Fill the top glass. Romans 5:5 says that “God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.” Because this is so, His love for us fills us. Then love overflows from our hearts toward others.   If you’ve ever been to a wedding or party with... Continue Reading

The truth is that every last man reading this has loved ones—a wife, kids, friends, neighbors down in the valley—who will lose spiritual battles if we do not pray for them and will win those spiritual battles if we do. Prayer defeats Satan.   After Jesus’ ascension, the eleven returned to the upper room in... Continue Reading

Genesis 7 is a heavy chapter. It forces us to confront the reality of God’s holiness. He is not a God who makes idle threats. When sin reaches its full measure, judgment is inevitable, and it is terrible. The Flood reminds us that God is the Lord of creation, and He has the right and the... Continue Reading

The PCA cannot and must not make nice with partiality, racialism, or wokeness of any stripe. We must call upon the Lord our salvation and like the Israelites before the divided waters of the Red Sea, step forth in faith (Exod. 14:15), even in “the Faith that was once for all delivered to the saints”... Continue Reading

I stand in awe of His weaving of all things together for His plan and for His own, in exactly the manner He promised, so much so that every single rebellion of His people ultimately accomplished all the things their obedience would have.   Two weeks ago, I published an essay called “I Just Read... Continue Reading

In keeping with the journalistic tradition of looking back at the recent past, we present the top 50 stories of the year that were read on The Aquila Report site based on the number of hits. We will present the 50 stories in groups of 10 to run on five lists on consecutive days. Here... Continue Reading

Psalm 110:1 and 4 announce the future reunion of the priestly and royal offices for the people of God. From Moses’s days, the priesthood was the province of the tribe of Levi and the clan of Aaron (Ex. 28–29; Lev. 8–9; Num. 16–17). Even earlier in redemptive history, Jacob’s blessing on his son Judah had foreseen kingship in... Continue Reading

As a New Geneva graduate, Dr. Holt brings familiarity with the institution and a diverse background in ministry, having pastored three churches, including a church plant in Wyoming, a church in Marietta GA, and, most recently First Presbyterian Church in Gulfport, MS. Dr. Holt has been active in presbytery leadership, and served on the PCA’s... Continue Reading

For various reasons, some preachers avoid addressing the issue of sin. Perhaps they are concerned that they might offend people. If a physician fails to give a clear diagnosis, he is not helping the patient. Perhaps some ministers avoid talking about sin to encourage rather than discourage. People do indeed need encouragement, but they also... Continue Reading

Conybeare rightly devotes a substantial section of her biography to this dispute given that it deeply involves what it meant for Augustine to be African. As she observes: “Whatever else was claiming Augustine’s attention through the decades of his bishopric, the resistance of the African church must have been a nagging pain. It threatened his... Continue Reading