I think some people deconstruct because they built their house on the sand. Their spiritual foundation was their pastor, their community, or their expectations about what Christianity should be like. When scandal, hypocrisy, or hurt happened, their foundation gave way. And now they feel displaced. Dejected… But if your foundation is Christ and his word,... Continue Reading

We frame someone’s sadness as proof they failed. And we miss the holy strength it takes to feel deeply and still show up. Death wasn’t the end of this story. Even Lazarus being called out of the tomb isn’t the climax. It’ll be the resurrection of the Son of God which is the first fruits... Continue Reading

Tozer said, “Listen to no man who does not listen to Christ.” That’s the foundational question: Are those I follow those who follow Christ … humbly, faithfully, courageously?   It was Christ’s closing illustration in the most important sermon ever preached. As He came to the close of the Sermon on the Mount, He reminded... Continue Reading

We do not have the natural right to call God “Father.” That right is bestowed upon us only through God’s gracious work of adoption. This is an extraordinary privilege, that those who are in Christ now have the right to address God in such a personal, intimate, filial term as “Father.”   The next time... Continue Reading

The truth is that no matter how many possessions we have, how much people love us, or whatever good health we enjoy, our sinful natures will always desire more: more stuff, more adventures, more relationships, more admiration, longer life, the list goes on. The more we realize Christ is all we need, the more we... Continue Reading

A wise pastor told me when I first entered the ministry, “Remember, Brad, what you hook them with is what it will take to keep them. If you reach them by pulling a rabbit out of the hat today, you’ll need to pull out an elephant tomorrow.” Here is the simple truth. I am not... Continue Reading

He is the One who crushes the serpent’s head. John the Baptist identifies Him as our substitute, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!” (John 1:29). He is the true Brother who redeems His brothers. He is called from Egypt to lead the people of God out of slavery... Continue Reading

Within us, we can see an imperfect image of an ideal rational mind. As we know ourselves, we beget knowledge itself; as we want to know ourselves, we have an inquisitiveness for what we want to know. And so we can speak of an internal word (knowledge) begotten of mind, and the appetite that, when... Continue Reading

My earthly loyalty is to the United States of America. And as long as that does not conflict with my ultimate loyalty to Jesus Christ, then I will support America. This is part of the Christian tradition’s teaching on the ordo amoris, cited recently by Vice President JD Vance. There is an order of love... Continue Reading

Biblical literacy, and literacy more broadly, has been in decline for years. As our understanding of the Bible has lessened, as a generation turned away from the creeds and confessions of the church of old, clear articulations of faith have fallen on hard times. Questioning and doubting, scoffing and disbelief became the mark of a... Continue Reading