No U-turns Allowed
You are free to move away from the previously established norms, but woe betide anyone who chooses to move back towards them.
Mankind’s agenda is to keep God out of the picture. You are to be true to yourself, as long as the self you are being true to resembles nothing like the self which God designed men and women to be. Yet the path to finding our true selves is found in the God we are... Continue Reading
Harassing Jack Phillips
The things of the world are at war with the things of God and in this world, the world is going to win these fights.
God’s team ultimately wins. Victory is already assured. But in the ever-quickening pace to the final day, the world will seem to have the upper hand. Conservatives need to stand with Jack Phillips. Conservatives also need to be smart. When you start using the government to impose your values on others, the other side will... Continue Reading
Paul Anticipates—and Answers—Objections to Election in Romans 9
To say God’s mercy ultimately originates as a response to foreseen faith or mercy is to affirm election does depend on human will and exertion, rather than on God.
Here’s my claim: in Romans 9, Paul teaches the (Calvinist) doctrine of unconditional election—the teaching that God chooses to save some and not others, not based on anything in them (whether faith or fruit, present or foreseen), but based solely on his sovereign will and purpose. Evidence for this view comes in two steps: first,... Continue Reading
Rendering Treatment, Refusing Transformation (and Destruction): Preserving Medical Conscience Rights
Scientists employed by government-owned labs, perhaps working behind the walls of classified security, should not face pressure to conform with objectionable experimentation.
Religious people must be able to criticize the transformationist agenda in the public square. We live in a highly religious world, and America’s roots are in the Judeo-Christian tradition. Our society has also been enriched by religious diasporas from around the globe, bringing people who seek religious and other freedoms to our shores. It is wrong to... Continue Reading
Paralyzing Accusations: Satan’s Ploy to Debilitate Believers
Go out and fight the dragon and push back the darkness with the good news of the gospel and in the power of the Holy Spirit.
We don’t have to bear the weight of our guilt because the blood of Christ has been shed to cover us! If it hadn’t been shed, we would have no defense. But, if we are not steeped in Gospel truths and preach these truths to ourselves everyday, then we are liable to listen to Satan’s... Continue Reading
Underminers, Compromisers, and the Confused – The Sufficiency of Scripture Matters
It is either God’s Word or man’s woefully weak opinions. There is no middle ground.
In all cases, the ideologies of men are lifted up as the means by which Christians ought to model their life and practice. Sure, the Bible is important, but: it doesn’t allow us to remodel society; it doesn’t put people in the pews in large numbers; and it doesn’t always make us feel great about... Continue Reading
Do As They Say
Their bad motives, their sinful use of the gospel-preaching to try and get at Paul, doesn’t falsify their gospel.
In a time when more than a few favored teachers sitting in the chair of Moses have taken a moral tumble, or have had their fleshly motives exposed, it’s worth remembering that neither morals nor motives actually make what is true false, any more than the good motives and sterling behavior of an Arian makes... Continue Reading
Biblical Fathering: On Being Fair
Fairness is an essential step in biblical fathering that demonstrates to our kids how they should treat others.
Fairness encompasses each of these areas, so we must examine each to ensure we do not unfairly provoke our children to anger. When fathers find the proper balance in these areas, we demonstrate the kind of behavior that allows us to teach our kids the biblical principles behind them… Not only does it make life... Continue Reading
How to Find Hope When Hope Has Perished
With the author of Lamentations, we must return to the theme of God’s steadfast love.
His steadfast love is the grounds for our hope; his Son Jesus has secured our hope. While the author of Lamentations felt the judgment of God personally for his transgressions, Jesus felt the judgment of God personally for our transgressions. Jesus suffered, cried out, and waited on the Lord—all for us. He hoped that God would raise him... Continue Reading
Hope Makes a Broken Heart Bigger
The day is coming when the glory of Christ will rush upon our sad world like the roar of many waters.
In Jesus Christ, we have tasted a love that cannot lie. This love, poured into our hearts like a river, flows to us from Calvary’s fountain, where “while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly” (Romans 5:6). And if Christ’s love found a way to forgive all our sins,... Continue Reading
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