Paul expects someone to ask, “Is there unrighteousness with God?” He answers firmly, “God forbid” (Rom. 9:14). Paul explains that God has total freedom to show mercy on whom he pleases. He quotes the Lord’s statement, “I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will... Continue Reading

Not only can our emotions point to where idols may lurk in our lives, but they can also enliven worship where we do want it directed: toward the Lord of heaven. This is because our emotions were built into humanity in the first place to connect our hearts to the Lord himself. We were made... Continue Reading

This book is tremendously helpful for Christians trying to make sense of liberty in all its forms. No, the reader is not handed pre-packaged answers to be deployed in the next public outrage about this or that infringed freedom. Rather, we are taught to think more carefully about how freedom works, what its truest sources... Continue Reading

Jesus says, “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other” (Matt. 6:24). And while he’s referring to the love of money, it pertains to the love of sex as well. Will we serve our... Continue Reading

Winthrop wanted the Christian commonwealth in Massachusetts to be a beacon for Christ and to differ from the rest of the world. He wanted the people to keep covenant with God, lest His wrath break out on them for breaching that covenant.   Many Europeans who fled religious persecution in the old country came to the... Continue Reading

By reading Scripture on its own terms, as a progressive revelation that is unveiling God’s eternal plan centered in Christ, Goldsworthy offers us a proper “theological” interpretation of Scripture that recovers God’s Word for the church, and allows us to apply it rightly to our lives. What is needed for the present hour is sound... Continue Reading

Like all reference works, ‘Meet the Puritans’ will need to be updated again to reflect future publications, but for now, the Church and academy can count themselves blessed to have such a comprehensive work. Due to denominational distinctives, some Christians may differ with Puritanism on secondary or tertiary matters, but they can nevertheless say with Spurgeon,... Continue Reading

You don’t need to escape this body so that you might live a holy life and glorify your Father in heaven. Rather, the apostle Paul says right now in your body—with its weaknesses, with its sin nature and its indwelling sin, with all the problems you encounter, the injuries you endure, the temptations you have—you... Continue Reading

Drawing from Luke’s Gospel, Currie shows that Christ’s mission of inaugurating his kingdom was carried out by preaching. That same mission continues in the church today. A pastor has been set apart “to extend the rule of God for God’s glory, by proclaiming Christ in his death and resurrection from all of Scripture.”   This... Continue Reading

The church needs to embrace the anxious generation’s spiritual interest, anticipate the mess, and do the work to make disciples. The Anxious Generation Goes to Church accessibly presents a mountain of research to remind Christians that cultural conditions never alter the church’s mission, though the methods to accomplish it may change.   Pew Research Center... Continue Reading