Gradually remind yourself of the truth you know about God, and apply it to your situation. Things like His knowledge, love, past faithfulness, unlimited power and infinite wisdom.   Sometimes the last thing we want to hear or receive is a motivational thought from someone. We can be so down or overwhelmed that even as... Continue Reading

Christ himself raises up certain servants. Some of them are vessels pre-fitted for destruction (cf. Rom. 9), but it is still God who creates them and raises them up. That applies to political leaders—not just in our country, but throughout the world. Similarly, God raises up others who serve him in righteousness and who are... Continue Reading

Millions of people believe they will be glorified because of something in the past although there is no evidence of present salvation in their lives. This is a gross miscalculation that will cost many people eternity. They will be shocked to learn Christ never knew them.   As we have seen for the past several... Continue Reading

Jesus was greater than the great prophet Jonah, and greater than the wisest king, Solomon (Matthew 12:41, 42)….no one ever humbled Himself as He did….no one lived a sinless life like Christ (1 Peter 2:22). “Never man spake like this man” (John 7:46). And no one could and did die for the sins of the... Continue Reading

As Christians, we can still take comfort as well as challenge from the words of the ancient prophet. For us, the decisive event in redemptive history is not the fall of Jerusalem, paying for its own sins, but the death of the Son of God on the cross, paying for all the sins of his... Continue Reading

Just as family get-togethers aren’t really about the meal, the Lord’s Supper isn’t really about the bread and the wine. In both cases, the meal represents something far greater.   My MaMa loved having everyone together. In the months leading up to Thanksgiving, she would work the phones trying to secure each family member’s commitment.... Continue Reading

The only person authorized to tell us that we are enough is the God who gave us our lives in the first place. Right at the heart of the gospel is the promise that God already sees us as righteous because of Jesus’s righteousness received through faith.    Are You Enough? I don’t know where... Continue Reading

As the word “beware” indicates, discernment is a serious and important business, but it is intended to flow from a love for Christ, an enjoyment of the truth, and genuine concern for believers and unbelievers. If the whole of our Christian life is spotting false teachers, we will be likely become harsh, self-righteous, and unbalanced... Continue Reading

The Christian should be like an old pilgrim, with his gown and staff, and if he didn’t get a bed, he would lie on the ground like old Jacob did, with a stone under his head. Instead, your accommodations for back and belly, bed and board, all that Sodom can afford, are the means of... Continue Reading

There’s a difference between being made in the image of God, and as the image of God. We are the former, but we are not the latter. So when someone claims at a supposedly “Gay Christian” conference that God made them trans and that the church causes trauma when it fails to let ‘LGBT+ people be who they feel... Continue Reading