These lessons about how to interpret and apply the Scriptures of the Old Testament help us in getting the most out of our reading and studying of Scripture. I’ve also found that these principles of interpretation – concerning the Law of God and Old Testament stories – are helpful when trying to clarify and explain... Continue Reading

Also, many feel like they do not fit into the box that’s promoted as “biblical womanhood.” Single women feel left out because women’s roles tend to focus heavily on being a wife and mother. Women who are athletic, business oriented, or who don’t like crafts and casseroles may not feel like they are feminine enough... Continue Reading

Gender confusion is thus one powerful expression of spiritual confusion and of Oneist rebellion, which are both answered in the Christian Gospel. Homosexuality plunges many into a morass of confusion which leaves them aching for solid identity and true love. We were not made for confusion! Our Creator made things to be harmoniously different, like... Continue Reading

Do not be overly inflamed or infatuated by the political process. Jesus is king; he is going nowhere. He is the one who enthrones and dethrones. No ruler exists who is not placed there by his sovereign hand. Trump, Cruz, Clinton, and Sanders are pawns in his hand. Do not fret as he wisely moves... Continue Reading

We live in an age where “speaking your mind” is considered a virtue and a hailed as a sign of good leadership. But is this trait something the Bible commends? Should Christians be known for “speaking their mind?” There are several truths about our speech we should consider from Scripture: The Bible commends honest speech.... Continue Reading

This language from the first part of Dort 5.4 is in stark contrast with much of the Wesleyan (and Nazarene) doctrine of Christian perfectionism. The tone is rather different from the way some modern Reformed writers have spoken about the Christian life. It is not that all believers are always committing the sorts of grievous... Continue Reading

Today, with much conversation revolving around whether or not theology is even an appropriate endeavor at all, this idea of “good and necessary consequences” takes on renewed import. For Christians of all stripes, a reading of the Bible which fails to derive good theological deductions which pertain to godliness and right living can be detrimental... Continue Reading

If things are going well in your home right now, don’t be fooled into thinking that somehow you have made it that way. Look again; your home is broken beneath the surface and able to disintegrate in a moment. So, give God the thanks He deserves and earnestly pray for His continuing mercy in the... Continue Reading

One might see that Sinai does not work and get frustrated. They turn and say that God is neither just nor good. His law is unreasonable. His judgments unfair. So they run hard to get freedom from God’s law by traveling to that city where unrighteousness dwells. Attempting to find freedom from any bondage they... Continue Reading

In a very astute comment, Matthew Henry notes that Noah ‘could not foresee the flood but by revelation; but he might, by ordinary means, discover the decrease of it, and therefore God was pleased to leave him to the use of them.’   The flood narrative of Genesis 6-8 proceeds with remarkable rapidity. Once the... Continue Reading