Yes, some Reformed people can be jerks. And I say that to our great shame and embarrassment. Hopefully our brothers and sisters in Christ who don’t share our convictions can demonstrate how “love covers a multitude of sins” (1 Peter 4:8). But let’s remember, just because we’re Reformed doesn’t mean we’re exempt from needing to... Continue Reading

That’s why it is so important for us to “Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace” (Eph 4.3). That’s why we should seek to be reconciled to one another and work out our differences as quickly as possible. To forgive one another and bear with one another.... Continue Reading

What a privilege that the Lord our God receives our giving as an act of spiritual worship unto Him! May we be faithful to such an awesome responsibility—the priestly ministry of offering spiritual sacrifices to God! May we not defile His table, and may we not defile ourselves, by taking those resources which God gives... Continue Reading

You’d think that when women get older they would automatically become mature and accept the way their bodies look. Not necessarily so. Truth be known, there’s still a competitive natured junior high girl lurking beneath the surface in most of us.    Well, it’s that time of year again when the cameras  come  out at... Continue Reading

The doctrine of divine sufficiency is useful, according to Ridgley, “To induce us to seek happiness in him alone: creatures are no more than a stream, but he is the fountain; we may, in a mediate way, receive some small drops from them, but he is the ocean of all blessedness.” The failure to put... Continue Reading

Yesterday, the Vatican released a statement saying that the Roman Catholic Church should not engage in an “institutional mission work directed towards Jews.” Why? The statement is long—too lengthy to summarize here. But the gist of the argument goes like this. God has spoken to the Jews in the Old Testament. The Old Testament bears prophetic... Continue Reading

And if we immerse ourselves in the Word and prayer, what can we expect? In the midst of our temptation — while God rules, God watches, Satan visits, the world calls, and our fallen flesh urges us to sin — God’s Spirit will use God’s Word to guard God’s children. He, through the Word and Prayer,... Continue Reading

Scientism is a worldview where “only scientific knowledge is valid . . . that science can explain and do everything and that nothing else can explain or do anything: it is the belief that science and reason, or scientific and rational, are co-extensive terms.”   We all have those TV shows that define our childhood... Continue Reading

It’s critical that we use God’s objective word when evaluating whether or not we are a Christian, and not our subjective opinion. Scripture, not experience or sentiment, is the say on the status of our soul. After we die, when and we stand before God in the judgment (Heb. 9:27), he is not going to... Continue Reading

“This is profound because it is utterly without precedent or parallel. It has no similar example for us to compare it. The incarnation of God stands alone in its manifold profundity. It is meant to obliterate our categories and provoke us to cover our mouths and gasp for our God-given breath. God became a man.”  ... Continue Reading