Don’t you just love the simplicity of it all: sow the word, work hard at it, keep sowing. This obviously includes the work of prayer. But go to sleep! God gives the growth, but you don’t know how He does it. Be sure of a gradual, but certain harvest. Keep going.   I’m not sure... Continue Reading

Mathison highlights classics like Roland Bainton’s Here I Stand, substantial works like Martin Brecht’s three-volume set, and more recent accessible titles by authors such as Scott Hendrix, Eric Metaxas, and Herman Selderhuis.   There are probably more books written about Martin Luther than any other prominent figure of the Reformation. In 2017, the anniversary of... Continue Reading

Gad Saad urges ordinary people to stop being bystanders in the battle of ideas and to boldly defend reason, truth, and Western values against the spread of “idea pathogens” like woke ideology and political correctness.   Let me begin with a disclaimer: If you know anything about Gad Saad—and about me—you might be thinking, ‘OK,... Continue Reading

“Today I experienced Acts 3:19. If I ever wander, I pray God will keep His promise never to leave me and find a way to remind me of this passage so that I will know to come home.”   Owen Kincaid hadn’t been to the small town where he grew up in over thirty years.... Continue Reading

A wife cannot carry a marriage by herself. Marriage is a two-person covenant. Both have duties. Both have sins. Both need grace. But a wife can build what she can build. She can become the sort of woman who does her husband good and not evil all the days of her life.   When marriage... Continue Reading

BCO 55 is about more than just polity; it’s about the heart’s need for truth. We gather to say out loud what we believe because we so easily forget it. We recite these things because they provide a “broad summary” of our hope when our own strength and clarity are failing.   While the Book... Continue Reading

As sons, God “vouchsafeth” for us; He identifies Himself with us as His own for whom He has responsibility.  Adoption implies freedom from slavery.  Not only pardon from punishment, but acceptance and restoration.  We are not estranged.   During our Westminster Standards teaching time last Lord’s Day evening, our memory work with the Westminster Shorter... Continue Reading

“A Great Awakening” portrays Whitefield as a faithful proclaimer of the good news of liberty in Jesus’ blood and righteousness, and makes the organic connection between The Great Awakening, the American Revolution, and the Constitutional Convention quite apparent.   Lesley and I just returned home from seeing the premier showing of the movie, “A Great... Continue Reading

This is what we’re being called into. We’re people whose identity is rooted in Christ. We’re marked by real, visible devotion. We’re growing through God’s Word, prayer, and community. We’re showing up for others with love, truth, and action. None of this is about earning anything. It’s all grace.   As I continue in my... Continue Reading

God’s thoughts are not our thoughts, and we are not the arbiters of truth. God is the arbiter of truth. Instead, we must come to God’s written Word humbly, bowing in joyful submission to its every letter. To do less is to deny God.   It is evident in our culture today that many people... Continue Reading