Therefore, as I have already stated, I am torn. With my vote I will seek to protect my country and my family. But with my practice, I will seek to show charity in deed and word. They might be bringing their Muslim beliefs to this country. They might even be bringing their Muslim extremism to... Continue Reading

In sum, what all of this makes plain is that our secularists prefer not only ignorance over religion for their students, but sophistry. And why? Because they want to fundamentally transform, to borrow from the signature phrase of our current president. To really fundamentally transform America and the culture, they need to remove as much... Continue Reading

One thing that I regularly observe in certain evangelical spaces is that evangelicals tend to be ethnically dysfunctional. This ethnic dysfunction is present in certain black and brown and white spaces. The racial gap has been closed to a great degree in business, schools, and entertainment, while certain evangelical churches continue to be some of... Continue Reading

“The Presbyterian Church (USA) congregation is selling its property for $8.5 million (under value) to a non-profit entity that will, with county funding, develop the lot into a high rise apartment building offering 173 affordable housing units.”   There was a sad, revealing story in The Washington Post  about a century old Presbyterian church near... Continue Reading

“Even John Calvin considered that a church that was weak and inadequate in many ways, IF the gospel was faithfully preached, was still a New Testament church. So work toward receiving that brother’s preaching of Christ. Encourage him in doing so. Pray for him.”   Recently, a brother from a small town in the south... Continue Reading

“Following the lead of the inspired New Testament writers should certainly lead us to 1) find Christ in the Psalms and 2) recognize that God has given us fitting words of praise that reveal the beauty, majesty and person of the LORD Jesus Christ in the Psalms.”   I don’t claim to be a logician,... Continue Reading

“Take heed to thyself. Your own soul is your first and greatest care. You know a sound body alone can work with power; much more a healthy soul. Keep a clear conscience through the blood of the Lamb. Keep up close communion with God. Study likeness to Him in all things. Read the Bible for... Continue Reading

“Your God is faithful and true. His commitment to his plan and his love for you is unstoppable. Sure, make your resolutions and keep them. But through it all, rejoice in the God who makes his own set of resolutions, and is resolved to keep them. God never fails!”   At the start of the New... Continue Reading

So when you look at the world around you and your heart cries for justice that seems so long in coming and when you can’t understand why God allows His children to suffer so horribly, remember the future, that heaven and hell are real. This is the only perspective that makes sense of this current... Continue Reading

For the Christian, God is at work at all times moving them one step closer to the glorious day when they will worship him perfectly and free from the tyranny of sin in a world purified from sin’s presence. This is Paul’s antidote to discouragement. Sadly, we are all prone to assume that God is... Continue Reading