Worship involves our heart, which includes our mind, will and emotions. The psalmist calls us to “ascribe to the LORD glory and strength” and “the glory due his name” (Ps. 96:7). We worship rightly when we worship according to God’s word. Worship also involves our bodies. With our hands we are called to “bring an... Continue Reading

 Nowadays, it is very rare for people to grow up in a stable home and to receive a decent education. It is even rarer for people to have exemplary role models or to have even a rudimentary understanding of the Bible. Most everyone in our culture has significant emotional, familial, financial, and even physical baggage.... Continue Reading

When the church faces sins such as transgenderism, homosexuality, convicted criminals or those battling with drug and/or alcohol abuse, there is an understandable uneasiness. After all, while we are no doubt called to love the lost as God has entrusted the ministry of reconciliation to us (II Cor. 5:1-21), we also have an obligation to... Continue Reading

When you read Deuteronomy 33:27 — “The eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms” — you find a solid foundation for security. Our identity in him takes away the shame that society, with its competitive ethos, inflicts upon us. For “those who look to him [daily] are radiant, and their... Continue Reading

Looking and sounding like the world mutes the true spiritual difference between the world and the Christian message. The entire progressive project is an attempt to create an ethos within the church to address the problem of church attendance as if that was the first concern of the church. Now the music, the message, the... Continue Reading

The UMC now joins the Episcopal Church, the Presbyterian Church USA, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, and the United Church of Christ as being among those to ordain gay clergy. Christ has removed his lamp stand from these churches (Revelation 2:5), and the Holy Spirit is not there. Interestingly enough, the liberal African Methodist... Continue Reading

Instead of having time to become bored, as it were, with resting and naturally begetting excitement for an upcoming event, we instead have no time amid the general rush to keep up with commercial demands. We find ourselves constantly too busy—not only for meaningful connection with other humans, but for celebrating holidays, living seasonally, and... Continue Reading

 Humankind needs desperately to find this deeper meaning of Christmas which transforms people’s hearts and consequently their whole lives and relationships. This is the eternal mystery of Christmas, its great power and light, its everlasting gospel of love, unity and purity, its infinite joy and gladness. We must discover what it means that the kingdom... Continue Reading

If you claim to follow Christ, your interactions—whether in person or behind a screen—are not neutral. Every word you type reflects either the flesh or the Spirit. Anonymity may shield you from others, but it doesn’t shield you from the Lord who purchased you with His blood. He calls you to holiness, even in how... Continue Reading

Whether we are consciously aware of it or not, we are all on a search for “the good life.” We are all after that person, place, or thing that will make us satisfied, someone or something that will give us meaning in this world. And since that’s what we’re all looking for, that’s what everyone... Continue Reading