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…
“Whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he is guilty of all. For He who said, “Do not commit adultery,”…
Psalm 2:1-3 Why are things in such an uproar? Society seems to be ripping apart at the seams. Political leaders are assuming that they have…
A scolding article in the New York Times this week started with the byline, “Churches were eager to reopen. Now they are confronting coronavirus cases.”…
Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. Hebrews…
For years I have been perplexed when it comes to religious liberty. Should gay marriage be illegal? Definitely. What about adultery? Not so sure. No…
