The real distinction between ungodly people-pleasing and God-honoring people-pleasing is about glory. “Whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do” — pleasing everyone in everything you do — “do all to the glory of God.” Is the driving burden of our love a desire to glorify God, or is it a desire to be glorified?... Continue Reading

Jesus’ parable of the servants entrusted with their master’s gold is a timely reminder. For we too are trusted with little treasures. The story recounts one unfaithful servant, who hid his bag of gold rather than take the measures to invest it wisely.  He alone did not hear “well-done.”   “You’re never too old to... Continue Reading

We see then the purpose of the first advent of Christ. The Logos took upon Himself a human nature, the Word became flesh to effect our redemption by fulfilling the role of the perfect Mediator between God and man. The new Adam is our champion, our representative, who satisfies the demands of God’s law for... Continue Reading

Sometimes we think God is only concerned with our soul. Consequently, we focus on our spiritual life and neglect our physical health. Wrong! Jesus did not just die for our soul; he also died for our body. And why do you think there is bodily resurrection, if our body is not important to God? To... Continue Reading

“Toxic” then seems to be the perfect word to describe the sin of not being the Right Kind of Person. It’s a conversation ender, a debate finisher, a slammed door. The only way to not be toxic is to not be toxic. The racist could repent, the misogynist could change, the slanderer could make a... Continue Reading

Never forget that even though we are in Christ and are regenerate and have the Holy Spirit, we can also fall into the sin of seeking to be justified by our actions. Even the Apostle Peter (Cephas) fell into this sin. Peter traveled to Antioch of Syria to the church there. It was made up... Continue Reading

Christianity sounds like “folly” to unbelievers (1 Corinthians 1:18). God designed it that way. He has chosen “what is foolish in the world to shame [those who believe they are] wise” (1 Corinthians 1:27). So, it should not surprise us when metaphysical naturalists call us kooky. But Christianity is abundantly rich in precisely what metaphysical... Continue Reading

Christians seem to be quietly concerned and perhaps even indignant, but by the overwhelming lack of vocal leadership they seem content to let is pass and let the secularists figure it out. Where are the Christian institutions, organizations, and denominations speaking publicly and on the record for truth? Why are they not speaking out against... Continue Reading

John Murray: “The propitiation of the divine wrath, effected in the expiatory work of Christ, is the provision of God’s eternal and unchangeable love, so that through the propitiation of his own wrath that love may realize its purpose in a way that is consonant with and to the glory of the dictates of his... Continue Reading

And so I have read Tolkien again, wanting to understand what he understood, to know something of what he knew about these great questions. In his masterful stories there is glory and there is ruin, realities we all know, glorious ruins that we are. There is death too, but in the world of MiddleEarth death... Continue Reading