Not until suffering strips away sentiment and makes you long for a God who isn’t reacting, but reigning. Not scrambling for answers, but already working redemption. Because suffering burns off the excess. It peels back the polished and leaves only what’s real. And what’s real must be true. Suffering doesn’t just refine. It reveals.  ... Continue Reading

I had been exposed to Reformed theology through Grace to You and Ligonier ministries, and I was wholly embracing the concept of a high view of the sovereignty of God.  Should I take advantage of the scholarship offer and attend Asbury, knowing my growing convictions would be out of line?  That set up a heavy... Continue Reading

Carver was a deeply devoted Christian. He attributed inspiration of his work to God, and his studies of nature convinced him of the existence and benevolence of the Creator: “Never since have I been without this consciousness of the Creator speaking to me….The out of doors has been to me more and more a great... Continue Reading

There are three things that are preeminent: the Bible, the Gospel, and the Christian Life. Anyone that is for these is for Christ and a friend. This is why MacArthur and [R.C.] Sproul had such a beneficial friendship. Not because they agreed about everything. Not even close. But because they agreed about those things everything... Continue Reading

Far from undermining his sense of assurance, the doctrine of unconditional election brought Whitefield tremendous spiritual consolation. In his experience, the two doctrines were inextricably linked. He wrote to one correspondent, “Oh the excellency of the doctrine of election, and of the final perseverance of the saints, to those who are sealed by the Spirit... Continue Reading

The theological issues with Woodrow’s views were never resolved and he continued as a minister in good standing in the PCUS despite having been removed from Columbia Seminary for teaching evolution.   The evolution controversy at Columbia Theological Seminary extended for at least a decade and nearly caused the seminary to close. The source of... Continue Reading

For now it is enough to see that the fevered outbreak it got caught up in has lost much of its momentum and been shown to be the egregious bit of mass hysteria and folly that some always knew it was. The people who chanted ‘silence is violence’ (a malicious, coercive slander) actually contributed to... Continue Reading

Recently, Paul Tripp posted the following on X.com related to God’s truth. I was particularly grateful for what he had to say, and wholeheartedly agree with him. You will be encouraged.   God’s Truth isn’t meant to be restricted to academic theologians, experienced pastors, and seminary presidents. It was given to us by God for... Continue Reading

Whitefield embodied and exemplified many of the features that have come to characterize evangelicalism for the past 300 years…bypassing ecclesial structures and creating a trans-denominational evangelical community. In the process, he helped cultivate evangelicalism’s signature fondness for parachurch ministries.   1. Whitefield consistently proclaimed the necessity of the new birth. When George Whitefield entered Pembroke... Continue Reading

Children are a heritage from the Lord…they do best when they are the provenance of an excellent wife together with a husband…lays down his life for the ones he loves. Musk’s strong instinct to save civilization is good, but a world full of lost children, looking for their father, carrying in themselves the grief and... Continue Reading