How Rachel’s Trail of Tears Leads to Jesus
When you look at Rachel’s trail of tears, there are specific markers on it that are repeated throughout the Bible, ultimately leading to the birth of Christ.
Jesus—in being called back from Egypt, through the waters of baptism and through the temptations in the wilderness—reveals that he is the true and better Israel. He not only fulfills their Messianic hope, but he fulfills Rachel’s weeping as well. A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping and loud lamentation, Rachel weeping for her... Continue Reading
God Can’t Not Exist
It’s simple reason, logic, and common sense.
Men will continue to go on and on about God how doesn’t exist. Let them. God will have the last word. But in His written Word He knows they see Him (Romans 1). They know He’s there. “Does God exist?” This is a question that has been around for ages. Debates on the existence... Continue Reading
Proverbs 31, the Incarnation, and Women (and Men) of God
Wisdom has come bringing the way of life, the pathway of hope for sinners and fools, like you and me.
We discover that from beginning to end, the woman of Proverbs 31 is a woman of incomprehensible greatness. And of course she is, for she refers to the divine personification of wisdom itself! What if I told you that the Proverbs 31 woman said more about the incarnation – and less about impossible tasks... Continue Reading
Panic Buying is a Window on the Sinful Human Heart
Many of us simply don’t listen to the Lord when tells us how we ought to live in his Word.
In the pursuit of happiness (or, whatever it is we’re after) we jettison the Word of God that tells us where true happiness is to be found. Much like the food shortages, the problem only arises when we decide, in our infinite wisdom, that the Lord is wrong and we ought to take other precautions... Continue Reading
Another Assessment of Missouri Presbytery’s Response on Homosexuality and the Christian Life
‘Please place in the boxes provided’: Missouri Presbytery’s response to Grace and Peace PCA in Anna, Texas (Part 2)
Either we hold that same-sex desire is sinful, no matter how natural it seems to one snared by it, and that what is needed is the mighty deliverance of the Lord; OR we accept same-sex desire as a given, with the Lord not committed to producing change in this life. Either we cave and accept... Continue Reading
He Is Enough
Never before has there been so much excess coupled with such widespread dissatisfaction.
How, then, does the gospel of Jesus Christ speak to this common quest for more? The tenth commandment, “You shall not covet” (Ex. 20:17), gets right to the heart of this matter. Westminster Shorter Catechism 147 identifies the duties required here as a “full contentment with our own condition, with a right and charitable frame of... Continue Reading
A Godly Citizen: Help From the Past
Individually and pastorally Calvin had to deal with the question of godly citizenship.
Civil government, Calvin argued, was not a construct of society but was itself ordained by God: “[T]hey have a mandate from God, have been invested with divine authority, and are wholly God’s representatives, in a manner, acting as his vicegerents” (4.20.4). He goes as far as to say that civil authority is “by far the... Continue Reading
Yes, There is Only One Way to Heaven (No, That’s not Unfair)
God providing a way to Himself, only through Christ, is the most gracious thing that has ever been done.
Humans demonstrate our fallenness by our never-ending insistence on being autonomous, that is, being free from any and all standard—including God. People don’t naturally want accountability nor a standard to live up to. But that’s what God gave us in the Ten Commandments. That is His righteous standard, so to speak. And for humans, it’s... Continue Reading
Men’s Wisdom Versus God
Wicked men will always consider themselves to have more wisdom than the most wise God.
The wisdom of the wicked is foolishness before the omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent God. Like Ben-Hadad they may try to take and harm the Christian. They may find out where the Christian is. They may have armies to send after him. But the Lord brings the plans of the wicked to nothing for the wisdom of... Continue Reading
Meant to be Astonished
God often does His works of providence and the application of redemption safe from the prying eyes of man.
You’d like to be able to explain it, wouldn’t you? Do you think if God explained how He did this, your mind would be capacious enough to take it in? Or do you think if He gave the scientific formula for creation out of nothing, you’d be able to say, ‘You know, I think I... Continue Reading
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