The truth is that God is sovereign and He is in control no matter how difficult the circumstances may seem. Scripture affirms this truth over and over. Our problem sometimes is that we focus on the circumstances and merely glance toward God, when we should be focusing on God and glancing at the circumstances.  ... Continue Reading

Every age believes it has outgrown idolatry. Every age is wrong. Every age tells itself a story about reality. Our neighbors are no less religious than the Athenians. Their temples simply look different. Their liturgies are often political rather than priestly. Their idols are more sophisticated than carved stone. But they are no less incapable... Continue Reading

Every false god puts his servants upon the altar, but the Gospel shows us the Master already lying there. We do not climb onto the altar to atone for ourselves. Christ has done that once for all. We climb onto it alive, pardoned, and wholly His, not to purchase mercy, but because mercy purchased us.... Continue Reading

The culture we live in is always busy and with access to constant visual stimulation from television, video games, IPhones, and the like, it is nearly impossible for us to sit still and meditate on the word of God. Yet, the psalms are filled with examples of meditation. The psalmist meditated on the word of... Continue Reading

Pernicious entitlement is also a danger for us spiritually.  It leads us to a life of thankless grumbling that refuses to acknowledge God’s good gifts, instead taking them, and his goodness for granted.  Spiritual pernicious entitlement saps faith like a mosquito drawing blood and replacing it with it’s viral load.   We have a problem... Continue Reading

Sometimes forward momentum feels less like a confident marathon runner on mile 16 and more like a chubby junior higher half running, half stumbling down a steep hill. But God knows my frame. He remembers that I am dust. And I think that God is pleased when His distracted, busy, sinful children make an effort... Continue Reading