Churches, while seemingly insignificant in the minds of many in our increasingly secular world, matter. It reminds me of a story that was often told by the late Peter Marshall. The “Keeper of the Springs”.   On a recent episode of WBUR’s On Point, host Meghna Chakrabarti devoted an episode to what is lost when... Continue Reading

Measuring or tracking where we are being insufficient, to bring about positive change in our lives.   A man said he had a budget and needed help with it. But when his records were examined, they were only a record of expenditures; there was no budget. A woman said she wanted to lose weight. Every... Continue Reading

There is only one chosen race, one holy nation, and one people for God’s own possession that will always exist (1 Peter 2:9). They are not the white “race” or black “race” or any other made-up race. They are the people who share the blood of Christ.   A couple of days ago, Joel Webbon... Continue Reading

The most blessed of Christ’s elect churchmen have the sacramental signs and seals of God’s covenant of grace upon them; and they know, in their heart of hearts, that their Heavenly Father dearly and perfectly loves them (in His Son our Lord Jesus Christ).   The entire inscripturated Word of God is designed to bring... Continue Reading

Some anticipate getting new and better voices in heaven. Certainly we will not deal with limitations of health or endurance or strength. But if we are honest, our attention and interest regularly falter sooner than our voices. Never again in heaven.   Two years ago, I charged into January resolved to sing every verse of... Continue Reading

The psalmists beheld the first exodus, and now believers can follow their gaze from the first exodus to the new exodus it foreshadowed.   “Look how united America was!” “Good people around the world stood against tyranny.” “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” “That’s why they call it the greatest generation!” “Scientific innovation... Continue Reading

Because He is man, He can represent us; because He is God, He can save us. In Him, and in Him alone, we find a Savior who is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through Him.   In Chapter 7, we discovered the glorious Covenant of Grace, God’s answer... Continue Reading

Any rewards that we receive in heaven are the outcome of our union with Christ. We die with Him, we live with Him, we share in His joy, and in heaven we will dwell with Him. Our lives are inextricably linked with Christ’s.   Doing good works in this life is rooted in the idea... Continue Reading

Despite claims that the creeds and confessions are unbiblical, that they are merely Roman Catholic traditions, or that they stifle the Spirit of God in the life of God’s people, to state it succinctly, they are, in fact, biblical and beneficial.   The story goes that a Dutch Reformed Christian once asked one of his... Continue Reading

Many Christians have made the cross a purely personal and spiritual matter. Of course, it’s personal and spiritual, but it’s not only that. We’ve got to recover this sense of repentance and forgiveness on a national level.   One of the things I’ve observed that is almost always missing in the Christian worldview is a... Continue Reading