Holding on to the “Things Revealed”
There are many things that God has revealed that are not secret, and we are meant to think about these things.
The words of the Aaronic blessing came home with great poignancy and power as I thought how in a few hours Mabel would see and feel the light of God’s face shining upon her in glory, experiencing the blessing of God perfectly. I was due to write my monthly Gentle Reformation article last month... Continue Reading
Sin is Like a Snowball
Sin is never content to remain small.
Sin may have entered the world in a subtle rebellion, but once it got rolling it gained tremendous speed and became a giant, unstoppable monster. When it finally reaches the point in history which Mark describes in chapter 15 of his gospel, sin is as terrible and ugly as it gets. Sin is like... Continue Reading
Blood-Bought Happiness
Do you want abiding happiness? Look to Christ.
Do you want rest for your soul? Do you want a happiness the abides in your heart regardless of your feelings and circumstances? Look to Christ. He doesn’t promise life will be easy—it won’t. But he does promises you abiding joy because you’ll be in union with him. We will never find happiness by... Continue Reading
The Comfort of Samson
Samson was a faith-filled man who was a very far cry away from spotless.
God knew exactly what he was doing in using someone like Samson as his judge and his redeemer of Israel. He knew exactly how he purposed the life of this man of faith, no matter how stained and tarnished by sin he remained this side of heaven. Judges is one of those books of... Continue Reading
The Very Real Danger of Coveting
We are not to desire the things that belong to someone else.
Having more things won’t make you happy. In fact, riches are often warned against in the Bible as a huge danger to your faith. Thank God for what you already have, and not just material things either. Thank him for salvation, forgiveness of sins, and adoption as sons. “Do not covet” is one of... Continue Reading
A Conduit Attitude
In Christ we find our sufficiency to handle whatever situation or whatever state we find ourselves.
A conduit attitude weds an outlook of optimism and determination (hope and faith) with the realization that it is only in Christ that we can do all things. Negatively put, apart from Him we can do nothing. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. (Phil 4:13) The little train engine famously... Continue Reading
When the Troubles of My Heart Are Enlarged
The more troubling, perplexing, and overwhelming a situation feels, the more desperately we feel our need for God's wisdom and guidance.
David is a good mentor for us. He was experienced in fighting fear and unbelief in the face of overwhelming situations and issues. And as God did for David, he will instruct sinners like us in the way we should choose as we fear him and trust him. And as we do, we too will... Continue Reading
The “It’s Just a Movie” Mistake
If films imitate life, and vice versa, how can we argue that they are “just” movies?
Regardless of whether film is the cause or the effect of our behavior—art imitating life or the reverse—movies aren’t “just” movies. They mirror us and we mirror them. But whether the good or the evil mirrors us more accurately is entirely up to us. I used to think everyone was wooed by the characters... Continue Reading
Cancelling Wisdom’s Colour
Cancel culture could only exist in a reductionist age, an age that sees in black and white and has forgotten that the colour of all human life is moral struggle.
Cancel culture begins in a misunderstanding of the human person; it forgets our fallenness and our complex moral struggle against our own passions or flesh. Cancel culture ends in a dangerous disregard of our personal need for grace. The line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, nor between political parties either... Continue Reading
The Treasure Slipping Silently Away
The unavoidable feelings of mortality make increasingly clear what youth could not conceive.
Time is no treasure hidden in a box that we can feel in our pocket. We cannot plunge beneath the waters and retrieve what has passed. Coins unspent, unheeded, now lie beyond retrieval. But if you can, read these words: More coins are left to you. Imagine yourself on a large ship in the middle... Continue Reading
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