For Dabney, preaching was not a fundamentally man-driven task dependent upon the preacher’s ability to convert sinners, but a fundamentally God-driven task, dependent upon God to convict, wound, save, sanctify, edify, mold, shape, and make listeners into the people God would have them to be.   Yet, despite his total reliance on God, and his... Continue Reading

Here is the real gap that we need to face. Not just the gap between our conduct and our confession, nor even the gap between our past habits and our new identity. It is the growing gap between our hearts and his. Where there is unfaithfulness, God yearns for us to return. Where there is... Continue Reading

As the heavens declare the glory of God, so he has devised the plan of redemption ‘to the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God’ (Eph 3:10). ”Thus evil is a necessary means by which God reveals aspects of himself... Continue Reading

At a time of rapid and unceasing technological change, the very notion of human nature can itself become volatile. The confused executive orders of the Trump administration, where transgenderism is out but IVF is in, are emblematic of our moment in time and an excellent example of the problem.    It is no profound insight... Continue Reading

Beyond the term Logos, we can look to Paul, who uses multiple descriptions: Christ as power, wisdom, and the image of God. Titus and 2 Peter simply affirm Jesus as God. This linguistic diversity isn’t confusion but a multifaceted testimony to the Son’s divine nature and relationship with the Father.   In recent years, I’ve... Continue Reading

“Young, Restless, Reformed” may have been accurate 20 years ago, but many who first fit the label are no longer very young, very restless, or very Reformed. “Gospel-centered” was tried and found wanting or inadequate. Whatever the movement is or was, it has now splintered into many parts, some of them antagonistic toward the others.... Continue Reading

The Father is the principle or fount of divinity as the unbegotten One; the Son’s divinity is from the Father as His begotten Word; and the Spirit’s divinity is from the Father and Son as Love proceeding. Therefore, because each person possesses the entirety of the divine essence according to their particular manner of subsistence,... Continue Reading

The chance arrangement of information in DNA is prohibitively improbable, and there are no chemical or physical laws at work to dictate its existence. We are left, then, with a paradox: the laws and forces of nature cannot produce information, but information is required for life to begin.   The more we learn about the... Continue Reading

Biblical love is informed by truth, infused with light, and invested with life. Remove truth and love has no backbone. It can’t be commanded or obeyed. It cannot function as a summary of the law. It loses its contours sculpted by God.   “And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as... Continue Reading

If we want to be faithful to Jesus Christ as his servants, we must do like our Master does. We can’t say, “Let’s sit down and talk about this.” We can’t say, “I want to hear your story.” We can’t say, “Let me go back and study the Bible some more.” We can’t say, “We’re... Continue Reading