But what the Spirit is actually doing in creation, and this becomes typical of everything he does in the pages of Scripture, is that He is creating a temple, a meeting place for God to meet with and to fellowship with his creation and especially with man; and in which man can also happily meet... Continue Reading

To bring God glory and honor, the Christian doesn’t have to change the world or do all sorts of spectacular things for the good of the Kingdom.  A follower of Christ can serve the Lord well in an obscure, behind-the-scenes, everyday manner (whether trimming lawns or teaching driver’s education).  Christians can please God without ever... Continue Reading

For both men and women, helping requires great care, discernment, and commitment. It takes a good theology of who God is, who man is, and what God’s Word reveals to us about his work in Christ. Are we properly equipped? When you help, you are providing a need or service that supports another. Helping contributes... Continue Reading

In Campbell’s reinterpretation, this scripture is not Christ’s call for the church’s unity under His Lordship but for global unity because it “relates to all of humankind.” She urged a “Jesus not owned by Christians but Who cares for all. An embracing Jesus.”   Former National Council of Churches chief Joan Brown Campbell, in her... Continue Reading

Someone who practiced immorality before Jesus saved them will probably experience sexual temptations all their lives. Homosexuals who come to Jesus will probably continue to struggle with same-sex desires. In some instances Jesus removes these desires. Lots of the time he doesn’t.   Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the... Continue Reading

The simple fact is that I need rest. With the march of age and the weight of responsibility, Aileen and I need it more than the children do. I believe I served them better by taking a few days to not rush around, to not expend a lot of effort and energy, but instead to enjoy deep rest.  ... Continue Reading

The law not only shows us our need for Jesus’ death but also explains the nature of it. If we look at it from the human viewpoint, the death of Jesus was the greatest act of lawlessness ever perpetrated. If we look at it from the divine viewpoint we see the justice of the law... Continue Reading

Margaret, though, was quite keen on promiscuity, and her life course was set. Though she was too cunning to campaign under the banner of free love and freedom from the burden of children, that was her heartbeat. She chose contraception as her cause and was heralded for efforts in “family planning,” even though her personal... Continue Reading

Robert George of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom called the violence against Christian churches and businesses “unprecedented in modern Egypt, both in its scope and the number of churches and structures attacked.” At one of the region’s oldest monasteries, the Virgin Mary Monastery near Assiut, priest Selwanes Lotfy said on Aug. 18, “We... Continue Reading

“Jim Crow is alive and well and living at the New Mexico Supreme Court, and Christian is the new black,” Bryan Fischer said on his AFR Talk program “Focal Point” this afternoon.   The Supreme Court of New Mexico has ruled that Christian photographers do not have the right to decline photographing a gay “wedding,”... Continue Reading