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

Decades ago, I was at the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem, which is considered a synagogue. At the entrance, I started to take off my baseball cap and put on one of the kippahs they had there. The guard stopped me and said the cap was better. I suppose it’s less likely to fall off. Here,... Continue Reading

God’s Word reveals that all humans have sinned, standing equally in need of a Savior (Romans 3:23). But Marxism labels humans guilty or innocent based on their group affiliations more than their individual sins. For example, Marx portrayed the business-owning class as guilty of being oppressors, while later Marxist thinkers (neo-Marxists) added groups like men,... Continue Reading

In a subsistence society, no large fields, no mega farms, but family sized plots, this was radical trust in God, a celebration of the future faithfulness of God in the first fruits of a harvest the he will provide. It’s a helpful reminder that God provides.     How do we avoid entitlement and its... Continue Reading

The godly man loves the Word of God. The godly man reads, studies, and meditates upon the Word of God at all times. The Scriptures are bread for the Christian life, for “man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord” (Deuteronomy 8:3;... Continue Reading

David knew he was outmatched by his enemies. God is not. He is a protective shield around his children. Truly ‘many thousands of people’ had surrounded David to kill him (6). But by trusting God, David could lay down and sleep without fear. David wasn’t hypnotized by his enemies’ claim that God had abandoned him;... Continue Reading

When I look at the life of Jesus and listen to the words that flow from the Holy Spirit from the beginning to the end of the Bible, I see the care and compassion that comes from the heart of God toward children like mine. And I want to see not only His compassion, but... Continue Reading

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