Throughout history, the Psalms have not only served as the Church’s hymnal, but as a book of prayer as well. Whether in seasons of want or fullness, wandering or wondering, joy or sorrow, the Psalms have given voice to countless saints along every leg of their earthly pilgrimage.   The Bible is many things. It... Continue Reading

AI is a program; it does what it is made to do. It repeats and responds to prompts from the bank of information it has. Some have looked to AI to fill the void they find when their life lacks the intimacy of a relationship, or at least intimacy without the challenges that come from... Continue Reading

God is still fulfilling the Old Testament scriptures regarding the Servant’s mission, opening eyes and hearts, through the mission of the church. Mission is the fruition of “Thus says the Lord.”   Discouragement is inevitable when we serve in the mission of the church. We see worldly systems that, with sophistication and accuracy, promote sin... Continue Reading

Ultimately, every faithful elder is only a dim reflection of the one true Father, our Father in heaven, who shepherds us perfectly through His Son, the Chief Shepherd. When we honor the under-shepherds Christ has given, we are not exalting men. We are honoring the wisdom of Christ who gave them.   In his book... Continue Reading

For Pelagius, human nature was capable by itself to attain perfect righteousness. This, according to Augustine—and with a clear nod to Galatians 2:21—was to posit that Christ, in fact, died in vain.   Some diseases are more pernicious, causing more damage to the body, than others. And in like fashion some heresies tend to have a... Continue Reading

Ultimate victory has already been secured by Christ and is realized in our lives each day as we live by the mind of Christ, doing “nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility counting others more significant than” ourselves (Philippians 2:3). Christ’s victory is manifest in the face of our enemies through the freedom... Continue Reading

The seemingly modest, modernist claim that value judgments are merely subjective feelings, if followed through consistently, ends not in enlightenment but in the destruction of the very humanity that was supposed to be liberated.   In 1943, C. S. Lewis wrote a book with incredible predictive power, The Abolition of Man. He was able to... Continue Reading

Superficial holiness can never produce true happiness. True holiness always manifests itself in authentic happiness. Psalm 1:1 says, “Blessed [happy] is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers.”   In his book The Seven Deadly Virtues, Gerald... Continue Reading

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ: you are not your attractions, you are not your sufferings, you are not your own. You have very real temptations and very real troubles, but you have a great God.   I’m thankful to God for the opportunity to share this vignette of my testimony. Truthfully, I share my... Continue Reading

Jesus’ obedience in the wilderness was a necessary part of His accomplishment of redemption (Romans 5:19). Whereas Adam and Israel disobeyed in their representative roles, Jesus obeyed as the last Adam and true Israel—the end-time Son of God and son of Abraham. By His obedience, Jesus struck a necessary blow to the evil one.  ... Continue Reading