Continue. Keep moving forward. Keep doing the job you’ve been called to do, speaking the truth in love and righteousness for the good of your neighbor, to the glory of God.   It’s hard to avoid feeling discouraged these days. These feel like unprecedented times, and in many ways, they are. However, one thing is... Continue Reading

Christians are to be known as “people of the Book.” We are to be people of truth and we are to passionately defend the truth of the gospel (Jude 3). Paul describes the church as the pillar and buttress of truth in 1 Timothy 3:15. Any teaching that blows along the broken road of history... Continue Reading

Jesus is on a mission to rescue captive souls from a strong enemy (Mark 3:23; Luke 19:10). Through his crucifixion and resurrection, Jesus delivered a mortal wound to our formidable foe (Colossians 2:15; 1 John 3:8). He now calls sinners to flee from Satan’s captivity, and align with his everlasting kingdom (Acts 17:30). He commissions his church... Continue Reading

China became wholly obsessed with race, ethnicity, and identity politics to a degree not yet realized in the present-day West; although thanks to the Theorists, we are well on the way. I believe that obsession was fomented specifically by the Communist Party, in order to provide a social environment which could be exploited for their... Continue Reading

I became a Calvinist quite literally as a result of reading Scripture, cover to cover about four times that first year, as a completely unchurched atheist who read Scripture to contend with God and the myriads of Christians who came before me. I struggled with it a great deal then … It was something I... Continue Reading

First, Henry was not Graham, nor did God intend for him to be. The Neo-Evangelical movement was strengthened by the diversity of gifts. It was not that Henry thought the calling to be a preacher was wholly distinct from the calling to be a theologian. Both tasks require a resolute reliance upon the power of... Continue Reading

Might it not be that the effectiveness of sermons depends as much upon the prayers of the unseen saints as the preparation and delivery of even the greatest preachers? Might it not be that true power comes not from the one standing on the stage but the one kneeling behind it? Might it not be... Continue Reading

Paul is thankful for every recipient of God’s sovereign grace! Paul is not just thankful for the ones that come from his background, or the ones that agree with him, or the ones that are most holy and mature.   I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God... Continue Reading

We are shackled by our own comparisons and a result, we are incapable of the true, gut-level, authentic emotion that comes with truly and purely being happy for someone, or truly and purely weeping with another. What can break these chains? What can unshackle us from ourselves for the sake of others? It is only... Continue Reading

How can you be the kind of encourager they need? You do it the same way Jonathan did. He didn’t come to David with empty promises of ease and comfort just around the bend. He didn’t say things would get better. He didn’t know if they would or not. But he did know God’s word,... Continue Reading