of this, she was cruelly tortured. Her martyrdom is described in a letter which might have been written by Irenaeus and has been preserved by Eusebius of Caesarea.
Blandina continued to live on in Christian memory as one of the brave women martyrs of the early church, such as Perpetua and Felicita. During the early church, she gave hope to many Christians, with the knowledge that God would sustain them in persecution, regardless the weakness of their bodies and the violence of their... Continue Reading
God’s What Next for His People
Elijah is to prepare the way and pass on the truth to Elisha – whose name means God saves.
God has placed us where he has put us to serve him there. No one else can reach your colleagues at work. No one else can disciple your children like you can. No one else can live a gospel life out in front of your neighbours like you can. Don’t mortgage God’s plans for you right here and right... Continue Reading
Entrusting My Treasure
Facing Our Worst Fears With God’s Word
There are no guarantees in this life. At least, not the kind that keep you healthy, wealthy, and wise. We are all in His hands—father, mother, sister, brother, missionary, or local church member. And He is so trustworthy! I can magnify His worth as I entrust to His care the children He has temporarily entrusted... Continue Reading
New Resolve After 55 Years in My Wheelchair
We envision a world where every person with a disability finds hope, dignity, and their place in the body of Christ.
Aging with quadriplegia may be filled with extra challenges, but it doesn’t demoralize me. With God’s help, I hold everything lightly. I try not to grasp at my fragile life, nor coddle it or minimize my activities at Joni and Friends just because I’m getting older, growing weaker, and dealing with more pain. Rather, I... Continue Reading
Hyssop
Looking at the hyssop in the Old Testament pictures highlights four realities that Christ’s sacrifice accomplished.
David’s prayer of confession in Psalm 51:7 (literally, “De-sin me with hyssop”) figuratively sums up the theological significance of hyssop. His sin had robbed him of fellowship with God, and knowing that the only thing that could restore that fellowship was the hyssop, he expressed his faith in the cleansing of the blood of the sacrifice. So... Continue Reading
Why Cities Are Important to the Church’s Mission
Urban ministry isn’t the whole of the Great Commission, but it is important. For demographic, economic, political, and cultural reasons, cities—both globally and domestically—are a critical component of the church’s mission in the 21st century.
Churches in cities are exposed to cultural change early. For this reason, they often pioneer ways of responding to these changes. Even if urban churches fail to reach the culture (or capitulate in inappropriate ways) they can show the broader church what not to do. It may be easy to cast stones at urban church... Continue Reading
Progressivism’s Dark Frontier
“Everything is normal” sex education, has given us “anything goes” sexual ethics, with dire results.
So it is with our sexual nature. God made us for heterosexual, monogamous marriage. That is the physiological and biological reality. That alone is the context in which sexual expression may safely take place. The lifelong union of one man to one woman alone is suited to our design. The sexual act is a procreative act. It has other... Continue Reading
Sin is Only as Hidden as God Allows
Nothing we do is unknown to God, and in his omnipotence, he could expose us at any moment if he so chooses.
If you are a child of God and you are playing with sin, know that he is more concerned about the state of your soul than your reputation or whether you get to keep your job or family. What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses his soul (Matthew... Continue Reading
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