In Tyndale’s own published work, and in the form of the Geneva and King James Bibles, his endeavors brought untold numbers of people throughout Europe to a deeper understanding of Christ and His gospel. Those words were then brought across the ocean to America, where they formed the basis of a people seeking to love... Continue Reading

As more people across Canada are considering the problems with the Canadian order and our current globalist bent, and as citizens of Alberta are considering what a new nation might look like, it is of utmost importance that we consider the principles of the Law of God again.   My short answer is “yes”. To... Continue Reading

Devotionals are wonderful, but they are not the Bible. Devotionals are written by men; the Bible is inspired by God. Devotionals might be wrong; the Bible never is. Preachers might do a phenomenal job of explaining a text, but there’s something to simply letting the text speak for itself.   Imagine a chess club. This... Continue Reading

“A theologian who is acquainted with all the latest issues of his science but who stands speechless at a sickbed and knows no answer to the questions of the lost sinner’s heart isn’t worthy of his title and office.”   In his book, the Certainty of Faith (1901), Herman Bavinck writes …there is also a... Continue Reading

In context, Paul is appealing to self-interest, self-love, and self-care precisely because he is on his way to an argument about sacrifice. He is making a beeline for the model of Christ giving himself for the church   Ephesians 5:29 (THGNT) οὐδεὶς γάρ ποτε τὴν ἑαυτοῦ σάρκα ἐμίσησεν, ἀλλὰ ἐκτρέφει καὶ θάλπει αὐτήν, καθὼς καὶ... Continue Reading

Dazzled by the promises of the information age, we opened the front door to the companies promising to widen our children’s horizons, jumpstart their educations, and open their minds. In reality, these data miners wanted to open their minds for the same reason a fracking company wants to open up a rock formation: to get... Continue Reading

In the ancient metropolis of Ephesus, where a great temple to a pagan god loomed, the true and living God visited the city with His gospel and He started building a new temple. Not a shrine made of marble and filled with sculptures; but an assembly of ordinary people joined together by the good news... Continue Reading

The call “to remember” is a call to action. We are to remember truths, heroes, triumphs, and tragedies that inspire action in this cultural moment. As the author of Hebrews commanded, we are to remember those who spoke God’s Word and then imitate their ways (Hebrews 13:7).     Nostalgia is pretty popular on social... Continue Reading

Pastoral wisdom is applying the whole counsel of God according to the actual needs of a particular people and place.…some concerns recur again and again because some dangers really are more universal. The Apostles knew how to distinguish between what was pressing here, what was pressing there, and what was pressing everywhere.   A recent... Continue Reading

It is my view that Marxism is a republication of the account in the Garden of Eden.  As such, Marxism is not merely a political philosophy, but a religion that flows from the fall of Adam and Eve in the Garden. We could call it the doctrine of demons.  It should be taught today, especially... Continue Reading

Every Christian should seek to protect their own name as well as that of others. The Westminster Larger Catechism tells us that keeping the ninth commandment requires us to promote the “good name of our neighbor, as well as our own” (Q. 144). Protecting and safeguarding the name of the PCA and its property is... Continue Reading

When our dwelling place is in God, our humble works take their place in the grand project that is called God’s Kingdom, and the Church of Jesus Christ. Whatever you’re doing, do it for him.   September is a time for work. Maybe you had a great summer, but now it is back to class.... Continue Reading

amilies, churches, and Christian schools have the opportunity to cultivate the kind of convictions that can undergird the religious freedom consensus. We must, if the next generation will stand when courage is called for in the future.    Constitution Day is a good time to celebrate one of the greatest blessings of our freedom, which... Continue Reading

If you belong to Him, you have work to do. The very areas of life where you have allowed sin to grow are places where you must now learn to obey your King and pray His Kingdom victory will come as it already is in heaven.   Across New England, which boasts one of the... Continue Reading

Many of those who argue against the doctrines of grace today are not Arminians and do not claim to be. Their position denies the inability that Calvinists and Arminians alike have always confessed, and on that point it conflicts with what the church insisted upon at Orange in 529, that the beginning of faith requires... Continue Reading

We tend to think that the more stuff we have, the more experiences we get, or the more success we have, the happier we will become. But happiness doesn’t work linearly. We often get to one milestone only to have despair crash down upon us again. We worry about everything and nothing; we envy the... Continue Reading

James Hall was the minister of Bethany Church, a well-traveled missionary, a historian and scientist, but that is not all—he was interested in advancing preparatory, college, and seminary education.   James was born August 22, 1744 in York County, Pennsylvania, the third son of his like-named father and judicious mother, Prudence (Roddy) Hall. His parents... Continue Reading

“Abraham saw Sodom destroyed and lost nothing, but Lot lost everything. Only his life was spared. Abraham brought the world blessing, but Lot brought trouble into the world…” (Warren Wiersbe).   Here the story turns to what we might call certification: through two events God grows Abraham—sanctifies him, as we would say in a New... Continue Reading

History has shown that the church has often been most potent when she has been the least impressive—when she has been faithful, suffering, and humble. And this, far from being a flaw in the Master’s design, has actually been a feature, a wisely chosen means of ensuring that human boasting is removed and glory, honour,... Continue Reading

God defines who we are. He calls us His sons and daughters, and the trials we walked through with Him were the means to reinforcing or awakening that true and complete definition. When we experience those trials, we are stripped of all those things we might have trusted in…and we find our true and lasting... Continue Reading