I doubt anyone would say that because the scrolls from Qumran are published in books and/or digital form the scrolls themselves are no longer needed. At this point some will say apples are being compared with oranges, after all, the minutes and clerical documents produced by judicatories of the denomination are not equivalent to the... Continue Reading

Stop virtue-signaling by holding the “middle” ground politically so that you can look more aligned to Jesus on race, immigration, and poverty issues, as though the differences between the two parties were greatest and most harmful here, or that Jesus would have lined up more with the Democratic Party even on these matters. This is... Continue Reading

God’s mercy regarding the Flood is just as evident as His judgment, and is seen in the fact that God provided a way of escape for those who were prepared to believe what He had said, heed the warning He gave, and avail themselves of the means of salvation which He provided by instructing Noah... Continue Reading

The gospel to the Christian is a thing of power. What is it that makes the young man devote himself as a missionary to the cause of God, to leave father and mother, and go into distant lands? It is a thing of power that does it — it is the gospel.   “But we... Continue Reading

Watson encourages us to have our faces shine with tears of sorrow and joy. Watson says: “[Repenting tears] are beautifying; a tear in the eye doth more adorn than a ring on the finger; oil makes the face to shine, tears make the heart to shine; tears are comforting; a sinner’s mirth turns to melancholy,... Continue Reading

What becomes of all of this? What becomes of the passions we could not explore, the dreams we could not realize, the gifts we could not deploy for the good of others and the glory of God? Why would God give it only to take it away, bestow it only to have it go unused?... Continue Reading

Aaron is a walking, talking tabernacle. Did you get that? He is wearing the colours of the holy place, his ephod made essentially in the same way the tabernacle’s tent was. The high priest is part of the tabernacle.   Jesus in the Tabernacle VI Next the narrative moves through two sections I included earlier... Continue Reading

There are two colossal issues with the self-help industry. First, like mentioned above, it places the self at the center of the universe. In order to help self, one must place self first. Second, it only helps at the surface level and doesn’t get down to the most fundamental problem of humans: sin.   Self-help... Continue Reading

Don’t we feel that same pressure in a multicultural society.  It can feel hard, costly, to challenge the assumptions of our society that any spirituality is good, any god is more or less the same, all truths are true, and so on.  But who you worship, who is God, is not a lifestyle choice.  ... Continue Reading

So I’ve seen terrible leaders who shred others, use position for their own gain, who privately destroy the lives of ministry colleagues, whose insecurities lead them to say and do things that they would – and do – preach and write against. And it’s easy to hide that idolatry with all that worship going on... Continue Reading