When the storms of life expose misplaced faith and fear arises, encouragement can be found when, with each passing storm, we marvel a bit more at the power and authority of Christ.   I love God’s word because it shows me the failures of God’s people. It does not give examples of those who had... Continue Reading

Even though forgiveness of sin is not explicit throughout Matthew’s Gospel…we can see that it is indeed pervasively implicit through the use of many other metaphors, concepts, and actions. Jesus’s constant healings, cleansings, and blessings should be understood as manifestations of this same rescuing and forgiving.   Forgiveness of Sins Through Death and Resurrection Several... Continue Reading

Don’t let the devil consume your mind with loving people in theory, and don’t let him drive you to despise the people that you actually know. Let’s be a people that love one another, not in word only, but in deed and truth (1 John 3:18).   I’ve heard it said before that the reason... Continue Reading

Scripture must become a part of the Christian. The Word becomes an implanted spiritual organ that grows on nourishment from its reading combined with access provided through corporate worship where it is read, prayed, sung, preached, and blesses offerings.   Paragraphs 1 to 7 of the Westminster Confession of Faith have shown that Scripture is... Continue Reading

The seed gets planted by human hands. The growth belongs entirely to God. And when the moment of harvest finally comes, sower and grower stand together in the same field, gathering in the harvest with joy.   There is a parable tucked into the fourth chapter of Mark’s gospel that almost never gets preached. It... Continue Reading

Because Jesus willingly entered this world of evil and suffering and didn’t spare Himself, but took on the worst of it for my sake and yours, He has earned my trust for what I can’t understand. I and countless others have found Him to be trustworthy!   In her book Choosing Gratitude, Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth... Continue Reading

When the world overcomes your earthly life, as you remain faithful to Christ, know that you are the true overcomer, because you’re joined to the One who conquered death by rising from the dead for your eternal life. It is His good pleasure to crown your undeserving but richly rewarded head with His life.   ... Continue Reading

Sin does not eliminate the mind’s remarkable capacities. It distorts their orientation. Fallen humanity remains capable of discovering truths about the world while remaining resistant to the God who created the world. Intellectual brilliance and spiritual blindness can exist side by side because the deepest issue is not cognitive ability but spiritual allegiance. The lesson... Continue Reading

If Scripture is right, no political system can solve mankind’s deepest problem The Reformers understood that sin had not merely damaged humanity but had corrupted every faculty of our being. We still bear God’s image and remain capable of astonishing courage, creativity, generosity, and sacrifice. But we are also fallen.   As New York’s mayor... Continue Reading

In this morally upside-down world, racism and Islamophobia are worse crimes than the sexual exploitation of children. The gangs that have been operating in Britain have deep ideological and cultural roots shaped by Islam, including Sharia law. While most Muslims are law abiding and many imams have condemned these gangs, the scale of abuse is... Continue Reading