A Secular Sacrament: Why Mandates Violate Liberty of Conscience and Enforce a New Religion
The vaccine mandates are not pure science nor unbiased medicine...it does not take a conspiracy theory to connect the dots.
The Covid vaccine, unlike every other mandated vaccine, has a religious connotation to it. For this reason, Christians in our day need to be instructed by Revelation 13 as much as Romans 13. And I pray this essay might help us to see what is going on and to respond in freedom and faith—whatever that... Continue Reading
Draw Near
Worship—magnifying God’s worth and glory—is the reason God made us.
What should be apparent is that the essence of worship is itself the language of the gospel—a drawing near to God in relationship with him, made impossible because of sin that demands eternal judgment, yet restored through the substitutionary atonement of the God-man for those who place their faith in him. The gospel of Jesus Christ... Continue Reading
Commercialising Church
Facebook is developing tools for churches: a subscription service where users pay to receive exclusive content, and a prayer service.
It is easier—more comfortable, less effort, and less vulnerable—to engage with church content on social media platforms than to do so in person would be. While using the platforms to their upmost could be a helpful step into church for many—and enough so that I think it’s worth engaging in some fashion—the conversion will be... Continue Reading
Singleness, Living Faithfully: True Identity
My starting place for rebuilding my sense of identity was the one name tag that wouldn’t be stripped away: “Daughter of God.”
This Christian identity is the most important thing about us. We are known and defined, first and foremost, not by our singleness but by our identity as sons and daughters of God. Our marital statuses, addresses, jobs, and church communities may change over time, but our identity in Christ remains constant. See what kind... Continue Reading
The History of the Reformation
The “protest” of Protestantism went far beyond the issue of justification by faith alone.
In our day we have seen a revival of interest in the Bible and a renewed commitment to the authority and trustworthiness of Scripture. But the Reformation was more than a doctrine about the Bible. It was sparked by a deep and serious study of the Bible. It is not enough to extol the virtue... Continue Reading
The Thunderous Roar of John Knox
Knox possessed the rare ability to passionately communicate what he held most dear: The Word of God.
Many may have preferred Knox to simply tolerate Mary, Queen of the Scots, but he could not tolerate what he did not believe to be biblical. There are too few men like this today. Knox was not a man who tolerated sin or opposition to God’s Word in any manner, but he was a man... Continue Reading
Suffering: God’s Tool of Refinement
There is a simple yet difficult gospel truth that you must embrace in order to mature in faith: Suffering is how we grow.
While we’re not called to enjoy or invite suffering into our lives, see it as an opportunity when it comes and listen for your sympathetic High Priest’s loving invitation to come to him as your refuge, your strength, your high tower. As you come to him, he promises to use the fire of affliction not... Continue Reading
Strange Lyre: Conclusion
The general trajectories of Pentecostal errors in the last century have produced bad fruit.
Evangelical worship has, for the most part, embraced the “religious feelings” of Pentecostalism. Not surprisingly, charismatic doctrine has begun to capture the theological minds of those who were formerly cessationists. It remains to be seen how much longer those churches that claim to be non-charismatic in doctrine will remain that way, if they persist in... Continue Reading
Redemption Gives Us a Glimpse of True Shalom
Although we walked away from God, he still wants to bring us back to himself and restore shalom.
Restoration is a time when Christ will wipe every tear from every eye; “there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.” It is there that the work of redemption will be complete. Shalom will be completely restored. Previously, we have discussed... Continue Reading
The Bible’s Beautiful Both/And
The Bible is absolute truth, artistically told.
Like the rest of Scripture, the psalms are both divinely inspired and thoroughly human. Even more wondrously, they are simultaneously God’s words to us and our words to God. Most important, these spiritual songs filled and expressed the heart of the eternal Word made flesh. They prophesied cosmic wholeness, and they fed the soul of... Continue Reading
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