I struggle sometimes to get a lot from the Puritans. They wrote centuries ago when the English language was very different than from how we…
We can’t do this. We cannot defend ourselves let alone our God against the wickedness around us. Evil has risen up everywhere. Injustice rises in…
Jesus told His followers, But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto Me…
Recently I attended a concert of the Hangzhou Symphony Orchestra. A violin concerto called “The Butterfly Lovers” was a part of the program. My youngest…
2 Samuel 15:31 Two hundred men of Issachar were among those who followed David when he fled from murderous King Saul. About these men, 1…
Planted in Weakness Christianity has enjoyed a position of strength in Western society for a long time. The church once commanded kings, encompassed nations, and…
The Sonoran desert is home to millions of Gambel’s quail. I grew up around these beautiful and fascinating little birds. They live in coveys and…
Today I visited my mom, who happens to be 96 this year. Over the last few months, her world is shrinking. She used to get…
1 Corinthians 9:19-23 John and the Tardy Taxi Driver: I once heard the true story of a man from the United States who flew to…
Loving Our Neighbors in a Fallen World I recently ran across The Third Option (Simon and Schuster, 2018) by San Diego pastor Miles McPherson. The…
Psalm 2:10-12 The nations are raging. Protests have broken out across the world, raging against racial injustice. Protests have broken out across the U.S., leading…
Guidelines for Worship in California on July 6 told worshipers of all kinds that that singing and chanting should not be allowed inside the church. Places…
[The following is a statement from John MacArthur and his church leadership on worship restrictions. His statement reflects what we have said here (Choosing Our…
How long halt ye between two opinions? If the Lord be God, follow Him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered not…
The interpreter of the New Testament faces an apparent contradiction when he reads that Cornelius was a “devout man, and one that feared God,” although…
One issue dominates the first four chapters of 1 Corinthians. It’s contention in the church. The Reformer, Ulrich Zwingli wrote: How does it happen that…
Psalm 2:4-9 We began part 1 of this brief series by observing that society is in an uproar; “Why do the nations rage?” (Psalm 2:1).…
Without whole faces to look at, its easy to interact with people around us in a much more detached way. Believers cannot afford to do…
In 2010, a man named Barry Glassner published a book entitled The Culture of Fear: Why Americans Are Afraid of the Wrong Things. While I…
