Did you think the “gay rights” crowd would stick around and “support you” for meeting their ransom demands? No, silly A&E, that isn’t how this works. The speech-controllers on the left are like a black hole. They can only suck you in and obliterate you. They’re like the devil — they ask for your soul... Continue Reading

It is important to notice here that when Paul is saying these things about the law, he is not abrogating the Ten Commandments. After all, Jesus, in the Sermon on the Mount, quite clearly states their continual application. Paul himself in chapter 5 will go on to list a bunch of sins on the one... Continue Reading

Sometimes I see worship leaders who remind me of the writers of LOST. There’s some good stuff, which should be commended, but then on occasion there are random bits of nonsense.   The ABC drama “LOST” had it all: great acting, lots of suspense, beautiful beaches, and high ratings. Its fans were devoted, many to... Continue Reading

The whole reason Jesus was born into this world was so that God could give us a gift.  Jesus didn’t come to get presents.  He came to give presents.   Pretend it’s your birthday.  What would you think if people gave presents to everyone else but not to you?  That would be a strange birthday.... Continue Reading

(M)y observation is that the great majority major on information, at the expense of persuasion and inspiration. You can actually estimate this (as I do) by timing how much of the sermon (or how much of the preacher’s notes) are devoted to each function. In extreme cases, a sermon can be 99% explanation of the text... Continue Reading

This Christmas, my house is decorated as usual. I have wreaths and lights and stockings and gifts, but no babe in a manger. Because what I want is not less Jesus in my life, but more. By removing the brown-eyed man in my children’s Bible storybooks and by declining to purchase the “Virgin and Child”... Continue Reading

Now that they had Information, Time and Chance were finally able to create a self-replicating Something they called Life. Once they created Life they found that it not only grew into more Somethings, but began to become Otherthings, too! The Somethings and the Otherthings began to fill the Earth—from the bottom of the oceans to... Continue Reading

The first purpose statement describes Christ’s work: He came to redeem. You should never divorce the truth of the incarnation from redemption. There are two major aspects involved in our redemption: the removal of the curse and the restoration of the inheritance. Paul explained the first aspect of Christ’s work of redemption in Galatians 3:13, “Christ... Continue Reading

You want to be happy? Target sin as your greatest enemy, not your greatest friend. It is the greatest obstacle to your happiness in every way. And that is why we LOVE the name JESUS, for He shall save His people from their sins (Matthew 1:21)! No one in the universe has done more to... Continue Reading

It is the culture of a church, the mood of a ministry, the passion of a pastor that binds consciences in a de facto manner. Its practitioners may formally reject the overt legalism of resting in one’s works or adding to God’s law. But they may not be fully aware of the effects of their... Continue Reading