Christ’s elders must develop the skill of identifying, prioritizing, and confronting threats grounded in the solid rock of God’s Word, our confessional standards, and fidelity to our constitution. The cost for failing to gain this skill has eternal consequences.   One of the biggest challenges a young fighter pilot faces is properly prioritizing tasks. Specifically,... Continue Reading

The church needs to embrace the anxious generation’s spiritual interest, anticipate the mess, and do the work to make disciples. The Anxious Generation Goes to Church accessibly presents a mountain of research to remind Christians that cultural conditions never alter the church’s mission, though the methods to accomplish it may change.   Pew Research Center... Continue Reading

No substitute—no program, policy, or well-meaning mentor—can completely fill the void left by an absent dad. If we want to address the root causes of crime, poverty, and brokenness in our communities, we must start by restoring the role of fathers in the lives of their children.   During my years working the gang detail... Continue Reading

The real revolution is not coming from activists with megaphones. It is coming from families with open Bibles. From fathers who lead. From mothers who nurture. From churches that refuse to apologize for God’s design. That is how civilizations are rebuilt—by people who fear God more than hashtags.   There’s a tremor in the air.... Continue Reading

The Gospel advances not through cleverness, volume, or viral moments—it advances through the quiet power of the Spirit working through humble messengers. Our generation does not need louder Christians; it needs Spirit-filled ones. Let us trade applause for repentance, microphones for ministry, and arguments for the simple, Spirit-empowered message of the cross.   In an... Continue Reading

Whatever aspect of weekly church rhythms it might be that tempts us to occasionally skip out…[let’s] grab our keys and go gather with God’s people anyway. After all, our Father is strong enough and “young” enough to delight in every single church service, just as He delights in every single sunrise.   Long ago, when... Continue Reading

Believers can at times let down our Lord by things we might say or do. We can do a lousy job of modelling and demonstrating who Christ is and what he is like. But some of the most loving, gracious and godly Christians out there will also find they are being hated on, fiercely opposed,... Continue Reading

The law was never meant to be a ladder to heaven but a mirror to reveal our need for grace; and yet, even in its mirror, God has hidden a map—a gospel pattern leading the way home.   A Chiastic Reading of the Law Might there be a gospel-shaped structure hidden in the Ten Commandments?... Continue Reading

If complex illness is like a long investigation, the church should be the quiet task force that keeps showing up, praying, cooking, driving, contributing, and hoping when hope feels heavy. We cannot promise outcomes. But we can embody the presence of the One who can, the crucified and risen Lord who knows our frame, remembers... Continue Reading

Whatever your initial emotional reaction to Radical, the guilt of not living up to its vision of “what it means to be radically abandoned to Christ” may be what haunts most readers now…[Platt’s] vision of discipleship is unsustainable for the average person and minimizes the fact that God normatively uses very ordinary means to grow... Continue Reading