The problem of evil will never be fully solved this side of eternity. Yet the Christian faith offers a response that neither denies the horror of suffering nor surrenders to despair. It proclaims a God who is sovereign over evil, present in suffering, and victorious through Christ. The cross stands as the ultimate answer: here... Continue Reading

As ministers, we have already made the big decision to follow Jesus in a life of ministry, but sometimes we need to be reminded of some of the benefits of fearing God…I don’t labor alone but with him.   In all my life, I have never seen so many people afraid of so many things.... Continue Reading

Leahy’s method is well worth considering anew. And we’d also do well to heed his reminder that “the worship of the Triune God through the risen Christ, and the proclamation of Christ’s victory, are always infinitely stronger than all demonic forces in their strongest combinations” (172). Satan Cast Out is a biblically sound survey of... Continue Reading

The fascination with what some call “genetic optimization” reflects deeper Silicon Valley beliefs about merit and success. “I think they have a perception that they are smart and they are accomplished, and they deserve to be where they are because they have ‘good genes,’” said Sasha Gusev, a statistical geneticist at Harvard Medical School. “Now... Continue Reading

While we are always to be growing in holiness, there must be an increasing sense of our total inadequacy.  The gospel we preach is a gospel we feel; that is, we are mindful of our sin and misery.  Without Christ, we are undone.  But continuing to taste the grace of Jesus, we have an ever-increasing... Continue Reading

You and are are not done with sin as Christians. Yes we are no longer slaves to sin, yes sin is not our master and we do not have to listen to his siren songs. But this side of glory we will wage a war with sin. Sometimes we forget that and we feel like... Continue Reading

We live in a technological age, and have embraced technological advance with abandon, creating what Neil Postman termed a “technopoly,” where technology of every kind is cheerfully granted sovereignty. Or, as Jacques Ellul has written, at least the process of technique designed to serve our ends.    Is Google God? Columnist Thomas Friedman posed this... Continue Reading

With the hyper-ugly radical left even boasting about seeing more such assassinations of Christians and conservatives, we do not know what the rest of today or tomorrow holds. There may well be more such martyrs in the days ahead. But we keep on with Jesus Christ regardless.   Just over 10 days ago no one... Continue Reading

Following the death of George Floyd five years ago, the Stated Clerk of the EPC released a lengthy statement declaring a day of lament, prayer, and fasting. When Charlie Kirk was gunned down, the Stated Clerk and Office of the General Assembly did not acknowledge his death or issue any statement whatsoever. The silence was... Continue Reading

For the present promoters of catholicity don’t simply go about urging continuity with the past and the value of reading outside of our own generation. If that is all they meant, one could not utter a fair critique of them, unless it be that they got so far carried away as to become pedantic and... Continue Reading