If you’re voting politics over principles, it’s not clear at all that Senator Clinton, due to being a “known quantity,” should be the clear choice, since it’s theoretically possible that Trump might appoint conservative Supreme Court justices or what-have-you. But the only reason you’d vote for Trump would be to prioritize the politics of power... Continue Reading

After years of conflict and being seen as treasonous for fighting against the king’s dictatorial powers over the church, Melville was summoned to London in 1606 after this same King James had become King James I of England. (This is the King James the Bible version is named after.)  Melville was called there under the... Continue Reading

Theonomists like Greg Bahnsen claimed that when Jesus spoke of “these commandments” he was referring to all the commandments of the Mosaic Law, and many of us have heard this claim so many times that, no matter how contrary to the rest of the New Testament it seems (think of Paul’s declaration in Ephesians 2:15... Continue Reading

Are you prepared to accept that this could be a testing time in which the Lord is challenging your faith as to whether you believe God’s promises, and so will go on relying upon God’s means to accomplish God’s ends in God’s time? Such patient persistence is one of the hardest things to maintain.  ... Continue Reading

We’re cleansed by the blood of Jesus, new creations who can stand before the Holy One knowing he sees us as holy – sanctified and clean. We don’t have to listen to the voice of Satan saying, “Remember our little secret! Remember that sin you did. The stain is still there.” We don’t have to... Continue Reading

It’s very rare that anyone ever decides to abandon the truth. What happens much more often is that people wander. It happens gradually. It happens when you do not have any particular goal. You lose your moorings and you drift. You don’t want to be that person. So, you need to be alert to the... Continue Reading

To live by the terms of the third commandment is to recognize and confess that God deserves the highest honor; that He has singled us out by putting His name on us; that we would be entirely lost were it not that for the sake of His name He keeps and protects us; and that... Continue Reading

If like Judas we say we are not sinful, we lie and do know the truth. If like the elder brother in the Parable of the Prodigal Son, we feel righteous enough to judge our brothers, we are still estranged from the Father. However, if we see and confess our sin, Jesus is faithful to... Continue Reading

“God is sovereign over all history. Not just the religious parts. Redemptive history and post-biblical history are a subset of universal history. Understanding how economics, religion, politics, and social movements (like educational reform) operate in God’s world does not rule his existence and activity out of order.”   The chapters on God and his relation... Continue Reading

My need to write this piece comes from a jolt I got from the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, who faced the same question and gave an answer I could not agree with. Here is what he said if one of his own children were to be gay and fell in love with another person... Continue Reading