What I want you to know today is that you’re not behind; you’re being remade. And the sooner you stop demanding answers and start asking better questions like, “Who am I becoming?” and “What is God forming in me?” the sooner the wall will shift from a prison to a place of presence.   You... Continue Reading

The first Adam was tempted to rely on his own wisdom instead of on the Lord’s revealed will. The second Adam was likewise tempted to abandon God’s will—that He subdue the serpent through suffering—when Satan tried to get Jesus to provide for His needs at the wrong time or to enter into His reign immediately... Continue Reading

Rough days are coming in the PCA. This incident will cause weeping, gnashing of teeth, sending of letters, and having of meetings. But controversy (and the fact that something like this, which I’ll call Tibergate, is still controversial) is good. It proves one of Machen’s famous lines: “In the sphere of religion, as in other... Continue Reading

If you are regularly in the Lord’s presence, drawing near to Him, His NAME will bring joy to you.   15 Happy are the people who know the joyful shout; LORD, they walk in the light from your face. 16 They rejoice in your name all day long, and they are exalted by your righteousness.... Continue Reading

The longest book in the New Testament is the Third Gospel, the account of the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus that is attributed to a man called Luke. Though it is like the other canonical Gospels in many ways, there are nevertheless several details about Jesus’s life and ministry found only in the Gospel... Continue Reading

Peter’s logic is impeccable, and they get it. This is a total face-palm moment, and they simply want to know what they should do about it.   Acts 2:36–41 (ESV) Let all the house of Israel therefore know for certain that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified.”  ... Continue Reading

‘Though the fig-tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls,  yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will be joyful in God my Saviour.”  ... Continue Reading

Everything in this life can feel like it is falling apart, but when there is unity at home and with your spiritual family, you feel like you can endure. Why?   Behold, how good and how pleasant it is For brothers to dwell in unity! It is like the precious oil upon the head, Coming... Continue Reading

Every analogy for understanding God, in the end, breaks down. It’s no different for the analogy with words. Nevertheless, we can safely say that the variations we see in human language are a creaturely reflection of something in God. After all, we said that the distinctions we see in words are good, and all goodness... Continue Reading

There are times when clarity doesn’t emerge, when the feelings can’t be sorted out, and when the fog of confusion doesn’t lift. In such moments, we find guidance from Psalm 42 and 43.     “Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for... Continue Reading