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

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

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

Adultery is listed and condemned directly in line with bestiality, homosexuality, incest, and other grossly immoral, deeply wicked sexual practices that pagan, godless people engaged in, so much so that the Lord spewed or vomited them out from the promised land that He then gave to His people (Lev. 20:23). To commit adultery, then, was... Continue Reading

The fact of Sara’s aging body and barren womb and Abraham’s age of 99 did not deter the Creator of All. Understanding the reasons for Abraham’s faltering faith, God came again to reassure his friend of His promise. Abram fell on his face, and God talked with him. (Ge 17:3) What Abraham needed was a... Continue Reading

Maybe you are protecting your image.  Maybe you fear what people would think if they knew what you are really like.  You are happy to talk about your successes but you never admit your failures.  You have never told anyone about those sins that so regularly get the better of you.  It leaves you feeling... Continue Reading

The Environmental Handbook was published and distributed to thousands of students across the US and Canada. It contained an essay written by Lynne White Jr., titled “The Historical Roots of Our Ecological Crisis,” that had been published in Science magazine three years earlier. It pushed for the re-enchantment of culture, creating a new influential narrative... Continue Reading

When we pray God isn’t irritated by us. He’s not rolling his eyes at me when I ask the same thing over and over and over again. He doesn’t lose his patience through my stumbling words and imprecise petitions. He doesn’t give up because I can’t articulate what’s on my mind as well as I’d... Continue Reading

Christ will not only keep going with a work till it is perfected, but especially, He is still working when He is fitting His people to be stones in his building. It may even be by trials, but when He is cutting off “superfluities of naughtiness” (James 1:21) from His work and people, the things... Continue Reading

Jesus’s sacrifice only needed to happen once, but he will appear again. And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment, so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who... Continue Reading

Micah’s language is colorful: these rulers found the good to be repulsive and disgusting, while their wicked hearts delighted in upholding evil. Given the accusations of chapter 2, much of this probably had to do with collaborating and profiting with those who oppressed and despoiled the common people for the sake of gorging on riches... Continue Reading

“Don’t store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves don’t break in and steal” (Matthew 6:19-20).     When you look back to the recorded teachings of... Continue Reading

Instead of having a vibrant, personal relationship with our Maker, we can make ourselves so occupied in mind and soul that we become unable to sense His guidance, hear His voice, or consciously experience His grace. We can make things a real mess. Now make no mistake: those who are living for the Lord will... Continue Reading

“That Jerusalem will be a city without walls indicates that the city will overflow its boundaries because of divine blessings.” Not only would Jerusalem be populated, but it would also be protected. This was not protection that could be purchased or brokered, but rather something only the Lord could provide. One of the unfortunate sins... Continue Reading