What was lost in Eden is redeemed through Christ. The tree that once marked humanity’s fall is answered by the tree that accomplishes its salvation.   When Peter writes that Christ “bore our sins in His body on the tree” (1 Peter 2:24), he is not merely describing the location of Jesus’ death. He is... Continue Reading

The Spirit does not belong to one corner of the church. He is for all of us. Study the doctrine, yes, but don’t stop there. Seek his power. Pray with expectation. Long for revival. Refuse to let charismatic extremes become the reason you hold back from pursuing the Spirit’s fullness in your life and ministry.... Continue Reading

If God is rational and created an orderly universe and human beings in His image, we can study the universe. Without these assumptions, there is no reason to assume the world is knowable or that humans are able to know. By rejecting God, scientists undercut the foundations for their work.   In 1869, at a... Continue Reading

Throughout his book, Hartley examines these polarizing perspectives and draws his own fair-minded conclusions.  He does so with well-documented and well-written prose, reminiscent at times of the late Shelby Foote.  Even though the biography primarily focuses on the Civil War years, military historians and confessional Protestants both should enjoy Hartley’s engaging presentation of a complex,... Continue Reading

Every thought must now be taken captive to Christ. Every discipline must bow before Him. Every classroom, every lesson plan, every educational philosophy, every scientific inquiry, every artistic endeavor, and every family conversation must be surrendered beneath the Lordship of Jesus Christ.   Modern civilization has confused information with wisdom. Our age can split the... Continue Reading

“The hope that I have in sharing my story and sharing my testimony is that people will hear that there are consequences for our choices, yet we serve a God of the impossible, and He is a God of reconciliation and restoration.”   A woman who lived as a man for six years said she... Continue Reading

When crisis hits, we often doubt everything. Sometimes we desperately try to find a Bible verse to speak to our precise situation—and usually can’t. But that is not the right way of things. We need to know God before tragedy comes.   After moving 4,295 kilometres, I arrived at my new city. On the same... Continue Reading

Just as going from wood heating to paying for electric on the first day of the week enables a better personal and societal keeping of the Lord’s Day, due to a dedicated minority more efficiently providing a greater, necessary benefit for all, so the use of profitable, suitable restaurants on the Lord’s Day may contribute... Continue Reading

Enoch’s words are not recorded in the Old Testament, which also doesn’t describe him as a prophet. But Jude cites Enoch and refers to his words as a prophecy (Jude 14–15).   Enoch was the son of patriarch Jared (Genesis 5:18) and his name (ḥănôḵ) means ‘dedicated’. Although not much space in the Bible is... Continue Reading

Darwin’s theory has always had some serious weaknesses. For example, from the beginning, every version of the theory assumed the existence of the biological process of reproduction as a given. Descent with modification assumes a process by which descent takes place. But how did the process of reproduction (a mind-bogglingly complex biological process) itself evolve without an... Continue Reading