People around us will say we’re prudes or don’t want to have fun—let them. Our priority, our strategy, our goal is to please God in how we behave, speak, and think. Perhaps there’s something in your life that causes you to stumble, that influences you to behave, speak, and think like the world. If there... Continue Reading

In January 2018, a Pew Research study showed that the number of American converts to Islam is almost equal to the number of those who abandoned the faith. There is virtually no growth in the number of Muslims. This study also concluded that about 25 percent of adult Muslims raised in the United States no... Continue Reading

In so many ways and so many situations God calls us not to either/or but to both/and. It would, of course, be easier to live by the either/or approach to life. We would choose the attitudes that come most naturally and pursue those at the neglect of the other. But that would be an incomplete... Continue Reading

Work was meant to be an expression of what Christ called the greatest commandment— “‘and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ The second is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no... Continue Reading

Christians often fail to distinguish between the toleration and practice of sin. Daniel, like Joseph, had little choice but to tolerate idol worship among those he governed even while he would never personally practice it. Likewise, an authority may favor civil liberties that enable society to sin, but this is not the same thing as... Continue Reading

Charles Spurgeon once stated, “Humility is to make a right estimation of one’s self.” When we remember all that God has forgiven us, including the countless acts of selfishness and rebellious behavior that we never even recognize we’ve done, it should bring us to our knees. As we look inwardly and consider the evil thoughts... Continue Reading

Amid the exchange of blame between Rwanda and the DRC, M23 recently claimed control of the eastern Congolese city of Goma. Local Christian leaders have pledged to work toward peace and harmony among neighbors. Meanwhile, John Samuel, Open Doors’ legal expert for sub-Saharan Africa, described the violence as taking place “in a context of impunity,... Continue Reading

[The CRC] Synod voted 134 to 50 to instruct churches that have publicly contradicted synod decisions “on unchastity to repent and to honor their covenant commitments to the CRCNA.” The same resolution said, “all office-bearers from churches in non-compliance, by actions or in any form of media, be placed on a limited suspension” where officebearers... Continue Reading

The cross does not dismiss suffering, nor does it merely repurpose it for self-improvement. Instead, it transforms suffering by situating it within a redemptive story that neither denies pain nor lets it be the central character. The cross is not the measuring stick by which all suffering must be compared, but the place where all... Continue Reading

If we only had the Psalsm we would still see that there is a need for a Messiah, and we would see God’s provision of the Messiah, the cornerstone that has been rejected has become the chief cornerstone. Do you know the most often quoted book in the Bible? The Psalms are the most quoted... Continue Reading