The Negations of Heaven
We are familiar with pain. The new heavens and the new earth will have absolutely none of that.
The Bible is teaching us what heaven will be like by contrast. Our current life is full of tears, death, mourning, crying, and pain. All of the inheritances we know about perish, get defiled, and fade away. What is heaven like? It is the opposite of all of the cursed parts of our current experience. What will... Continue Reading
The Fields Are Ready
How a new generation of young men is finding faith in Christ and why the church must seize the moment.
Now is not the time to shrink back. The age is dark, but the Lord is at work. Let us labor faithfully, diligently, and zealously in this moment. Let’s pray for these young believers, especially the men, in this generation. Let’s work toward advancing Christ’s kingdom. He is worthy, and in His strength, let us... Continue Reading
How Men Destroy Their Households
Apathy, Anger, and Addiction
It’s not how you begin, it’s how you finish. Maybe you stumbled out of the gate. Maybe apathy, anger, or addiction robbed your children of the father they needed. You don’t have a time machine to rewrite the past. But you do have today. You can repent. You can ask forgiveness. You can start building... Continue Reading
Do You Remember the New Atheism?
Every generation or two gives birth to a new rise of those who despise God and declare we are better off without Him.
What is a spider web to a lion? And what is an atheist to the God who created this world, who rules over it, and who will bring it to its grand conclusion? Truth has always triumphed, and truth always will triumph. Do you remember when the New Atheism was at its peak? Do... Continue Reading
The Bondage of the Will
Without Christ’s liberating grace, sinners are tragic bondslaves of sin and Satan, not splendid possessors of autonomous freedom.
As long as Pelagianism and synergism exist to tempt the religious mind, Luther’s response to Erasmus will remain a trumpet call to summon God’s people to embrace the biblical and Augustinian view of the bondage of the will and the life-giving grace of God in Jesus Christ, lost humanity’s only Deliverer. Before the fifth... Continue Reading
Work Hard at Unity (Ephesians 4:1-3)
Work hard at maintaining the unity that God has given us by cultivating the right attitudes.
Our unity is a gift, freely given and already secured. It was purchased by Jesus through his sacrifice and granted to us by the Holy Spirit. This unity isn’t something we need to earn or strive to achieve. It’s already ours in Christ by virtue of the fact that God has made us one in... Continue Reading
What Is Presbyterianism? Its History, Theology & Practices
Presbyterianism has a long and storied history at the very center of Protestant Christianity.
Presbyterianism has contributed positively to global missions, revivalism, theological research and writing, and social concern for the poor, neglected, and marginalized. Its focus on doctrinal fidelity, confessional identity, and reverent worship has made it a marvelous home for millions of believers around the world. It might seem strange—and even boring—to name a Christian denomination... Continue Reading
Catechism and Celebrity Church Culture
When the Church fails to answer very knowable truths of the faith, bad ideas become famous.
It’s a shame when a Christian is convinced that some very answerable claim about the faith is unanswerable simply because they were never exposed to the questions or answers that are there. Not to mention, how many people go through decades of church life without knowing even the basics of the Bible? Recently, musician... Continue Reading
Science and Free Will
Modern atheists see us ultimately as automatons acting in accordance with the physical and chemical influences that impinge upon us.
The inaccuracies and absurdities of modern atheist dogma are beginning to raise questions in those looking at Christianity as not only a source of hope and joy, but as a worldview that is consistent with science and based on truth. The militant communist atheists I grew up with (my family and all their friends)... Continue Reading
Standing for a Cause Is Not Enough
Young people of America—do not try to change our nation unless you let God change you first!
Political transformation is one way our faith expresses itself in the mainstream of life, but politics is not the goal. Being in a right relationship with God and submitting to Him is not just the most important thing—it’s the only thing that truly matters. To the young people who want to start new TPUSA... Continue Reading
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