The Faith Shall Be Sight
The unseen spiritual world is real, powerful, and used by God for the glory of His name and the good and protection of His people.
The army of the Lord cannot be seen with our eyes today but we read it in God’s Word and believe it by faith. Heaven is not yet visible but it is revealed in God’s Word, we believe it by faith. We have not seen Jesus yet with our eyes but we know Him by... Continue Reading
If I Were Starting A Denomination From Scratch
if I were building a denomination from scratch in 2021 I would think small, local and relational.
We can do more together than we can do apart. But we have to be together. We have to agree on more than the mode of adult baptism. We have to agree deeply, broadly, substantially and methodologically. And we have to know each other. It will take time together, it will take work, commitment, grace... Continue Reading
Risk-Taking and Trusting God
Trusting God’s promise — to die is gain — steadies our feet for risk.
These risks reveal that we never misplace trust when we trust God. These risks were not like betting your salary on the underdog and praying for a lucky break. Behind these risks was the confidence that God would be faithful to his word, whether they lived or died. A wise risk is God-centered and God-trusting.... Continue Reading
Christ and the High Fever
While an enemy of the Christian and of Christ, sickness is not beyond the control of the Lord.
Because Christ has worked such a great work in us we ought to love and serve Him with all our heart soul strength and mind. We must continue to visit and care for the sick, worship Him in the beauty of holiness, bless and praise His most Holy name. This is our reasonable duty which... Continue Reading
God Chose What is Foolish in the World to Shame the Wise
This does not mean that we should all just drop what we are doing and go on the attack with those theologians with whom we disagree.
The apologist is called upon to give a faithful witness to the truth, rather than to attempt to improve on the Lord’s wisdom by autonomous arguments. No one was ever argued into the Kingdom of God. Being confident of his or her ability to challenge apostate thought, the believer must reason, not according to the... Continue Reading
10 Practical Ways to Help People Who Are Hurting
You might be wondering why all these problems exist in a world made by a good and loving God.
The truth is that all of the world’s problems stem from one incident: mankind’s rebellion against God back in the garden of Eden. Still, we can take courage because sin and death won’t have the final word. God sent his Son to do for us what we could not do for ourselves: live the perfect... Continue Reading
Eight Comforting Things to Remember about Jesus’ Benediction
The benediction of Christ makes us bless him.
The disciples are daily in the temple blessing God. That is, they wait. They wait for the coming of the Spirit, and they wait for the return of Christ. So also, the ascension gives us the patience to wait for our Lord, and we wait by worshipping and witnessing. The Spirit makes the church witnesses... Continue Reading
How I use the Pilgrim’s Progress in Evangelism
The only difference between them and Christian, is that Christian is reading his Bible and the others are not.
When you open God’s word you can’t lie to yourself anymore. Because the Bible is constantly emphasizing how sinful, how broken and how unworthy you are of salvation. It is impossible to believe in works-based righteousness if someone solely believes and reads the Bible. I’m a big proponent of using the Bible in evangelism.... Continue Reading
“Adieu, Adieu, My Brother”
The fire was kindled; the voice of the five confessors was heard, still exhorting one another in the midst of the flames: Courage, my brothers; courage.
Remembering the sufferings of our brothers and sisters may help us to stop complaining about the difficulty of our own journey and instead view it as an honor and a privilege to suffer. As the hymn says, “It is the way the Master went; should not the servant tread it still?” That in leaving... Continue Reading
Diversity Perversity
When you hear the word “diversity,” head for the hills.
In the name of “diversity,” and to pander to the small minority of sexual radicals, they want to destroy the English language. And along with it they want to destroy biology and reality. We have a term for those who try to do stuff like this: fools. We now all know that one of... Continue Reading
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