First published in 1678, John Flavel’s The Mystery of Providence is based on the words “God that performeth all things for me” (Psalm 57:2). It shows us how providence works for us in every stage and experience of our lives. The Mystery of Providence is richly illustrated from the lives of believers and from the... Continue Reading

Barba-Kay admits digital technology has improved and will continue to improve our lives in particular ways. However, he doesn’t leave us guessing about his basic evaluation: “I regard the digital revolution as a basically dehumanizing force”.   Our digital devices are history’s first “natural” technology. The printing press and the telephone, for example, each changed... Continue Reading

Astonishment receives God’s word with humility. We have no claim to our Creator’s words, no right, yet he speaks to us freely, opening his heart to us, showing us his character, inviting us to fellowship with him. By such gracious speech, he shatters our pride and sheds light on our dark ways.   A new... Continue Reading

On Monday, January 20, 2025, President Elect Donald Trump will be inaugurated to his second term as President of the United States after serving his first before current President Joe Biden. Thus, he is the second president to serve two nonconsecutive terms. Each time a new president is inaugurated, it reminds the American people of... Continue Reading

Huff and Rogan discussed when Rogan brought up the anti-Christian prejudice among elites, listening audiences are increasingly open to consensus-bucking narratives. Apologists should discard inadequate tools regardless of their utility, but there isn’t even a shallow pragmatic excuse left for keeping them now. The future of apologetics is maximalist.   Christian apologist Wesley Huff’s recent... Continue Reading

The Lord Jesus was innocent, was perfectly righteous. He suffered more than you and I can ever imagine, and remember what God’s Word tells us? ‘When He was reviled, did not revile in return; when He suffered, He did not threaten, but committed Himself to Him who judges righteously.’   Twelve-year-olds Peter, James, and John... Continue Reading

Paul is showing us that human beings are always serving something. The question isn’t whether we will serve but what we will serve. When we’re liberated from sin’s dominion, we’re not set free into autonomous independence but into life-giving dependence on God. This is why, in God’s upside-down kingdom, true liberty comes through submission to... Continue Reading

In light of the fall, it was a great kindness from God to Adam to allow him to see so many of his descendants—even to the seventh generation. This is heightened by the fact that Adam’s first son murdered his second son. How kind was our God to show Adam something of His covenant faithfulness... Continue Reading

Butterfield titles one her chapters “God Never Gets the Address Wrong.” Your neighbors are not a coincidence. They do not live by you merely due to an accident of the housing market. God placed you next to them and he did it for a reason. I’ll admit, this is a scary proposition. We don’t get... Continue Reading

Who could possibly be opposed to a religion that calls everyone to be nice, compliant and tolerant?— a religion that helps people?—a religion that makes the world a better place?—a religion unencumbered by “superstition, dogma and an unscientific metaphysic?” This, of course, is the attractive ideology of communism: to be good, to help people, to... Continue Reading