When humanity violated God’s perfect law, they failed to pay God what they owed (they had broken the Covenant of Works), what He deserved as their Creator. By their fall into sin and misery, human beings were no longer able to pay in full. In fact, they were unable to pay at all.    Years... Continue Reading

No wonder then that the name of Jesus is the name that is above all names, before all names, and beyond all names. No wonder, then, that his name is the sweetest name of all. We hear it from our parents when we are still in the cradle, then tell it to our parents as... Continue Reading

What you’re experiencing right now may not feel light—as the Apostle Paul conveys in his second letter to the church at Corinth—but it is light in comparison to eternity, to everlasting life, to the “eternal weight of glory.”   Life is hard. For some, that sentence isn’t enough. Hard isn’t strong enough, painful enough, agonizing... Continue Reading

Parents are often intimidated to teach their children theology and don’t know where to begin. They glance over at the thick study Bible on the shelf in their family room bewildered. The enemy is at the ready to discourage them with his lies – “Don’t even think about taking that Bible off the shelf. You... Continue Reading

Trust and believe that the Lord has not and will not abandon you. He has ascended to prepare a home for you. His ascension is a promise that he will one day take you home to himself. This Ascension Day, keep your ears open for the good news on the street: “Behold, the dwelling place... Continue Reading

The loss of all-male spaces has made male friendship enormously difficult to create and sustain because it destroyed the milieux of that friendship. If you want to be friends with other men, it’s now something you have to do outside of everything else in life. No wonder so few men have the time or energy... Continue Reading

Judgment Day will strip off all pretenses; and all false hopes will vanish into oblivion. But such is the power of sin, that we sinners will hold out as long as we can—hoping that we can appease God in some way other than the blood righteousness of Christ being applied to our desperate and hopelessly-lost... Continue Reading

Morton Smith was the first faculty member at the newly founded Reformed Theological Institute and in later years he would become the chairman of the department of systematic theology. However, just as biblical-confessional theological education required a new seminary, concerned Presbyterians would come to realize the need for a new denomination.   The above photograph... Continue Reading

The Southern Baptist Convention will consider a resolution this summer supporting a government ban on pornography. Other denominations should consider doing the same. The time is ripe for Christians across the nation to speak with moral clarity. Pornography is unequivocally evil. For the sake of the common good, it should be illegal.   Pornography is... Continue Reading

We will plant gardens. We will sing psalms. We will baptize in rivers and break bread in barns. We will raise boys who know their strength is for shelter. We will raise girls who know their bodies are not burdens. We will be stubborn, rooted, joyful, and unbending. Because God is not confused. And neither... Continue Reading