Living by Faith in an Uncertain World
Learning to be content with little—even to rejoice in it—is one of the true marks of Christian maturity.
In this world, Christians may often face earthly uncertainty. Who but God knows what tomorrow may bring? But our hope is secure because it is bound up in Christ, and we are secure in Him. Thus, we cherish the thought embodied in the hymn “A Debtor to Mercy Alone”: Yes, I to the end shall... Continue Reading
A Recovered Martyn Lloyd Jones Sermon Describes This Moment in Evangelical Theology
An ecumenical strain marks certain corners of the contemporary Protestant theological academy.
Rome has repented nothing since 1517 and has only changed tactics in attempting to bring us under her tyranny. As with the Anglicans in 1977, so with many evangelicals today. These men have forgotten that false teachers come in sheep’s clothing (Matt. 7:15); that bad company ruins good morals (1 Cor. 15:33); that Rome and... Continue Reading
Fearing God the Father
When we are justified, we know God as our Judge, but when we are adopted, we know God as our Father.
If we fear God our Father we will tremble with delight at his incomprehensible love. We will stagger at the thought that we are his adopted children. We will long to share in his holiness by embracing his loving yet painful discipline that trains us. “I am a child of God, God is my... Continue Reading
What a Rare Brain Cancer Is Teaching Me about the Art of Remembering and Forgetting
When pain and tragedy strike, we are usually so quick to forget the character and nature of God. Like the ancient Israelites, our spiritual amnesia sets in rapidly.
This is the art of the Christian life: reconciling what needs to be remembered with what needs to be forgotten—concerning both our faithful God and our sinful selves. Jesus and his disciples point us to this reconciliation of remembering and forgetting at the Last Supper and the days that follow Jesus’s death. As Jesus—a real-life... Continue Reading
Machen’s “Attack”
The things about which men will fight...and flay heads?
“The present condition of the Presbyterian Church is an offence against God. But the Spirit of God is all-powerful, and the darkest hour sometimes just precedes the dawn.” Machen was direct, forthright…salty, even. This is obviously not the (summarized) “sermon” you’d want to hear on a Lord’s Day morning if that was all there was... Continue Reading
Is Modern Postmillennialism Confessional?
Westminster Affirms the Historic Doctrine of the Imminent Second Coming
Specifically, Westminster affirms that the day and hour of the second coming are unknown but that believers ought to watch and pray expectantly for it, believing that it is near. The WCF thereby makes no allowance for modern—that is, partial-preterist—postmillennialism. In the final portion of its concluding chapter, “Of the Last Judgment,” the Confession delivers... Continue Reading
Is the New Pro-Choice GOP Committing Political Suicide?
Each of us is shut up to the Ruler and Judge of men and nations (Romans 14:12). Therefore let each earnestly seek his mind, and then, having found it, vote as his or her conscience dictates.
Speaking personally, I judge that at times it may be necessary for me to vote for a better pro-choice candidate in order to avoid the election of a worse one and the dire consequences that would ensue. Pro-life stalwart Steven Mosher agrees, arguing that only a Trump victory—unlikely without the support of pro-lifers—gives hope of... Continue Reading
What Is Distinct about the Theology of Hebrews?
Hebrews introduces us to the only mediator who can reconcile sinful human beings to the infinitely holy God.
While Hebrews urges us to fix our hearts and hopes on Jesus, who sits at God’s right hand in heaven (Heb. 12:1–2), our preacher is vividly aware of the faith-threatening challenges that confront his hearers on this sin-sick earth. The original congregation had endured the loss of social acceptance, property, physical safety, and freedom (Heb.... Continue Reading
London’s Suffering; London’s Sin
St. Paul's was "as much a den of thieves as a house of prayer." On a daily basis St. Paul's welcomed "respectable citizens such as merchants, lawyers and their clients, but a various and colorful collection of crooks, con-men, and others."
The Puritan Thomas Brooks would preach about the Great London Fire and the collapse of St. Paul’s, calling his hearers to faith in Christ. He would write, “London’s sufferings should warn others to take heed of London’s sins. London’s conflagration should warn others to take head of London’s abominations. It should warn others to stand... Continue Reading
Past Them, through Them, over Them, around Them
God has placed his richest blessings within our deepest wounds.
As we entrust our sorrows to him, we find that he has first entrusted them to us. He has assigned to us these sorrows so we can in turn consecrate them to him. He means for us to faithfully steward them, confident that they will guide us into deeper submission to his purposes and deeper... Continue Reading
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