“Qatar is today a leading funder of Islam in Europe,” Malbrunot said in an interview with Swiss television RTS in 2019. He said Qatar was doing this through a network of connections close to the Muslim Brotherhood. At home, however, Qatar has a completely different policy towards Christians. Islam is Qatar’s state religion, with the country’s... Continue Reading

When Jesus died on a Roman cross, he had just a few dozen followers. He’d claimed he was the great King whom God had promised to send to the Jewish people. But instead of being crowned, he’d been killed. A reasonable observer might have thought this little Jewish sect would fizzle out—extinguished like a cigarette... Continue Reading

I appreciate what Leeman sets out to do in ‘Using Authority Well’ and I think he does it well. He aptly explains why authority is so important to the home, church, and wider society, warns of both the costs of failing to use authority and of using it wrongly, and explains how men can embrace... Continue Reading

Hearing is a natural faculty that all mankind still possesses, but the Fall bent our hearing toward idolatry. Idols are lies, and fallen mankind naturally trusts the lies. Yet when we hear the Word, God is able to open our ears so that we may receive new life. God ordinarily works through means. If we... Continue Reading

God has limits for nations. This is clear from passages such as Gen. 15:16 and Dan. 8:23. Indeed, there will be a day when “the fullness of the Gentiles has come in” (Rom. 11:25). The church age will end and, with it, God’s special outpouring of grace upon the Gentile nations, which has gone on... Continue Reading

Paul says (rather uncomfortably for us) that his listeners should follow his example as he follows Christ. He says variations on this several times in his letters. Paul thinks that if you lived with him, and you watched his life closely, you would notice that he really believes what he is teaching. He is practicing... Continue Reading

So the counselor told the king to plant four acorns. The king did, but then he fell asleep for 80 years. When he awoke, he was amazed that the four acorns he had planted had (to him) instantaneously become four fully-grown trees. He thought a miracle had occurred because to him, it had only seemed... Continue Reading

The issue posing potential division to this short-lived church and denomination relates to the Ad-Interim Committee recommendations to ordain and receive same sex sexually attracted candidates and pastors who promise to live a chaste life either by celibacy or biblical marriage.   From June 16-18, 2026, the Evangelical Presbyterian Church (EPC) will face a historical... Continue Reading

In Prov 6:1, Solomon writes to the person who has become the surety for another. He addresses the one who “put up security” and gave a pledge to repay someone else’s loan in case of default. What’s at stake for this person?     Proverbs 6:1-19 describes three kinds of fool. The first fool is... Continue Reading

When difficult days arise in our life, we will feel the sting of a world broken by sin…broken by our sin. Those days will hurt and feel quite dark and scary. We will feel like giving up. But hear the psalmist who waited on the Lord.      The intrusion of hard providences in our... Continue Reading