Knowing that we are secure due to the performance of Jesus Christ, we get the daily privilege of honoring him by sitting, hearing, understanding, and obeying his Word. Through his Word and Spirit, we get the privilege of living like our Savior. Fruited by the Spirit, we progressively exude love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness,... Continue Reading

“I recently came across an extended quote from Denis Alexander’s book Creation or Evolution: Do We Have to Choose? In this excerpt he helps readers understand the incredible amount of time encompassed by an evolutionary framework. But the deeper he goes into his argument, the farther he seems to go from the centrality of man in... Continue Reading

“When one member suffers we all suffer.” And Christ, being the Head of the body suffered first for our example. God will allow and use even the greatest affliction so that the whole might be strengthened and solidified in faith, and with that, come to know not just momentary, but lasting comfort.   In affliction... Continue Reading

Who is empowered to pronounce our existence good? Certainly not man himself. We should remember Jean-Paul Sartre on this point: “We can’t admit that a man might pronounce a sentence on Man.” The only being who can pronounce it is the One who declared at the last day of creation that whatever He had created... Continue Reading

Pastoral ministry is an intensely emotional work. Every week, the pastor finds himself hip deep in the joys, struggles, failings, and heartaches of his people. A single day can contain the joy of sharing the gospel and the grief of ministering to a dying friend. Most pastors spend a big chunk of their time giving... Continue Reading

We must learn to see the church as a blessing from God rather than an inconvenience.  We must never look at the church as a violation to our spiritual privacy fence.  We were never called to walk the journey of the Christian life alone.  Surround yourself with gospel preaching, gospel singing, and gospel friends who... Continue Reading

Gratefully Paul’s strategy of church planting has been received and embraced with passion and energy but his emphasis on a strategy of intentional church revitalization is not embraced by today’s denominations. For the most part struggling churches are left to fend for themselves and in some cases I have encountered they are encouraged to close... Continue Reading

Therefore, when we encounter brokenness in the local church our response is not to run the other direction, complain, or grow angry at the institution. If we are Christians, then we believe the bible, and the bible says we are imperfect. The crux for the Christian is how we respond, then, to the imperfect church... Continue Reading

Believing the best does not mean “believes everything that we hear to be fact,” “refuses to believe that someone committed a wrong,” willful gullibility, or denial of anything negative. That is not loving, but lying. Solomon cautions us here: “The naïve believes everything, but the sensible considers his steps” (Prov. 14:15). To believe “all things”... Continue Reading

I still don’t know what sanctified testosterone means. But this article does not sway me to change my suspicions. I will say that I know many wonderful men who faithfully serve the church, in their homes, and in their communities. I am thankful for them. They don’t do any deep studying of what biblical manhood... Continue Reading