“Do not be discouraged when you falter. Exceptional lives are not exempt from sin. You will get dirty. You will get muddy. Your reputation will be tainted. Your bank account will be threatened. But your light will shine throughout all eternity. Be the salt of the earth.”   “While I am in the world, I... Continue Reading

“Listening well first and letting minorities lead those conversations in terms of what needs to be done is something that for many of us hasn’t been done enough. Often, whites come in with agendas. They come in with the way in which they believe the conversation should progress. What we encourage our brothers and sisters... Continue Reading

“How did Isaiah know that Jesus would be born as the true king of God’s people?  The answer is that Isaiah saw Jesus enthroned in glory as the Savior from sin! The year was around 740 b.c., when a young priest named Isaiah went into the temple.  He was sad and afraid because King Uzziah... Continue Reading

“What does it mean if people think that the proportion of homosexuals is about 1-in-4, when the figure is really 1-in-100? That the public is so fearful of gays and lesbians that it thinks they are everywhere? That the public has become so sympathetic that it thinks they are everywhere? It’s impossible to say. But... Continue Reading

Today ten journalists and two police officers were murdered by terrorists wielding AK-47s in broad daylight in Paris. As of this writing, they have gotten away with it. The officers who arrived on the chaotic scene were forced to flee rather than intervene. They weren’t just outgunned. They were unarmed.   There is a lot that... Continue Reading

God is not telling any of us to do these kinds of things with his word. He has already told all of us in His word that we must not alter or add to it (Rev 22:18-19). The Bible is the sufficient word of God. He has spoken. We pastors need to stop using the pulpit... Continue Reading

Henry helped secure my faith because he was doing more than responding tit-for-tat to higher critics of the Bible’s historical reliability. Henry did that, but he went one step further: He brought philosophical gravitas to God, Revelation, and Authority. His focus was broad. He addressed epistemology—how we can know the truth, which was my primary... Continue Reading

“Doctrine” is a dirty word to many people today. Many think we don’t need it. Some go further and see it as a negative influence upon personal spirituality, evangelistic witness, and souls being saved. The Apostle Paul did not see it that way. Quite the reverse. He saw doctrine as inseparably connected with life. In... Continue Reading

It’s no secret that Christianity in our culture hurts deeply for want of holiness.  Perhaps part of the reason why practical Christianity here often seems ethically indistinguishable from practical unbelief is that, in the name of preaching grace, we’ve crumpled up and tossed away the blueprint for holiness:  God’s moral law.  We’re understandably afraid of... Continue Reading

The notion of a Sunday evening service dates to the revivalist days of the 1800s where this service would often be evangelistic in nature – and an early draw was the modern innovation of gas lamps or even electric lighting. But this is not entirely a new idea. Earlier, in both the Reformed and Puritan... Continue Reading