As we seek to follow Jesus, we will be faced with both blessings and challenges. The question is, will we respond in obedience? The response to that question is largely dependent on our view of God.   In this morning’s reading we see Caleb and the crowd. Caleb and the crowd have experienced the power... Continue Reading

A government that knows its limits is often safer than one that believes itself a savior. A government that believes itself a savior will not remain a servant for long.   It may seem like a strange title, and it is, but these things do have a strange correlation. I speak as one who has... Continue Reading

I hope PCA congregations and agencies will learn from Allberry’s tragic fall and disgrace: do not platform those who seek to build their credibility or brand on the basis of their sinful desires. Stop exposing young people to such men. It is time PCA officers, congregations, and agencies take seriously both our Constitution and the... Continue Reading

My dad said one time, “Jake, if we really believed in hell, we’d be knocking peoples’ doors down to tell them about Christ.” Amen. The reality of eternal suffering away from the favorable presence of God should compel us to love our neighbor and tell them the only way to be right before a holy... Continue Reading

The midwives were obliged to thwart Pharaoh. This was not about personal safety and protection but about fearing and obeying God and protecting the babies. So God rewards them.   Satan attacks our children from every side. By breaking down gender and gender roles he demeans both mothering and fathering. By breaking down marriage with... Continue Reading

Christ is the “head of every man” (1 Cor 11:3). “He is the head of all rule and authority” (Col 2:10). He is the one whom God gave “as head over all things to the church” (Eph 1:22). As “head of the church” he is “Savior of the body” (Eph 5:23; Col 1:18), and as such he lays... Continue Reading

With equal or even surpassing significance, the heavenly Jerusalem on the heavenly Mount Zion has become a reality for all participants of the new covenant. You have not “drawn near” to the terrors and traumas associated with the law that condemns. Instead, you “draw near” to Jesus in his full humanity as well as his... Continue Reading

Words matter, and the words we use matter when we talk about Christ’s Church. The Book of Church Order can be unclear to many people, and even long term BCO students disagree over particular portions. We should not make it more difficult by conflating terms and words. BCO 9–7 is extremely clear, and if the Session desires to have... Continue Reading

Chalmers concludes that you cannot simply tell a man to be holy if he has no fellowship with the Holy One. You cannot separate “the demand and the doctrine.” Chalmers said, “The true disciple of Christ is able to do the one through the other strengthens him.” Obedience to the gospel is not beyond his... Continue Reading

Parents are to guide and love their children in God’s ways, not in any self-serving ways. Parents who faithfully discharge this calling are promised that such parental investments will result in fruit that bears out as the child grows old. Faithful, believing parents can have confidence in their parenting as they entrust the long-term results... Continue Reading