We cannot love God and hate our “enemies” (Matthew 5:43–44). We cannot say we love God and hate our brothers (1 John 4:20–21). “Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks” (Matthew 12:34 NKJV). If hatred is our default language, if we delight in unleashing a world of iniquity, then the truth of... Continue Reading

Are you lazy? Are you cynical? Are you an enabler of your children or spouse to disobey because you don’t lovingly confront them with their sin? We must not believe the lie that our sin hurts no one.   Hebrews 12: 1-3 reminds us that we are to keep our eyes on Jesus Christ as... Continue Reading

Hebrews draws the line with two categories. There are those who shrink back and are destroyed. And there are those who believe and are saved. You can’t be both. You either look over your shoulder and head for Egypt, or you plant your face toward Canaan and don’t stop till you see the gates. You... Continue Reading

If a man reserves his strongest words only for outsiders, it is not courage at all. Prophets did speak to the nations, but they saved their heaviest blows for the idols closest to home, and they bore the cost. When the fiercest edge cuts elsewhere, it is not prophetic steadfastness but crowd-pleasing performance. Catering to... Continue Reading

The times we live in may grow more hostile. The cost of faithfulness may increase. But the opportunity for witness is greater than ever. Christ is still building His church, and no cultural opposition can stop Him. So let’s be Christians who navigate our workplaces with truth that will not bend and love that will... Continue Reading

Charlie is gone, but his example leaves us no excuse. We’ve seen what happens when a culture builds on sand. We’ve also seen what one man, filled with conviction and grounded in the Gospel, can accomplish in just 13 short years.   History is marked by moments when the world changes overnight. May 25, 2020—the... Continue Reading

The Holy Spirit gives gifts to all believers, and empowers all to serve (1 Corinthians 12:7,11; 1 Peter 4:10-11). No believer is insignificant. No God-given ministry is irrelevant.  No sacrifice for Christ is inconsequential.   Don McClure was a missionary in Eastern Africa from 1928 until 1977, when he was shot and killed by militants... Continue Reading

In contrast to the Atheistic-evolutionary view or reality, the biblical worldview does provide reasons for believing in our mind’s ability to discern truth. Namely, being created in the image of a rational God makes sense as an explanation for why we can engage in science.   Could it be that Atheism and Science don’t mix,... Continue Reading

Jesus holds out free and full forgiveness, but also a cleansing and purifying that you desperately need. He offers you true joy and satisfaction in place of the fleeting, defiling pleasure of sin.   The following is a letter I wrote to a brother some years ago. It has been anonymized and lightly edited. Dear... Continue Reading

The only way to escape the hounding darkness of self-loathing is to accept our inability….This death can only be avoided by walking through it, by dying to ourselves and living to Christ. This is the way out of the watery labyrinth of our world and into the Kingdom of God….“This is water.” But only Christ... Continue Reading