Some presentations of transformationalism seem to breathe more than a little of this over-realized eschatology. Christ is Lord over all right now and when Christ returns, all things will be reconciled, every knee will bow and every tongue confess that Christ is Lord but not until then. So, as such discussions often do, this one... Continue Reading

Healthy churches are messy. It’s easy to look in from the outside and claim, “Half that church is immature!” But such disdain could be misguided. While a state of perpetual immaturity is a recipe for disaster, a constant movement of many immature people being discipled is exactly what Jesus commanded us to do.   There... Continue Reading

The good news is that self-control can be developed. Just as exercising can strengthen muscles, engaging in self-control improves the ability to delay gratification in the future. We can help our elected leaders improve their self-control. When our leaders show spending restraint, however small, we can thank them. If politicians begin to believe they will... Continue Reading

If all Scripture is breathed out by God (2 Tim. 3:16), then there is a unity to be found across the pages of the Bible. Without minimizing the differences of genre and human authorship, we should nevertheless approach the Bible expecting theological distinctives and apparent discrepancies to be fully reconcilable. The unity of Scripture also... Continue Reading

But what the Spirit is actually doing in creation, and this becomes typical of everything he does in the pages of Scripture, is that He is creating a temple, a meeting place for God to meet with and to fellowship with his creation and especially with man; and in which man can also happily meet... Continue Reading

These truths of history show us what really happened concerning the Crusades. Islam does not hate us for the Crusades. As we see from point number four, they rarely regarded the Crusades as important prior to World War I. They hate us because we are Christians, which means, we are part of the Light of the... Continue Reading

For both men and women, helping requires great care, discernment, and commitment. It takes a good theology of who God is, who man is, and what God’s Word reveals to us about his work in Christ. Are we properly equipped? When you help, you are providing a need or service that supports another. Helping contributes... Continue Reading

Someone who practiced immorality before Jesus saved them will probably experience sexual temptations all their lives. Homosexuals who come to Jesus will probably continue to struggle with same-sex desires. In some instances Jesus removes these desires. Lots of the time he doesn’t.   Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the... Continue Reading

The simple fact is that I need rest. With the march of age and the weight of responsibility, Aileen and I need it more than the children do. I believe I served them better by taking a few days to not rush around, to not expend a lot of effort and energy, but instead to enjoy deep rest.  ... Continue Reading

The law not only shows us our need for Jesus’ death but also explains the nature of it. If we look at it from the human viewpoint, the death of Jesus was the greatest act of lawlessness ever perpetrated. If we look at it from the divine viewpoint we see the justice of the law... Continue Reading