Identity, Abortion, Deathwork (Trueman)
The fact that babies can be aborted and then disposed of like so much excrement is a telltale sign for Rieff that we live in a culture with no transcendent moral order.
Abortion, too, is a deathwork – not simply because it works the death of the unborn child but because it profanes that which the second world [i.e. a culture with a transcendent moral order] regarded as sacred: human life made in the image of God from the moment of conception. Carl Trueman’s new book, The... Continue Reading
Habakkuk for Today
Recent cultural, social and political events in America have been disturbing for those who look to the Bible to discern what is true, good and beautiful.
As God works His works of judgment and mercy, as God shakes the nations, and as God intervenes in history with divine visitations of judgment upon the wicked and blessing upon the righteous, the people of God may experience some difficulties and trials. Recent cultural, social and political events in America have been disturbing... Continue Reading
Hungry and Thirsty for Righteousness
We thirst for a rightness with God that we cannot achieve.
In Jesus, our hunger and thirst for rightness with God are immediately, completely satisfied when God’s Spirit draws us to trust His Son. This justification assures us of God’s love, arousing our hunger for the righteousness of character that reflects Jesus the righteous One. Jesus painted the picture of hunger and thirst for people... Continue Reading
Is This a Casket or a Hope Chest?
The dead in Christ will be raised incorruptible.
Jack was both a master craftsmen and very careful with his money. Since he didn’t appreciate spending the high cost of a manufactured casket, he decided to build his own. Yesterday I had the privilege to officiate the burial of my dear friend and World War II veteran Jack Drury. As I stood at... Continue Reading
The Importance of Integrity in the Small Things
Lack of integrity typically grows and multiplies.
We must beware of a lack of integrity in what we think are minor things. They are not minor things. And if they were minor things, a lack of integrity rarely ends there. Rosie Ruiz won the 1980 Boston Marathon in the women’s category. And she held that title for eight days until it... Continue Reading
On Handling a Fool
Though fools despise correction, that does not mean they should be spared it.
We are clearly told to “leave the presence of a fool” in the Scriptures (14:7). For “a companion of fools will suffer harm” (13:20). Through the years I have instructed my children to steer clear of foolish young people. That counsel is not “unchristian.” It is just applied wisdom. One very practical skill in... Continue Reading
Come, Behold
While looking we can fail to see.
Our idols can take us farther than we ever want to go, and make us more miserable than we can ever perceive. They can stir a disenchantment in our lives that dims beauty and centers our worship on things that were never created to be worshiped. For to have eyes is not the same... Continue Reading
The Last Days of Revelation
Whose kingdom will we seek and serve?
Revelation equips us for the spiritual struggle we are called to endure. We are instructed to overcome and are shown the resources given us by which we might do so. Most pointedly, we are shown the One who overcame on our behalf. Earthquakes, plagues, famine, civil unrest, and widespread godlessness have prompted Christians to... Continue Reading
The Greatest Christians and the Most Visible Gifts
If God chooses the weak to shame the strong, perhaps he also chooses the least visible to humble the most prominent.
Is it possible we tacitly communicate that some gifts are better than others, that some are more desirable than others, that some are more essential than others? Is it possible we suggest that the greatest Christians are those with the most visible gifts? I’m convinced we’re prone to make entirely too much of the... Continue Reading
Brothers, Ordain Your Deacons
What are we missing out on as a church if we have officers functionally serving without the church actually ordaining them?
The Apostles believed they and the Church needed ordained officers and that they couldn’t fulfill their own ministry as elders without ordained deacons. Are you stronger than the Apostles as a session? It is becoming a more common practice in some PCA churches for sessions to make the intentional decision not to ordain the deacons of... Continue Reading
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