No Better Time to Be a Witness for Christ
It is easy for believers today to forget that Christians should be different from unbelievers.
Live out your love for God in more faithful obedience to all His commands, and be different, not in an offensive or combative way, neither in a snooty or condescending way, but in a loving way through which people see the light of Christ and the glory of your heavenly Father in your good works... Continue Reading
Pakistani Bishops Express “Deep Concern and Grief” over Appointment of Lesbian Archbishop of Wales
Vann’s appointment contradicts the teachings of the Bible on which the unity of believers worldwide is supposed to rest.
A letter, signed by the head of the Anglican Church of Pakistan, bishops, and officers of the Church of Pakistan, stated that the appointment of an open homosexual feeds hostile narratives in a country like Pakistan, where homosexuality is illegal and Christians are an often-persecuted minority. The chorus of concern about the appointment of... Continue Reading
A Twoist Model for Helping Your Utopian Neighbors
We must show our neighbors the antithesis between the gospel and human-powered utopian systems.
Oneism tells us that the answers are within. We need the honesty to say that the problem is within, and that the Creator alone can redeem the beyond-self-repair brokenness of his creatures. Sugarcoating the bitter reality of sin causes the good news of Christ’s saving work to ring hollow and meaningless. How do we... Continue Reading
A Misunderstood Grief
For the believer, in the midst of grief, hope remains.
As we grieve, we also hope. We both lament and anticipate. We cry and we wait. We weep yet with expectation. We sorrow yet we hold on, knowing with hope that one day, our great Savior will redeem every tear, every sadness, and every sorrow. In many ways before losing my son to cancer,... Continue Reading
Taking a Closer Look at Psalm 8
The grand stars of the heavens and the smallest infant, both together show the glory of God.
Although we are low, although we are small, although we’re lower than the angels, God has given us dominion over all these things, and that should lead us to the conclusion of the psalm: God’s greatness. “Oh LORD, our Lord. How majestic is your name in all the earth!” Read the Passage Let’s take... Continue Reading
The Great Divide between a Gospel Focused on All Nations and a Gospel Focused on Israel
An excerpt from O. Palmer Robertson, Christ of the Consummation. A New Testament Biblical Theology. Vol 2: The Testimony of Acts and Paul. Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R Publishing, 2025, pp. 223-23
If Paul had not insisted with such determination and without compromise that the true gospel of Christ must focus on all nations and all peoples rather than continuing to center on Israelite peoples, this concrete expression of unity among all believers never would have happened…In the past, the pious commitment of religiously dedicated Judeans to... Continue Reading
A Deficit of Gospel Preaching Among Gospel Preachers
Pastors: pray for God to renew in you what should be the necessity and burden of each gospel preacher: “Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!”
I humbly exhort you, my fellow pastors, please do not gloss over or forget in each sermon and Bible lesson to preach Christ, His whole gospel, and the blessings and power of being in union with Him. Do not just use the words “gospel” or “in Christ” and assume people know them or do not... Continue Reading
Cultivate Contentment
You already occupy a position far greater than you deserve: you are a child of God.
Satan’s fall from heaven was apparently the result of his own discontentment with his position. Cultivating a thankful heart—the self-conscious giving of thanks to God and those around us—paves the road of contentment. It’s natural for people to be discontent; it’s as natural to man as weeds are to the soil. Thorns and thistles... Continue Reading
Robert Smith, Pastor and School Master at Pequea
Smith’s former students often returned to him as a tutor for theology and mentor in pastoral ministry.
Robert Smith was a faithful and often honored churchman. In 1760, he received the Doctor of Divinity from the College of New Jersey. In 1772, he was appointed a trustee of the College of New Jersey and served as such for the rest of his life. Due to the extent of influence upon successive generations... Continue Reading
The Son of Man’s Authority to Judge
Until Christ returns, we preach a gospel of hope to those who are willing to repent and declare allegiance to the risen Lord Jesus, but that gospel contains the warning of impending judgment.
If our performance in life were the only basis for judgment, every single person who ever lived would be consigned to the lake of fire…Without Christ, no one is righteous in God’s sight. We have all sinned and fallen short of God’s glorious righteous standard…On that glorious day when Jesus returns as the Son of... Continue Reading
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