The Miracle of Repentance and Faith
Repentance, which means turning away from sin and turning to Christ in faith, is not something we can produce by our own effort. It is a miracle of God’s grace.
The most puzzling thing about humanity is our inability to repent without God’s intervention. But the most wonderful thing is that God does intervene. He opens blind eyes. He softens hard hearts. He gives faith where there was none. And He assures us of this miracle when we can sincerely confess the truths of Scripture,... Continue Reading
God’s Help for our Deepest Problem (Isaiah 9:1-7)
God responds to our deepest need by sending a royal King to deliver us.
No matter how hard we try, we will never be able to untangle some knots or devise our way out of certain problems. But these are the very areas where God is able to work. In a moment he is able to do what we could never do if we had a million years. He... Continue Reading
A Wide Road to Hell: Pluralism, the Incarnation, and the Exclusivity of Christ
“There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved” (Acts 4:12).
To deny the Incarnation and subsequent exclusivity of Christ is to deny the Gospel which “is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes” (Rom. 1:16). Christians must hold fast to the confession that Jesus Christ is, in the most literal sense, God Incarnate. Through the expectations of the Old Testament, Jesus’s fulfillment... Continue Reading
How the West Became Pagan—Again
Secularization didn’t create the spiritual search; it added irreligiously immanent options to the deck that was already available.
If you kill the one true God, the Many will rise again. We all have that sensus divinitatis, as Calvin put it—we’re hardwired to sense our need for something beyond us and to give it worship, even if we suppress and distort it. Bavinck was right: Leaving God for “no god” is spiritually impossible. Religious nature... Continue Reading
One Source of Greg Johnson’s Theology: Francis Spufford’s ‘Unapologetic: Why, Despite Everything, Christianity Can Still Make Surprising Emotional Sense’
If Christianity is not objectively, historically, factually true, then we are doomed.
I happen to be such a sheep, one who has come from darkness and is still imperfect in refraining from profanity (hence my opposition to it). Let me then ask, especially those of you in the PCA who allowed this to go on and those in the EPC who think it would honor God to... Continue Reading
The Marytdom of the Scottish Covenanter Hugh M’Kail
If Christ is our great treasure, as He was (and is) M’Kail’s, we can have this same joy, no matter what trials, hardships, or persecutions we may face.
Hugh M’Kail’s faith carried him through his trial and subsequent hanging. Not only did he speak of the glory of seeing Christ face to face, but he willingly accepted the will of the Lord, saying: “’The Lord giveth life, and the Lord taketh, blessed be the name of the Lord.’” And, “Though men cut us... Continue Reading
Divine Faithfulness to Divine Promises
A major lesson from the Messiah’s Advent.
In Psalm 89, the writer recalls God’s promises to David: “Once for all I have sworn by my holiness; I will not lie to David. His offspring shall endure forever, his throne as long as the sun before me. Like the moon it shall be established forever, a faithfulness witness in the skies” (Ps. 89:35–37).... Continue Reading
Masculinity Is Self-Rule Before World-Rule
Christ did not inherit authority because He seized it.
One of the great dangers of the moment is mistaking posture for power. Rhetorical aggression can look like leadership. Contempt can masquerade as discernment. Constant opposition can feel like courage. But Scripture does not define masculinity by how sharply a man critiques the world. It defines it by how faithfully he orders his life. ... Continue Reading
The Completeness of Scripture
The Bible is not to have anything added to it, nor is it to have anything removed.
The Bible is admired by many because of its presentation of history, the personalities used by God that provide wonderful narratives, the beauty of its language, and all the other glories of Scripture, but without the work of God as the Spirit illumines the reader’s understanding, one cannot have a saving understanding. The Spirit cannot... Continue Reading
Who Knows The Father?
ALL access to God is through Jesus Christ. There is no other way.
Readers of the Bible–Old Testament and/or New–who do not believe in (hence, “know”) Jesus Christ, cannot and do not “know” The Father. The God of the Old Testament, and the God of the New Testament is the same God; and this God is Triune. YHWH of The OT is YHWH The Father, YHWH The Son, and YHWH The Holy Spirit. Jesus Christ Himself... Continue Reading
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