The past decade is a needed reminder of Solomon’s wise words in Psalm 127:1, “Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain.” The people who gave their blessing to the judicial demolition crew that took a sledgehammer to marriage are learning that hard lesson now.   This summer marks the... Continue Reading

Some Christians may be injudiciously cheering the fact that people are being revived from apathy or atheism into a religion that leads them to hell all the same. For that reason, I encourage Christians to exercise wisdom when it comes to identifying evidence of God’s work and wisdom when it comes to celebrating it.  ... Continue Reading

Carver was a deeply devoted Christian. He attributed inspiration of his work to God, and his studies of nature convinced him of the existence and benevolence of the Creator: “Never since have I been without this consciousness of the Creator speaking to me….The out of doors has been to me more and more a great... Continue Reading

It is difficult when you are only trying to serve God, if someone comes up and begins to attack your character. But it will happen. Count on it. Jesus did not want his disciples to expect a rose-colored world. Remember this week: When falsely reviled, you become like Jesus in some measure. This is one... Continue Reading

The ordinary means given by God—the Word, sacraments, and prayer—were provided so that men and women could learn from the Bible about the saving plan of God in Christ, and, having believed, could be confident in their right standing with God their Creator. These means, so profoundly articulated in our Confession, are of enduring importance... Continue Reading

We need to see the “new sexuality” as an integral expression of age-old religious paganism. In our response, we cannot follow Lot, who would have sacrificed his daughters to placate the aggressors. Nor can we claim personal moral superiority. We must always hear, in the clamor for acceptance and recognition, the cry of divine image-bearers,... Continue Reading

We’re drawn to the machine for the same reason we’re drawn to the fake plant—we want production without the hard and slow work it takes to get it. We want quick results minus the God-connected process. But machines can’t produce genuine fruit.   I’ve never liked fake plants. Mostly, I’ve just never found them convincing,... Continue Reading

God is exalted above all the peoples (Psalm 99:2). No one can relate to God because He alone far surpasses all other gods, all men, and everything in creation. This attribute of God that splendidly flows from His essential nature underscores His holiness, majesty, glory and worth.   The Lord is “high and lifted up... Continue Reading

We have to recognise the difference between things as we would have them—our personal ideal—and things that are of worth. Despite what we often think, these two things do not neatly overlay one another.   When my wife and I moved into our current house, we thought to ourselves (more often than perhaps we’d like)... Continue Reading

God fully attends to and watches over all the billions of people at the exact same time. Not only does He watch all people, He is fully present with everyone—not even to mention God’s full presence in the depths and in the heights and in the impossible to get to places of this creation.  ... Continue Reading