Calling New Officers Into the Service of Christ
Jesus made a very important promise to his Church before his ascension to the right hand of the Father. He said, “And behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age,” (Matt. 28:20). These are words of great comfort for any Christian. To know that our Savior and King will never leave us nor forsake us is a priceless gift to our souls. But, in these modern times, there seems to be quite a lot of confusion as to how this promise is fulfilled. In what way does our Redeemer continue to abide with his people? How does our Good Shepherd continue to look after the flock of his love?
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Why Gather Twice On Sunday?
There are no shortage of people who wonder, “Why gather twice on Sunday? Is it really necessary? It seems like it is just too much.” Those are important questions that deserve a helpful answer.
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The Parable of the Hidden Treasure (Poem)
A short poem intended to capture a powerful point from the Parable of the Hidden Treasure in Matthew 13:44.
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Only the Names Have Changed (Abortion)
I was a child who, culturally speaking, ‘should’ have been aborted. I understand what it is like to be born into a dysfunctional family of teenage parents who have neither the love, maturity, or resources to properly raise a family. My childhood hurt…a lot. The wounds still echo. But do you know what? I am still glad that my unprepared parents did not murder me instead.
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Peace In His Power (Ps 62:5-12)
How strange it is then when we who claim to know the Almighty God and to be the very children of his love dwell in restless fretting and fearful insecurity.
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Advent Meditation #3
A series of short meditations to help us marvel at the mercy of God in the birth of Christ.
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If God Is Sovereign, Why Pray?
Prayerlessness can never be blamed on a proper understanding of God’s sovereignty. No, no, no. Prayerlessness actually reveals a misunderstanding and poor application of the doctrine of God’s sovereignty. It because we know that God is sovereign that we should pray with all the more confidence and joy know that God has planned to use “all things”—including our prayers—to fulfill his perfect and unchangeable will for our lives, (Rm 8:28).
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Advent Meditation #2
A series of short meditations to help us marvel at the mercy of God in the birth of Christ.
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Advent Meditation #1
A series of short meditations to help us marvel at the mercy of God in the birth of Christ.
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Sincerity In Ministry
In the midst of all the noise of what claims to be “Christian” today, it is not an irrelevant question to ask,“What does sincere devotion to God in ministry actually look like according to the Bible?”
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The Necessity of the New Birth
Last week we saw the reality that God has revealed the truth of mankind’s need for him with abundant and inexcusable clarity. But we also saw that despite the overwhelming clarity of the truth, sinful men will not repent and believe. In the face of every opportunity, sinners will spurn the gospel of grace to their own everlasting peril. Why is this so? Why will men stare the offer of God’s merciful pardon of all their sins in the face and yet refuse to repent and be saved?
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Our Father's Firm & Faithful Hand
Beloved, it is because our heavenly Father is merciful that he will not hesitate to make his straying children miserable in their sinful pursuits. Indeed, we can all affirm that “for the moment, all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant,” (Heb. 12:11). But let us never forget that the end of his designs is always “for our good, that we may share in his holiness,” (Heb. 12:10).
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Why Do His Children Suffer?
Why does the God who has all power, all authority, all wisdom, and all grace, sometimes allow the children he loves to suffer? This is an important question, and one which both believers and unbelievers have raised throughout the ages.
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The Word-Centered Home
He who made the mind and heart of every child is he who wrote the Word to guide them both for his glory. Let us trust him and be faithful to lead our families to God day by day.
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The Night Sky
When a child looks up at the night sky and sees the stars, they often think to themselves, "Look at all those tiny little lights!" With their unaided eyes, they cannot recognize the overwhelming magnitude of the celestial luminaries they are actually seeing. They can hardly imagine that things which appear so minuscule to their eyes, could, in reality, be so colossal.
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A Little Oil For the Fire (Pastoral Letter)
Within the story, one of the pictures which the main character "Christian" is shown during his visit with the "Interpreter" is a fireplace. On one side of the fireplace stood a villainous creature who was constantly pouring water on the fire in an effort to quench its flames. Yet, as Christian watched the fire, though it was stifled in measure by the water, the flames would not go out. As he wondered why this was so and why the Interpreter was showing it to him, he asked and the Interpreter took him to a secret room on the backside of the fireplace which he could not formerly see.
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Are We Free To Flee?
The Christian mission is unavoidably costly. No one who has actually read and understood the words of Jesus of Nazareth could tell you otherwise. Yet it is the most important mission that could ever be undertaken. It is impossible to live for something greater, and it is foolish to live for anything less. Those who refuse to acknowledge the Lord Jesus Christ before men, will be denied by Jesus Christ before the Father, (Matt. 10:32-33).
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Everybody Approves, So It Must Be Good
As Christians, we have been given the unpopular task of engaging the hearts and minds of our fellow men on these thorny issues. This will not be easy to do, and we should not expect it to be. But even with the challenges we will face, it is work which is of the utmost importance when it is approached with the gospel of grace at the center. Our engagement is not for the sake of judgment, or politics, or some kind of fundamentalist agenda. Our engagement is for the sake of the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and for the good of our fellow man—both temporally and eternally.
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Whose Counsel Are You Listening To?
We typically think of this verse as referring to following the many unhelpful voices that exist outside of us. But it is important to recognize that sometimes “the counsel of the wicked” originates in our own heart and mind. Sometimes it isn’t what other people are saying or doing that is the problem. Sometimes it is what we are saying or thinking about ourselves.
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