As for whether I would counsel my family to flee in such circumstances as you report you experience, I state unequivocally: yes! For my own land was settled by people fleeing persecution and hardship in Ireland, Britain, France, and elsewhere. The travails of the French Huguenots excelled your own, and yet they fled when they... Continue Reading

Tozer said we should pay no attention to a man who pays no attention to God. Wise advice. And wise is the man who lives his life praying, who maintains unceasing communion with the God-Who-Made-Him-and-Knows-All.   All men are different in multiple ways. But there is a foundational difference between a man of this world... Continue Reading

One cannot read the divines’ chapters on adoption, sanctification, saving faith, repentance unto life, good works, perseverance, and assurance of grace and salvation (chs. 12–18) without noting the deeply practical and pastoral ways in which the doctrinal truths of Scripture have a bearing on the lives of God’s people.   Throughout the twentieth century, it... Continue Reading

It will be normal for all people, to be all of these things, in full measure, all of the time, in the perfect world soon to be bequeathed to us (who believe) by the last Adam at His soon return in glory.   In the Great Scheme of Things… It is normal to be healthy,... Continue Reading

If the Spirit is in you waging war against your flesh in a great battle, then be both convicted and comforted, for God is at work in you calling you to greater holiness, righteousness, and obedience. Be convicted, but also be comforted, and follow the Spirit into greater conformity to Christ.   I saw a... Continue Reading

Our interest is faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, conforming our lives to His example and being His witnesses to the world. Theirs tends to be a free market, free speech and some overlapping interests in social ethics. But given the right conditions they would turn on us as viciously as they fought for us.... Continue Reading

You ask, “Should I stop trying?” No. But don’t treat the trying as the goal. You are not saved by effort. You are saved by Christ. And the One who saves you meets you where you have no strength left to walk.   The fall happened fast. One step off the gravel, and the edge... Continue Reading

There is a difference between God’s creational love, and His covenantal love. We may accurately state, that God loves all of His creation, with a “creational” love; but we are not telling the truth, when we try to convince people that God loves everyone (the same) with regard to His covenantal (saving) love.   If... Continue Reading

Bethlehem was never meant to be a monument. It was a doorway. Through it, God entered His own creation, not as a conqueror demanding tribute, but as a king who would rule by dying. He came to reign over a people not defined by borders but by surrender.    Micah 5:2 · Matthew 1:18‑2:15 The night smelled of dust... Continue Reading

This one Covenant of Grace unites the household of faith, ties Scripture together as all normative in all ages, provides a timeless ethic, opposes pride based on human merit or achievement, and points to salvation by grace alone, based on our Sovereign’s great, eternal love—not our feeble attempts, which could never satisfy.   Dr. Scott... Continue Reading