What Exactly Is “Sola Scriptura” Protecting Us Against?
To allow human tradition to rule the church is to rob people of their Christian liberty.
Humans have been remarkably inventive in the variety of authorities they erect in place of God. Sola Scriptura is designed simply to prevent these other authorities from ruling the Christian and to keep God’s Word rightly as our ultimate guide. One of the foundational convictions of the Reformers was, of course, this doctrine we call Sola... Continue Reading
In a World of Narratives, Be Radically Committed to Reality
Reality is often more complex than our narratives demand.
Where are the people who live in light of the facts about reality more than their feelings about it? Where are those whose understanding of the world is shaped more by evidence and logic than by narratives and anger? Where these people exist, they’re the true radicals. I’m convinced that the biggest emerging fissure in Western culture is not... Continue Reading
Obadiah: Faithful Work in an Ungodly Place
It is possible to be faithful, even amid the mess and ungodliness.
Most of us will have bosses who do not share our faith or our lifestyle. Some will work or study in places that are openly hostile to things we hold dear. Don’t despair. There are many, like Obadiah, who have done this before. Obadiah is a little-known figure from the Old Testament, but he... Continue Reading
Why Is Listening So Hard?
Do we struggle to listen well because we are not fully convinced that others are worth listening to?
Thankfully, our distressingly common tendency to speak and get up in arms quickly hardly catches the Holy Spirit off guard. He knows us. Fellowship with him transforms our hearts day by day to resemble Christ and put the interests of others ahead of our own (Philippians 2:1–11). Know this, my beloved brothers: let every... Continue Reading
A New Exception to the Westminster Standards?
The latest exception being taken in presbytery examines is to Westminster Shorter Catechism Q. 83, “Are all transgressions of the law equally heinous?”
To deny that an orientation can change is to deny the witness and the works of the Holy Spirit and to bring scandal upon the church. At some point, we need to come to a decision on whether we believe Side B theology and, therefore, self-styled “gay Christianity” to be a sin of a more... Continue Reading
The Lord’s Work in the Lord’s Way
If we try to influence the world by using its methods, we are doing the Lord’s work in the flesh.
Let us not think that waiting on the Lord will mean getting less done. The truth is that by doing the Lord’s work in the Lord’s way we will accomplish more, not less. You need not fear that if you wait for God’s Spirit you will not get as much done as if you charge... Continue Reading
The World’s Most Amazing Camera: Part 3 – Color
What exactly is color, and how do our eyes and brain process it?
Secular scientists would argue that our ability to perceive color evolved because it has survival advantage. Of course, the irreducible complexity of our visual system argues against any evolutionary origin. All the essential parts of the eye must already function properly in order for the eye to be of any value. Our eyes and... Continue Reading
Too Good to be True
God’s promise of salvation through His Son is the greatest promise in all history – and it is very true!
God’s mercy to sinners like me is too glorious for our feeble minds to fully understand but we can know it truthfully and sufficiently because God has revealed Himself to us in the Scripture. The all-powerful and all-knowing Creator of all things and Redeemer of His people looks down upon sinful men and women rushing... Continue Reading
Citizens of a Better Kingdom
God’s kingdom will come to end the oppressiveness of human sin once and for all.
As followers of Christ, like Daniel, we are called to bear witness of the kingdom of Jesus Christ, a kingdom of grace, that offers us meaning and significance in the person of Jesus Christ, who bears the guilt of our offenses so that we might become citizens of His better kingdom. One of the... Continue Reading
New Survey Shows Nearly Half of Millennials “Don’t Know, Care, Or Believe” in God
43 percent of millennials born between 1984 and 2002 said they “don’t know, care, or believe that God exists.”
The report, released earlier this month, underscores the declining importance of religious faith in American life, as highlighted in pandemic reopenings when politicians prioritized restaurants and tattoo parlors over houses of worship. The latest survey of the American Worldview Inventory from Arizona Christian University’s Cultural Research Center found 43 percent of millennials born between 1984 and 2002... Continue Reading
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