What a heart of our Triune God: one God, one will, one single-hearted love for our redemption! What a heart he has given us, a heart in which now to cultivate the fruit of the Spirit from divine grace. A heart seven-times sealed for the coming resurrection!   I want to tell you a tale:... Continue Reading

God is good to extend the blessings and benefits of friendship so it is not just a one-to-one relationship but one that broadens until two families and two circles of relationship have been joined together and fused by a shared love.   There are few blessings in life better than a good friendship. Though most... Continue Reading

The Christian life is not a coat of paint on an old heart but a death and a resurrection, in which we are crucified with Christ and raised to live by His life (Galatians 2:20), and in which the cross does not only pardon the murderer but also puts to death the enmity that made... Continue Reading

Let us not settle for a monochrome understanding of the cross, but let us proclaim to ourselves and to an unbelieving world, the scandal and glory of the cross in all its glorious technicolour.    Introduction1 Birthdays, anniversaries and annual lectures are good opportunities for reflection and taking stock, for looking back and looking forward, maybe even for painful soul-searching. I am both honoured and humbled that the Trustees... Continue Reading

Paul is reminding us that we should rejoice in suffering because suffering liberates us from selfish hopes and foolish treasures. Suffering refines our character to build in us a durable strength that has the capacity to love and treasure the glory of God more than whatever else might tempt us.   When we suffer, we... Continue Reading

From Rev. Dr. Charles Coffin to President Andrew Jackson in 1829: “Permit me . . . to remark, that from the time it was made clear, what an overwhelming majority of the American people had called you to the high and responsible office of their first magistrate, I have felt an ardent desire to address... Continue Reading

May we organize our preaching through the tried and true categories of a biblically sound Reformed systematic theology, which is firmly grounded in the God-given account of redemptive history. As we have seen, the doctrinal dots are everywhere and good preaching will connect them. Keeping the redemptive-historical box-top before us, helps us tell God’s story... Continue Reading

“Christ can never be known without a sense of awe and fear accompanying the knowledge. He is the fairest among ten thousand, but He is also the Lord high and mighty. He is the friend of sinners, but He is also the terror of devils. He is meek and lowly in heart, but He is... Continue Reading

The implications and practical outworking of our understanding of God, man and purpose will consistently cohere, and by God’s gracious increase – Christian wisdom, unto the glory of God, will be on display through serious reflection that produces humble practice.    Whereas the Bible is the foundation for Christian theology, the theology we derive from... Continue Reading

Following false gods means following a false system of life, and a false wisdom. The message of our Lord remains for us today. We do not need, nor should we want, to profit from a plundering of the Egyptians’ idols.   I spent years reading and studying Socrates. I loved Socrates in college. I loved... Continue Reading