“In Christ Alone, My Hope is Found”: Why Jesus is the Only One Worthy of Our Hope
He’s the only One strong enough to hold it.
Like bridges in the high school physics class, they all eventually sag and break under the pressure. These things were simply not designed to bear the weight of our hope. But Jesus? Jesus is strong enough to bear it. He is the One who never disappoints. Indeed, when we place our hope in Christ and in... Continue Reading
A Tale of Two Mountains (Hebrews 12:18-29)
Never try to approach God by trying to be good enough. It will destroy you. Through Jesus, receive his unshakable kingdom, and then respond in thankfulness and worship.
God has revealed himself in Jesus, who is the pinnacle of God’s revelation. If the stakes were high back in Moses’ day, they’re even higher now. One day God will shake not only a place in the Egyptian wilderness but all earth and heaven in judgment, so it’s even more important that we pay attention... Continue Reading
Letters to Stagnant Christians #13: Less is Not Always More
A well-ordered Christian life is not to be compared with stagnant water.
The chaos of modern life calls all of us to simplify where we can. Often, the mantra “less is more” is really true in all kinds of areas. But it is a great mistake to think that spiritual life will thrive by challenging your faith less than its current ability. That kind of approach is... Continue Reading
DEI’s “Grape-Nuts problem”
The University of Florida jettisons its DEI office—and more of us should, too.
DEI delivers the opposite of what it promises. It delivers not diversity but a narrow ideology. It delivers not equity but different advantages and disadvantages based on pre-judged hierarchical group identities. It delivers not inclusion but the systemic coercion and exclusion of those who dare question its methods. On March 1, the University of... Continue Reading
A Biblical Approach to Personal Finances
Set Course and Build the Kingdom
Through this entire process, we are investing in the Kingdom, and we must never lose sight of that goal. And we must also maintain a spirit of contentment with what God provides for us in each season. All in all, freedom from debt is possible, even in the current economy. We should pursue it and... Continue Reading
I Am One of The Eighty-Five Percent Who Did Not Persist in Pastoral Ministry
Pride had rooted and replaced the gospel in my own heart and how I led the ministry.
After 4 years of wrestling with burnout, supported by loved ones and guided by mentors, I stand even more firm in Jesus’s gospel and love, although I am not ready to go back to ministry. Nevertheless, I can testify to God’s faithfulness amid these trials. He has brought healing in my first church, to my wife... Continue Reading
Dr. James Naismith: Sports Innovator and Army Chaplain
James Naismith invented the game of basketball in 1891. He was also a Presbyterian minister, a chaplain in the Army National Guard, and a chaplain in France during World War I.
After completing his studies at Presbyterian College, he came to the United States to teach physical education at the YMCA International Training School (now Springfield College) in Springfield, Massachusetts. It was there that he devised the rules for a new game, one that could be played indoors during winter – basketball. WASHINGTON (March 24,... Continue Reading
The Difference Between Education and Wisdom
The fear of God, if I may say so, opens a new world to him in those who possess it!
A man filled with divine wisdom has within himself an entirely new standard whereby to judge of truth and to regulate his life! As the Psalmist expresses, “Your commandment makes me wiser than my enemies, for it is ever with me” (Psalm 119:98). The fear of God is the essential part of true wisdom. As... Continue Reading
How Feminism Ends
When women want relationships, a post-conservative world, and more in this week's roundup.
Review of “How Feminism Ends”… “if this is the end of feminism, then it doesn’t quite feel fair. If women are finally “free,” then why is it still so hard to be female? And why, after all of our hard work, are the best parts of history still made by males?” Ginerva Davis has... Continue Reading
Antifragile Faith
Book Review: With admirable Presbyterian order, Renn encourages us to be a light, to be a source of truth, and to be prudentially engaged in society.
At the heart of Life in the Negative World is practical advice for individual Christians and for Christian institutions as they seek to be faithful in a changing cultural landscape. Renn groups his advice into three parts: living personally, leading institutionally, and engaging missionally. The outline is easy to follow, and the advice is down to earth... Continue Reading
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