Saved by Grace?
Stand and march, equipped by and clothed in Christ, as prayer warriors of the Lord, who seek opportunities to preach.
By the mercies of God, and the infinite spring of crucified love, let me stir you up to sing, shout, speak as you delight in humbling grace – you owe nothing to yourself but owe everything to your Lord. Don’t boast against brother. Submit to your Savior. Be good, well-connected, properly-functioning, members of His body,... Continue Reading
Live Out Your Calling Today
Don’t try to figure out God’s will for your whole life. Live faithful today.
If God explained to you every single plan He had for your life, do you really think your life would be better? I think God is merciful to allow us to take one day at a time. Your calling is to die to self daily and subject each day’s tasks to the Lordship of Christ. That is... Continue Reading
The Pandemic of Despair: Young Adult Deaths Highlight the Need for Hope
Who else can address this culture-wide pandemic of despair but the Church?
The real culprit here is a worldview described by the prophet Isaiah centuries ago, one which urges us to spend money on that which is not bread and to work for what cannot satisfy. Today, we are urged to spend our resources and seek fulfilment in stuff, sex, state, and self. The countless Americans turning to anesthetics to... Continue Reading
What Happened To You? The Radicalization of the American Elite Against Liberalism
What happened to me? You know what I want to know: What on earth has happened to you?
Take a big step back. Observe what has happened in our discourse since around 2015. Forget CRT for a moment and ask yourself: is nothing going on here but Republican propaganda and guile? Can you not see that the Republicans may be acting, but they are also reacting — reacting against something that is right... Continue Reading
What Does “Simul Justus et Peccator” Mean?
Will I be judged in order to get into heaven by my righteousness or by the righteousness of Christ?
With this formula, Luther was saying, in our justification we are one and the same time righteous or just, and sinners. Now if he would say that we are at the same time and in the same relationship just and sinners that would be a contradiction in terms. But that’s not what he was saying. Perhaps the... Continue Reading
A Millennial’s Lesson from Parenting Young Children: Finding Joy in Dying to Self
What it truly means to pick up your cross and follow after Christ.
Jesus Christ denied himself and took up his cross for the joy set before him: to reconcile us to God and be seated with him in glory. We too must take up our cross and endure suffering for the sake of Christ, that we might also partake in his joy. And calling the crowd... Continue Reading
Standing with the Little Guys
RPTS Statement on Human Identity and Christian Behavior
At a time when Biblically faithful colleges and seminaries are under incredible pressure to conform to this world just to survive, it is vital that we do not compromise the truth and morality of the Christian faith. As part of my duties as president of our denominational seminary, over the last month I attended... Continue Reading
Use the Rod, Lose the Child?
Corporal discipline was once considered normal and effective; today many people consider it nothing less than abuse.
As we read through the Bible we find that lesser authorities never have the right to contradict greater authorities. Therefore government does not have the right to tell us to disobey God. So if God says we must spank our children and the government says we must not, we need to obey God, not government.... Continue Reading
Political Theology: The Kingdom of God and the Kingdom of Man
The clash of kingdoms is real.
It was the Judeo-Christian understanding of things that led away from Statism to the freedoms and values of the West. But sadly, as the West becomes more secular and anti-Christian, it is reverting to its pagan roots—and that includes the return to the all-powerful and all-dominating State. Political Theology, as the term implies, has... Continue Reading
Comfort Facing Death
Psalm 139 gives us the comfort we need when facing the end of our lives.
Do we take comfort from knowing that our Creator is the LORD, our faithful covenant God? Are we entrusting ourselves and our eternal future into His hands? Do you ever think about your own death? Poets may come up with flowery words and philosophers may make scholarly statements that ring hollow when there is... Continue Reading
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