Each of us leads and each of us follows. Each of us is called to lead and to follow in a distinctly Christian way. According to Jesus’s Golden Rule, that must look something like this: Lead in the way you’d want to be led; follow in the way you’d want to be followed.   Even... Continue Reading

Listen to David sing. Read Paul’s written words. And hear the straight-shooting, gentle, and confident voice of Christ himself saying “one thing.” Don’t forget the one thing. Don’t neglect the one thing. In our lives so full, so bombarded, so distracted with so many things, remember the singular focus of David, Paul, and Jesus himself.... Continue Reading

Jeremiah 29:11 by type shows us how God commits to his promise to save and the hope of the resurrection and entrance into the true Promised Land. Through the history of Israel, God was making known to us upon whom the ends of the ages have come what confidence we can have. God will, after... Continue Reading

Rather than slighting these brothers, we ought to esteem their powerful testimony borne in times much more difficult than ours. We ought to appreciate the heat of their evangelistic zeal and seek to light our candle from their flame.    Ask anyone in the pews of our local churches, and, if they know about the... Continue Reading

Today, George is remembered as a pioneer of Black churches in North America at a time when Blacks were often ostracized by white congregations. He was also instrumental in founding a Baptist church in Freetown and in keeping the peace during frequent conflicts. His vision, in North America or Africa, stayed the same: “May the... Continue Reading

When reformation came to the OT church after the exile, it produced change in God’s people. Cheerful givers fulfilled their vow to support the church’s worship and work. Are you and I cheerful givers fulfilling our vow to support the church’s worship and work? God’s ministers faithfully administered temple worship and work according to His word. What is... Continue Reading

When Paul celebrates “him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think” (Ephesians 3:20), he is no mindless optimist. He’s not asking us to groundlessly expect “the best is yet to come” without solid proof in the past and present. And Paul has provided it, rooting his doxology... Continue Reading

Covenant theology still stands at the heart of Reformed theology. Though, as this book shows, Reformed theology is not alone in treating covenant themes, the covenant has a special place in Reformed faith and practice. The doctrine of the covenant is biblical, historical, and contemporary. Despite its size, this volume serves as a good introduction... Continue Reading

The argument is one of the greater to the lesser: If bearing false witness against our neighbor is forbidden—which could lead to his death (the greater)—then certainly all other forms of falsehood are likewise forbidden (the lesser). In his commentary on the Larger Catechism, Johannes Vos explains, “The general scope of the ninth commandment is... Continue Reading

No wonder that David tells the nation to learn from his foolish mistakes – the heart of which was his neglect of the nearness of God – and he calls upon them, to ‘put your trust in the LORD, now and forevermore’ (Ps 131.3).   Asaph, reflecting on some of his deepest struggles in the... Continue Reading