Hope for a World In Ruins
The Coming of the True Light
When the light of Scripture searches our hearts, we’re exposed as guilty. We’ve fallen short of the glory of God. We sin because we are sinners, and we deserve to reap the judgment in the darkness we love. But, grace upon grace, light shines into the world. There is hope in the ruins because Christ... Continue Reading
Did You Miss Something in the Isaiah 7:14 Prophecy?
The Isaiah 7:14 sign given to Ahaz wasn’t about a miraculous virgin birth. It was about the name of a child soon to be born, which signified the war would be over.
The true author of Scripture, not only can accurately predict future events but is also sovereign over the development of language. God knew Isaiah 7:14 would be further fulfilled by Jesus’ birth to a virgin, even though the original sign wasn’t about a virgin, but a young woman giving birth to a son and naming him... Continue Reading
A Pastor’s Review of “The Prince of Egypt”
Instead of exalting the sovereignty of God, the film resorts to liberation theology, the idea that all of this is happening to liberate the oppressed.
We often think of the Exodus story like we think of a western. Pharaoh is the bad guy in the black hat. Even many of the Egyptians suffer as a result of his badness (which the film does show). The Israelites are the oppressed good guys. Then Moses comes riding into Egypt wearing a white... Continue Reading
The Comforting Consistence of God’s Immanence
God Is With Us, At All Times
The child of God can find confidence and assurance in the fact that the transcendent God is a relational and intimate God. He desires to lovingly dwell with his people. The storyline of the Scripture is one of God working and planning to dwell in sweet fellowship with his people (Deuteronomy 4:7, 20; 7:6; 14:7;... Continue Reading
Storms or Doldrums: Which Is More Dangerous?
“The ‘doldrums,’ a nautical term, refers to the belt around the Earth near the equator where sailing ships get stuck on windless waters.”
Spiritual “doldrums” can be a place in time or a mental state. If it’s where we are, an important attitude and action is required to survive and see it through. That attitude and action is summed up in perseverance. Perseverance enables us to focus on our destination. Perseverance plays a vital role in discipline that... Continue Reading
When Did God Become a Human?
Jesus became a human at the same stage of human development as the rest of all humanity: conception.
At one point, the most precious person in the universe was the size of a poppy seed. So when people advocate for abortion at any point in pregnancy, remember when God became a human. At some point in time, the son of God became the son of man. Do you know when that happened?... Continue Reading
If God Came to Be with Us, We Can Hardly Refuse to Be with His People
Cultural individualism obscures the necessity of corporate Christianity.
If Jesus came to his people while we were his enemies, we have little grounds to argue that we can’t be around God’s people because they have hurt us. They hurt Jesus far more and yet he came to be with his people, they dealt with him more severely and yet he served them and... Continue Reading
The Real Problem at Harvard (and It’s Not DEI)
Harvard has embraced as virtuous the sin of partiality.
When viewed through the lens of theological anthropology, we would do well to understand that there are no such categories as “black” people or “white” people (Galatians 3:28). They are merely cultural distinctions that serve only to foster and perpetuate animosity between various groups of God’s image-bearers. Regarding the situation at Harvard University involving allegations... Continue Reading
God Created with Functional Maturity, Not “Appearance of Age”
Does mature creation make God a deceiver?
Since age is an inference based on assumptions, there is no deception involved when people make the wrong assumptions about the starting conditions. Indeed, how could God be deceiving when He has told us plainly when He created? Rather, those who deny His word are deceiving themselves. One striking feature of the record of... Continue Reading
A Prayer for a Christian Husband and Wife to Pray Together
At times it can be difficult to know what to pray or how to pray.
“Enable us, Lord, as husband and wife to shine like the sun and moon, and our children as stars, so gloriously and powerfully with the light of holiness, that our house may be your lesser heaven.” It is one of the most important habits that any married couple can form. Unfortunately, it is also... Continue Reading
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