Jesus’s hospitality to the eleven, framed by Peter’s robust pursuit of the Lord, becomes the setting where Jesus restored Peter to ministry. In vv. 15–19, Jesus asked Peter three times if he loved Him, challenging Peter to embrace his leadership role despite the suffering that would come with it. Though Jesus’s hospitality to the eleven... Continue Reading

It’s hard to obey what we don’t know. That’s why immersing ourselves in the Bible is so important. The more we understand God’s Word, the more we can align our lives with His will. Studying Scripture isn’t just about gaining knowledge—it’s about transformation. Psalm 119:105 says, “Your word is a lamp to my feet and... Continue Reading

When the Bible uses military language about the Christian life, those passages are not talking about political fights…So what enemy or enemies are these passages talking about? Paul’s “armor” passage names the devil specifically (Ep 6.11), and John focuses in his first epistle on “the world” (1J 2.15-17), right after he has referred to “the... Continue Reading

Our Lord IS the Great Physician. He knows when we might need some radical, deep, and at times painful spiritual surgery. But he does it because he loves us, and he knows what is best for us. And at other times he might just want us to experience his gentleness, tenderness, and goodness.   God... Continue Reading

The broader culture insinuates that sex is hardly different from other physical actions like working out or eating, but the Bible teaches us there’s much more going on (1 Corinthians 6:12-20). The unity between marriage partners in sex points to the new covenant unity enjoyed between Christ and the church (Ephesians 5:32). The bliss we... Continue Reading

We in the West have been thrown into an “Objective Room.” The N.I.C.E. training of our day is administered in university classrooms, mainstream media outlets, corporate trainings, and propaganda from the entertainment industry. What “instinctive preferences” and “human reactions” must be eliminated by the N.I.C.E. powers of our day?   Mark Studdock has become something... Continue Reading

As we pray and desire good things, blessings from God, we must do so in patience and trust, knowing we make our requests to a loving Father and being thankful for his sustenance through our dark valleys. With God as our friend we can be content in this world while we travel toward the Celestial... Continue Reading

While we can know what God has made known, we do not know all that God knows. And we will never have the mind and full thoughts of the incomprehensible God… Our inability to comprehend the fullness of divine knowledge, however, does not minimize the importance of what we do know. What God has revealed... Continue Reading

“When I really sought to understand it, I found the Bible far more interesting and—to my shock and consternation—coherent than I was expecting. I looked up answers to all my critical questions, thinking that perhaps others had not thought of issues I saw. I was wrong. Not only had they thought of all the issues,... Continue Reading

I have no doubt that AI can be developed and deployed in ways that supplement and enhance the work of the university. But again, only if we can first get our heads screwed on straight about what the human person is and what education is for do we have any chance of harnessing AI. Until... Continue Reading