When you get to church to find out that the preacher is in the third of a 10-sermon series on “10 steps to cure depression” get up and run out of there as fast as your depressed legs can take you. It’s self-help, not the gospel. Chalk it up to a well meaning preacher who... Continue Reading

God’s decretive will takes in absolutely everything, even sin. It is worked out in the big and little things of God’s providential dealings with us. But it is unknowable to us except in retrospect. You know it only after it happens. Knowledge of God’s will in this sense cannot guide us through life just because... Continue Reading

Reformed Theological Seminary in Charlotte announces the appointment of Chaplain (COL) Mack Griffith as the director of the Chaplains Ministry Institute (CMI). The purpose of the CMI is to prepare students to serve as chaplains in military, hospital, and corporate settings.  As director of the CMI Chaplain Griffith will mentor those in the program, will... Continue Reading

As my Baptist brother says:’you paedobaptists baptise a child, saying to the child you are now part of the church, you belong to the people of God, you are as much part of the church as the rest of us, now we are going to do the most important thing this church ever does, hear... Continue Reading

There is no greater gift you can give to your husband or to the kingdom than to continually seek to know the Lord. Be a prayerful wife. Take your burdens to the Lord before you take them to your husband. Drink deeply from the sweet waters of time spent in fellowship with Jesus. Come to... Continue Reading

Dan Streeter, executive director of the mission, is worried those donors may soon have less reason to give: Tax-writing committees in the House and Senate are working behind the scenes on tax reform legislation, and some lawmakers want to cut, alter, or even eliminate deductions for charitable giving.    City Rescue Mission serves a homeless... Continue Reading

Grace must raise the temptation to think we can sin as we please; if it does not, we have not understood the true extent of grace. However, at no time can we yield to the temptation to think this way (note Paul’s answer to his question in 6:1—“by no means”), because Christians are called to a life... Continue Reading

It is important to underline that — while some Christian properties have been the victim of this violence — they are by no means the only ones targeted.  This is an attack against the State by a violent minority in an attempt to destabilize the Nation.   I have just received the sad news of the... Continue Reading

And, to put it bluntly, Keller is the transformationists’ best shot today.   It does not matter how often we tell each other that our celebrity transformationists are making headway, such claims are only so much delusional hype.  A Broadway play and a couple of nice paintings do not help the man who cannot rent space... Continue Reading

Good works are not optional for the Christian. We must do good, not as the means of our acceptance with God, but as an expression of it. In the lifelong pursuit of holiness, we would do well to consider all the biblical motivations for Christlikeness. For at one time or another, we will need them... Continue Reading