Obedience leads to freedom from sin, and the first step of faith is to change your direction and face him, look to him, and ask him to help you keep walking forward. One step can lead to a life-changing pivot in a new direction.   A question we get asked fairly often here at Harvest... Continue Reading

Secularism, far from transcending sectarianism and violence, is responsible for some of the most heinous, murderous regimes this planet has ever witnessed. Indeed, though many of its adherents argue that secularism is objective and indifferent, it “carries normative assumptions and frames of reference” that evince its own peculiar paradigm.   More than a decade ago,... Continue Reading

Ancient religious systems tried to manipulate the gods with sacrifices to get them to participate in their story. The Christian faith does the opposite—in Jesus, God sacrificed himself so that we could be part of his eternal story in which every moment, memory, thread of hair on our heads, and fibre of our being is... Continue Reading

As a boy, Iain Murray would only pick up a book on tennis. The rest didn’t bother him. The school noticed he was “far behind” with reading.  Now, Iain H. Murray has become a world trademark with his stack of books and biographies from the English-speaking church history. And even at 93, he still has some works... Continue Reading

Some of you have become the very thing you hate. You’ve treated your parents with the same harshness you suffered. Some have dishonored through gossip, neglect, sarcasm, or apathy. Some have refused to forgive. Some have simply given up. But you are not responsible for your parents’ sins. You are responsible for your response.   There’s... Continue Reading

God saved you to sanctify you. God is in the beautification business, washing away spots and smoothing out wrinkles. He will have a blameless bride. He promises to work in you; he also calls you to work out. “The beauty of holiness” is first of all the Lord’s (Psalm 29:2, KJV). But by his grace... Continue Reading

All over the West we see the sexual revolutionaries waging war on Christians and others who believe that children should be protected and that radical adult agenda items should not be rammed down our throats. We all need to take a stand now before we will lose our rights to do so.   Decades ago... Continue Reading

Smith calls the Synod’s action a “narrowly dogmatic decision.” He wants the University to say that “these are the sorts of questions on which Reformed Christians disagree and therefore room should be made for such disagreements at a Reformed Christian university. This doesn’t compromise our Reformed Christian identity.”   James K. A. Smith, professor of... Continue Reading

Because of our propensity to sin with our tongue, the words of David in Psalm 39:1 ought to be the daily prayer of the redeemed of the Lord. “I said, ‘I will guard my ways, that I may not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle, so long as the... Continue Reading

Now more than ever we need healthy churches, not big churches.  We need churches with tough expectations; churches that challenge men to endure open-soul surgery.  We need churches that pull out the poisonous darts of the enemy and liberally wash out the wound with the cleansing water of the gospel. We need churches that apply... Continue Reading