Posts Tagged ‘Current Affairs’
Christianity and the Alt-Right
The old dictum says that the enemy of my enemy is my friend. I disagree. A friend is someone who values and honors what I value. An enemy is someone who destroys or debases what I value. It is quite possible for an enemy of my enemy to destroy or debase what I value. The…
Read MoreCrying Out to God in Chaotic Times
Daniel 9:1-10 A Theology of Daniel’s Prayer [Ed. Note: for the video this sermon, see here, audio here.] In a commentary on the news this week, one observer noted, “We’re living right now in a time of rapid and revolutionary cultural change in the United States, and that means not only cultural change but moral…
Read MoreSeeking the Lord in Troubled Times
“In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans; In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet, that…
Read MoreWhy Are the Politicians I Like So Disappointing?
I have taken to listening to podcasts on my regular walks. They give me something to do besides just exercise! I have a few friends in the ministry who bless me with their messages and I like to follow various political commentators as well. (And one unique broadcaster from the BBC, too! But his show…
Read MoreSeeing Souls with a Gospel Lens
1 Corinthians 9:19–23 sets an important example for effective evangelism and discipleship. “For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win the more; and to the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might win Jews; to those who are under the law,…
Read MoreWhat to Do in Dangerous Times
Proverbs 29:8 – “Scornful men bring a city into a snare [set a city aflame]: but wisemen turn away wrath.” What should we do in these dangerous times? As you and I read the news about our nation, we grow more and more concerned. What will the end of these things be? How can order…
Read MoreWaking Up This Morning in Meshech and Kedar
Psalm 120 is first among 15 consecutive psalms titled, A Song of Ascents. Psalm 127 is in the middle of these psalms and is attributed to Solomon. There are seven psalms on either side of Psalm 127. The first side consists of Psalm 120 – Psalm 126. Five of these are written by unknown authors.…
Read MoreIs Peace Even Possible?
Words cannot do justice to the tragedy and devastation our nation has experienced over the past month. Within the pressure-cooker of the Coronavirus pandemic we continue scraping at the festering wound of sinful racism. My heart breaks for my fellow black neighbors and for every police officer out there. Yes, the Christian heart pulses with…
Read MoreIn the Valley of Trouble: A Door of Hope
Please click here for an audio version of this message. What will you do when trouble comes? How will you confront health calamities and career calamities? The 2020 pandemic is putting pressure on all of us. How are we to have merry hearts, which are like a good medicine, in these dark days? These things…
Read MoreOpportunities for the Overwhelmed
Author’s Note: I published this on my blog about seven years ago. It seems timely for us to revisit this psalm. – JO Hear my cry, O God; attend to my prayer. From the end of the earth I will cry to You, when my heart is overwhelmed; lead me to the rock that is…
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