Rejoicing in times of trial is not some meaningless religious ritual in which we focus upon how we feel, or resolve to be brave. Instead, we are following the example set by Jesus in his own life, death, and resurrection. Suffering and trials give way to the resurrection of our bodies, future glory, and eternal... Continue Reading

The narrative of Genesis 2 intends to show us that without woman, mankind and creation itself are incomplete. In His wisdom, the Lord shows this to the man. He does so by bringing the animals before Adam to name them, but that is not all God is doing. The Lord is revealing to the man that the... Continue Reading

 As gardeners, we hold in our minds, not the ideal Platonic form of ground well tilled, but the heritage of the sweat watered soils of our ancestors, and the guarantee of the sweet yielding soil of our successors. The labour of a lifetime on a plot of earth is more than worth it, not because... Continue Reading

The Spirit then creates the church. Jesus builds his church by his Spirit. And as noted above, the bestowal of the Spirit signals the beginnings of the restoration—the kingdom itself. In the Acts of the Apostles, we saw that Christ restores the kingdom by affirming that the Holy Spirit would come to Jerusalem, Judea, and... Continue Reading

In our desire to win the lost we must never surrender this basic premise and presupposition of the Gospel: Christ died for the elect who, sooner or later, inevitably and inescapably, will listen to His voice – that principle is decreed and fixed by God. If, as we are convinced, the Saviour speaks through His... Continue Reading

Stories can help us to gain perspective, to step outside of our own lives in order to reflect on reality. Stories can point us to The Story, so that we can find ourselves in God’s narrative when we’re lost and adrift. Stories can direct us to the truth, helping us to remember and to connect... Continue Reading

I have long pondered whether Brave New World or 1984 was more plausible as the fate of the West. But just the other day it finally dawned on me that the right answer to this question is not one or the other: it is both! We are headed to Brave New World by way of 1984. They are not alternatives but sequential... Continue Reading

In general, God demands blindness to age, ethnic group, and sex, in the sense that it assumes all humans are equal in their status of humanness. This is why a consistent biblical worldview is opposed to partiality, slavery, and abortion. Also, the biblical worldview tempers authentic justice with mercy and forgiveness. In woke social justice,... Continue Reading

When Jesus speaks of eternal punishment he means just that. He means that hell is real. Of course, our perceptions of it may be inaccurate, but our belief in it is well-grounded in the Scriptures. It is a place prepared for the devil and his angels, so it cannot simply refer to the graves of... Continue Reading

To be a godly wife and mother is a privilege and a blessing. Do you doubt this? Does the Proverbs 31 woman seem oppressed? No. She is fulfilled. She serves her family by cooking, cleaning, sewing, purchasing goods, selling products, buying land, and gardening. She helps the needy. She is kind, strong, wise, diligent, faithful, and... Continue Reading