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

Whatever your initial emotional reaction to Radical, the guilt of not living up to its vision of “what it means to be radically abandoned to Christ” may be what haunts most readers now…[Platt’s] vision of discipleship is unsustainable for the average person and minimizes the fact that God normatively uses very ordinary means to grow... Continue Reading

Busyness will eventually bury you, whether it’s physically, mentally, or spiritually. In fact, our lack of willingness to slow down will slowly but subtly grow to be the Enemy’s greatest way of deceiving and distracting us from God’s will for our lives.  The devil wants nothing more than to overwhelm our schedules and cause turmoil in... Continue Reading

As bad as the political repudiation of liberty for security and benefits is, the spiritual trade-off is even more deplorable. As Christians, like ancient Israel, we are part of a glorious exodus, thanks to the wonderful grace of God. We were miraculously delivered from sin, self and death, yet too many believers seem to wanna... Continue Reading

Leahy’s method is well worth considering anew. And we’d also do well to heed his reminder that “the worship of the Triune God through the risen Christ, and the proclamation of Christ’s victory, are always infinitely stronger than all demonic forces in their strongest combinations” (172). Satan Cast Out is a biblically sound survey of... Continue Reading

“American politics is an endless argument among people who share a history, a geography, a culture, a national character and a broad sense of commitments in common.”  The Constitution gives us a way “to keep our balance as a nation, and avoid large mistakes.  And it forces us to act together even when we do... Continue Reading