The elder, then, must be gentle, able to control his temper and his response to others when he is attacked, maligned, and finds himself in tense or difficult situations. He is marked at all times by patience, tenderness, and a sweet spirit. Negatively, he must not lose control either physically or verbally. He must not... Continue Reading

Though it seems that injustice is left unchecked, the wrong actions of men prevail, and right and wrong are socially defined, yet he sits on the Throne of Judgment. He has not been appointed judge by the will of men. He does not measure his judgments by documents of human invention. He does not stand... Continue Reading

Women inside and outside of the Church already struggle with misplacing our value in our appearance, and yearning for men and other women deem us attractive. But as Christians, we know that sex and sexuality is not the end all be all. So suggesting women find fulfillment in our sexuality and affirmation of our bodies by objectifying them... Continue Reading

  What does Jesus do? He obeys the Law perfectly, receives the blessing, and not the curse. But there’s a double imputation that we will look at later at the cross, where my sin is transferred to His account, my sin is carried over and laid upon Him in the cross. But in our redemption,... Continue Reading

“He knows us better than we know ourselves, and he marches on to Calvary to pay for all our transgressions. We are not saved by our works. We are not saved by our perseverance. We are not saved by our faith or faithfulness. No, we are only saved due to the undeserved, prevenient love of the Father, Son,... Continue Reading

To pray Our Father means that we have a familial relationship with the God of the universe. The One who flung the stars across the sky, who holds the earth in the palm of his hand, who controls the wind and mighty oceans, is our Abba. Just as our children can run to their own Daddy... Continue Reading

However comforting such a narrative might be to Dispensationalists it is demonstrably false. Covenant theology did mature in the 17th century but the very system of a prelapsarian (pre-fall) covenant of works and a postlapsarian covenant of grace, which allegedly arose in the 1640s, existed explicitly as early as 1561 and implicitly much earlier than... Continue Reading

I’ve started a new blog that’s a ministry outreach of our church, Forest Hill Presbyterian. As a church, we’re reading through the Gospels and the Psalms and learning how to pray the Psalms as we read them. To support this community Bible-reading and praying effort, I’ve launched “Walking with Jesus in the Gospels and the... Continue Reading

Although John Calvin’s views about education were shaped by his classical education and mainstream humanism, he also introduced a number of changes that impacted education in many countries and continued to do so in the following centuries. If he was alive today, I believe he would explain his approach to education as follows (I’ve presented... Continue Reading

There have been times when these irritations didn’t bother me, praise God, but my responses have not always been sinless. I’ve been impatient with others and unkind thoughts have flitted across my mind even though I kept my mouth shut. I’ve been frustrated when I didn’t live up to my high expectations of myself. This... Continue Reading