If we find that God’s hand seems to be invisible to us and that we cannot discern His providential intrusion into our lives, that may be due partly to the way we pray. We have a tendency to pray in general. When we pray in general, the only way we will see the hand of... Continue Reading

The truth is that we are made to worship. If we don’t worship the true God, we will worship something else. We never end up neutral. We might worship ourselves and become arrogant and self-centred. We might worship money and success and lust after the beautiful houses on the renovation shows. We might worship sex... Continue Reading

The fact that you hate sin because it is displeasing to God who saved you, and desire to be freed entirely from it, is an indication of God’s sanctifying work within you. Press on! If you do not hate sin and know you should, confess your sin to the Lord and ask God for help... Continue Reading

When reformation came to the Old Testament church, family heads took the lead to seek out teaching, and they were obedient to what they were taught. Church officers applied their abilities to the congregation’s need for teaching, discipling them to do what God required and keeping watch over their response to that teaching. In this... Continue Reading

The times are unstable and volatile. If we’re not careful, our focus will stay on the fires, fights, and division out there and we’ll miss the traps that have been set in here, closer to home, in our hearts. Satan is clever. He’s happy to distract you with global disturbances while he chips away at the foundations of... Continue Reading

The immediate clouds our view and the greater glory fades from focus. But make no mistake, there is an incomparable glory coming.   We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a... Continue Reading

A vegetarian theology, devoid of doctrinal meat and served with the sparkling water of religious platitudes, is not hearty enough to make stout Christianity which leaves an imprint on this world. It is bloodless, boneless, tasteless, colorless, lukewarm, allergic to depth and substance. It may borrow Christian terms and phrases, but it does not carry... Continue Reading

This is where a glorious turn takes place. This is why Jesus became incarnate. He became the new man to set right what was wrong, to be the new Adam to a new humanity, to make beautiful a garden that was left to rot. Jesus came to restore the image of God in man, and... Continue Reading

 It is the privilege of Christians to be members of the Kingdom of Jesus. As a consequence we are enabled to enjoy something of the first fruits of what we shall enjoy in their fullness in the new heaven and earth. But we are not to be so heavenly minded that we are of little... Continue Reading

Painful trials are not punitive for the Christian, since Jesus was already punished in our place. However, because our loving heavenly Father is eager to bless us more and more, he employs suffering to draw us closer and closer through more childlike faith and obedience. For the believer, the fiery blaze of suffering does not... Continue Reading