Be Faithful and Come What May
We are called to faithfulness; God will take care of the results.
[Yours] will not be perfect faithfulness, but are you resting in Christ as your hope, and leaning on Him? Are you striving to be what the church is called to be according to Christ? Then that’s all you are called to do. Be encouraged! Ultimately, your hope rests in Christ, not your performance. What... Continue Reading
People of the Book
What does "sufficiency of Scripture" mean?
God has a moral will for every decision we make, and it is our responsibility to study the Scriptures, deduce principles therein, and actively apply them to everything we do. Christians are people of the book. Conservative Evangelical Christians, in particular, demand that their beliefs and lives be governed by Scripture. Yet what, exactly, that means... Continue Reading
Trojan Horse Christians
As much as we try to see the snares laid out for us, there is often someone more clever than us trying to trap us.
Though we may deceive ourselves and those around us, God will not be mocked. We may have avoided a few traps, but we have jumped right into the most damning trap of them all, and there is only one way of escape. If the Greeks had delivered their gift to the people of Troy and said, “This is... Continue Reading
An Impending Danger
A Christian who is purposefully isolated from the context of a local church is foreign concept to the New Testament.
The local church is where we commune with Christ in means of grace, but it’s also the primary context where the fellowship of the communion of saints takes place. It’s not enough to sit on the sidelines or watch a livestream; we need the community of believers that stirs us up “to love and good... Continue Reading
Fighting our Enemies
Only by God’s grace can we walk on the road of righteousness.
Since Christ feared the Lord perfectly on our behalf, and took the wrath of God upon Him, our enemies will not be exulted over us, and our past sins need no longer haunt us. Christ reconciled us to God so that we might have friendship with the Lord, not the world. And Christ redeemed us,... Continue Reading
“It’s for a Sinner”: Overcoming Fear at the Lord’s Table
Many fear and abstain, or fearfully participate, losing the joy of the meal in their anxiety.
Those who acknowledge their sinfulness, and who desire to be washed and made clean ought to be encouraged to come to the Table. “The focus of this self-examination is participation,” Keddie says. “It is not designed to keep Christians away, but to impel them to fly to Jesus in the repentant, confiding spirit of a... Continue Reading
Serving Hostile Authorities
We might live in dark days, yet these are the exact days that God has appointed us to live.
We must make every effort to serve transcendently. By this I mean that we must be God-centered. Our ultimate goal is His honor. Our greatest work is to obey Him. Our ultimate joy is to know Him. We might serve under hostile authorities, but our greatest authority is our kind and merciful Father. Increasingly,... Continue Reading
The Incredible Opportunity for Christian Education
More than 1.5 million students have left traditional public schooling.
Christian education rests on the assumption that every person is made in the image of God, created by God for a purpose, called by God to live in the world He created, and specifically called to live for Christ in this cultural moment. Christian education equips and prepares students to understand reality and to live... Continue Reading
God Wills Us to be Holy
Holiness is commanded by God. He wills it.
Holiness is the substance of which happiness is the product. If we chase happiness by pursuing self-gratification we miss it. However, if we pursue holiness through the grace of Christ, happiness of spirit comes unasked. This is joy and it is our strength to continue in the journey, cleaving fast unto Christ and unto those... Continue Reading
We Need the Local Church
We will not grow into the Christians God intends us to be if we neglect the means he intends to use.
For the church to function as the church—God’s blood-bought bride—it must be in person. Different people with different backgrounds unifying around the same belief is what makes the church so special. If we resort to online church, we miss all of this. We lose the richness God has for us. The Covid-19 pandemic wrecked... Continue Reading
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