What has passed away is the Law Covenant; what remains is the God whose character it still reveals, and whose people now keep his commandments not as subjects of Moses, but as sons of the Father, indwelt by the Spirit, under the law of Christ.   Every Christian who knows the prohibitions in Leviticus 11:7–8... Continue Reading

Jesus understood something we often forget: we are servants, not saviors. Christ alone carries the weight of being the Savior of the world, which means we are allowed to stop. We do not rest because nothing matters; we rest because God is God even when we are not working.   The apostles returned to Jesus... Continue Reading

Much of the modern conversation about worship begins with the question, “What can we add?” Perhaps covenant theology teaches us to ask, “Why do we think we need more?” The simplicity of Christian worship is not evidence of its poverty, but evidence that Christ has come.   Last week I was teaching through Ryan McGraw’s... Continue Reading

Ultimately, the confrontation with Islam is a spiritual battle. “Proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ. Islam is antithetical to the Jesus of the Bible. There is one Lord, one Savior, one faith, one baptism, and we need to proclaim Him to Muslims.”   America’s growing embrace of politicized Islam is “perplexing” to those with first-hand... Continue Reading

We have all that we need to endure any storm. God will cause the waters to recede whenever He pleases. We need not worry, for our King is in total control. He loves us and cares for us.   The voice of the Lord makes the deer to calve And strips the forests bare; And... Continue Reading

When Jesus says “love God with all of your mind,” he is not only history’s greatest Giver of that great commandment, he is also history’s greatest Keeper of the great commandment.     Last year in the United States, advertisers spent 422 billion dollars trying to convince you to buy stuff you probably don’t need.... Continue Reading

Our new bodies received from God in the resurrection will be imperishable, glorious, powerful, and spiritual. Our present mortal bodies, subject to decay and death, will be raised to an immortal state and bear the image of our Savior.   Not long ago my wife and I helped care for her sister who suffered from... Continue Reading

There’s nothing inherently wrong with living in a nice neighborhood, or having a healthy body, or building a successful career. These are good gifts from God. They are little invitations to witness his beauty, harmony, and redemption. But they are not ladders. And the more we try to climb them—investing our life’s joy and meaning... Continue Reading

I don’t think we should ever think or say, “I would never do that.” Why? Because of original sin. We have the capacity for unspeakable evils in our hearts. The only reason we do not pursue these unspeakable evils is the restraining grace of our God. Let us be grateful for the grace of God.... Continue Reading

Gay Christianity despises the law of God. Christians must confess and cling to God’s law in the face of popular oppostion to what God commands. When we do that, we find a level path for our feet and a nurturing stream by which we can build fruitful lives. Don’t be blown about by different doctrines,... Continue Reading

Christians need to think more seriously about how to prepare the next generation of believers to handle the intellectual challenges of the university environment (and beyond). We need to do more than prepare them morally and practically; we need to train their minds to engage effectively with an unbelieving world…Ultimately, it will require a macroshift... Continue Reading

John Adams said in 1776: “Public Virtue cannot exist in a Nation without private, and public Virtue is the only Foundation of Republics.” It is easy to look out there and see how immoral things are and call for changes, especially when we are not in the driver’s seat politically, but we must also cultivate... Continue Reading

As a parent of a child with disabilities, you may not be disabled yourself, but you bear the extra load in a way similar to what your child bears every day. Are you carrying it yourself or trusting in your Father to strengthen and lift you up. Holiness is not simply an aura or a... Continue Reading

“We have harboured those who hated us’, wrote Margaret Thatcher, in the shadow of the 9/11 Islamist attacks. ‘Tolerated those who threatened us and indulged those who weakened us’. Thatcher was absolutely right then, and she is right now. Look around London and you will find countless examples of the ruling class harbouring, if not... Continue Reading

The One who promises never to cast you out is the One who “himself bore our sins in his body on the tree” (1 Peter 2:24), and who rose again on the third day. He does not throw away those He died to save. When your own heart will not stop accusing you, the apostle... Continue Reading

Moses tells us, Abraham settles in (Ge 21.28-29). He plants tamarisk tree there (Ge 21.33), indicating the abundance of water. And he worships, for the first time by this name, “the Everlasting God.” The God who keeps his promise after 25 years will keep this covenant forever. What’s the significance of this event? Why does... Continue Reading

 The insights of Freud (and many others) revealed truths about our inner lives that, while not as ironclad as thermodynamics or as practically useful as germ theory, were arrived at with enough rigor for psychology to consider itself a science alongside others. Psychology told compelling stories, such as the idea that moral obligations are at... Continue Reading

The Blasphemer is still at work today, and he’s using the same techniques he’s used since the Garden of Eden. Don’t be duped by the demonic magician. He loves diverting our attention from the true threat hiding in plain sight: when we worship ourselves or the broken things of this world instead of the true... Continue Reading

There is another side to loneliness. The loneliness itself may be doing good work in you. It is not good for man to be alone, and that desire for connection, for brotherhood, for a wife and children, for a household of your own, can push a man to go farther, do different things, and challenge... Continue Reading

The one-flesh union of marriage includes the vulnerability of being physically seen and known. Nakedness in marriage is intended to be free from shame, yet many wives experience shame after sexual betrayal—comparison, fear of rejection, and memories of your sin can make intimacy feel dangerously exposing rather than safe. If your wife’s sense of shame... Continue Reading