Ten Ways God is Working Through the Coronavirus
We have a Father who doesn’t always give us what we want but always gives us what we need.
Many liberal Christians have come out strong in their opposition against God having anything to do with the sending of the Coronavirus, rejecting a God who is involved with the affairs of the world. But the fact of the matter is that God is the ultimate cause for everything that happens on earth, so, it... Continue Reading
Are We Living In Reality?
May we fix our eyes on Him, our true Reality!
Our perceived reality can often be skewed, like looking through the wrong end of a pair of binoculars. It often has us and our plans as the star of the show and the center of the universe. Actual reality says something entirely different and it frees us from ourselves in a mighty way. These... Continue Reading
Don’t Face Unbelief Alone
We need our trusted brothers and sisters to help us trust in the Lord, even when we’d rather struggle alone.
The Lord requires us to humble ourselves and confide our sinful desires, irrational or exaggerated fears, the soul-shaking doubts, and dark despairing thoughts in trusted members of our community of faith, distrusting the resistance we feel to doing this. Because he has ordained that we receive the Spirit’s help through them. We all very... Continue Reading
The Coming Attack on Homeschooling and Educational Freedom?
They have an (eschatological) vision for the future, where the brightest and the best are in charge of your daily life.
This is a major essay by a professor in one of the top law schools in the USA. This essay will reinforce and validate the fears of policy makers and law makers. It will surely be featured at the upcoming conference at Harvard Law. These are culture-making and culture-shaping institutions. Today’s Harvard Law students are... Continue Reading
Train Hard, Fight Easy
What decisions can I make today which will reap dividends when I am called on to take large steps or endure hard sacrifices for the gospel?
We have become so present-centred that not only are we seldom thinking of eternity, we are scarcely planning for tomorrow. Such a perspective will make any future hostility or persecution depressingly effective in terms of decimating the ranks of the Church. A good friend of mine spent part of his career as an elite... Continue Reading
Don’t Waste Your Medical Crisis
Through all of this, I learned much—much that is applicable to any medical crisis, including COVID-19.
For me, 2019 was the hardest year of my life. I spent it trying to regain the physical strength and energy I lost through my medical crisis. But everything I endured proved to be a gift. It changed my life in so many good ways. Approximately one year ago, on April 11, 2019, my... Continue Reading
Theological Reflections on the Pandemic
Disease and death have indelibly marked the human experience east of Eden.
The coronavirus pandemic is the latest in a long line of disease outbreaks that have wreaked havoc on humanity over the centuries, and it will very likely not be the last. This editorial offers theological, historical, and pastoral reflections on disease and sickness. So thou, sick world, mistak’st thy self to be Well, when... Continue Reading
Why David’s Census was Wrong
Why did the Lord incite David to take the census, and express anger at him afterwards for doing so?
Matthew Henry cites five possible reasons that David’s census was wrong: 1) He was using it to number men under twenty years of age for army service, which was forbidden in God’s law; 2) The census had no direct order from God; 3) David was going to use the results to tax the people more... Continue Reading
3 Ways God Saves You from Drowning—the Second Day of Creation
Our Savior showed how he can deliver us from the chaotic suffocating waters in whatever form they come.
First, we see creation: formless, lifeless, lightless, empty, and watery. This is the raw material. On Day One God floods creation with light. And periods of light will alternate with periods of darkness to make “day and night.” Yet, although creation is no longer black, it is still a formless watery chaos. On Day Two God builds structure, a firmament-expanse,... Continue Reading
“Hate” – A Word Like “Atheism”
Unbelievers are very free with the word haters.
Polycarp’s dialogue with the governor requires a bit of commentary to be understood. When the governor told Polycarp to say “Down with the atheists”, he meant for Polycarp to renounce Christianity. Atheist was a pejorative term that pagans threw at Christians. To a polytheistic society awash in gods, goddesses, temples, and all their paraphernalia, Christianity seemed, at... Continue Reading
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