When as a pastor you are living every day in the confession and forgiveness pattern of the gospel, you are forsaking your way for a better way. Your relationships are no longer a daily competition for who has power and who is going to get his way One thing you can know for sure, pastor,... Continue Reading

Habakkuk quoted snippets of psalms and proverbs as he spoke with God: “Your eyes are too pure to look on evil; you cannot tolerate wrong. Why then do you tolerate the treacherous? Why are you silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?”(Hab. 1:13). The large window at Baltimore-Washington International Airport framed... Continue Reading

Dr. John Gerstner used to instruct his students that, when engaged in any form of debate, one has the duty so to understand and articulate his opponent’s position that when one repeats that position back to his opponent, his opponent can recognize that position as his own. It becomes evident to this reader that Ken... Continue Reading

Youth pastors, pray with all your might for true conversion; that is God’s work. Equip the saints for the work of the ministry; that is your work. Parents, preach the gospel and live the gospel for your children; our work depends on you What is it that sets apart the kids who stay in the... Continue Reading

Therefore, God’s will for America under his mighty hand, is that every Christian, every Jew, every Muslim, every person of every religion or non-religion, turn from sin and come to Jesus Christ for forgiveness and eternal life. Jesus rules the wind. The tornadoes were his. Why would God reach down his hand and drag his... Continue Reading

If one can see the extension of kindness in the form of basic provision as part of the grace of the gospel, this decision (which is now out of our hands) may sit a little better. If, on the other hand, another suffers a scruple (namely, anxiety that the rule is more lax than one... Continue Reading

The change assumes that the church has deemed same-sex partnerships to be acceptable. While opponents of a biblically based sexual ethic have claimed victory on the matter, the fact remains that the deletion of “fidelity/chastity” from the Book of Order did not also cancel out the Scriptures and confessional witness it summarized. [Editor’s Note: Dr.... Continue Reading

Doesn’t it seem good and right to fight against sin in such a way that it physically hurts? To say “no” when everything inside us wants to say “yes”? And the last time that happened was . . . Sin takes different forms such as pride, unbelief and lust. It is lust in particular— reckless... Continue Reading

Do you know how to listen to a sermon? Listening–really listening–takes a prepared soul, an alert mind, an open Bible, and a receptive heart. But the best way to tell if we are listening is by the way that we live. Our lives should repeat the sermons that we have heard. Editor’s Note: In the... Continue Reading

Consider this: if these types of laws had been in effect during the Civil Rights movement, there would have been no March on Washington. Martin Luther King Jr. and his fellow activists would have been rendered criminals. And King’s call for “militant nonviolent resistance” would have been silenced by police in riot gear. “Congress shall... Continue Reading