We all like to believe our own hype, don't we? -- that we are better than we really are. In particular, we cherish the hope that our deeds don't tell the truth about us.
Read More
““Blessed are the Peacemakers, for they shall be called Sons of God. (Matt 5:9)"
Read More
Christianity has always emphasized the mind, our piety has a distinctly intellectual component.
Read More
“Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.” (Matthew 12:30). When it comes to ultimate things, no one is really neutral —particularly when the ultimate thing in question is God.
Read More
Have you ever noticed, Jesus is never in a hurry? You never see Him rushing around, flapping about in a tailspin of anxiety.
Read More
““Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.”” (Acts 16:31). When Paul says these words to the Philippian jailer, what does he mean?
Read More
It is not at all uncommon for me to hear Christians express the fear that one day they will make Saul’s mistake, and that God will depart from them forever (1Sam. 15:22-23).
Read More
God’s law forms a fence around our freedoms. We are not free to live as we please, to do whatever we want. In God’s universe, freedom is always enjoyed in paradox.
Read More
I sometimes meet Christians who are caught in the vortex of legalism. Their thought process goes something like this: “If I don’t do_______________ (Insert an often good, even necessary spiritual activity) then God will be displeased with me.”
Read More
C.S. Lewis's classic The Great Divorce details the fictitious account of day-trippers from hell (Grey Town) visiting heaven. Although they can remain as long as they want, only one of their number chooses to stay.
Read More
Growing as a Christian means becoming like Jesus, God’s own, man-sized picture of Himself. This is a glorious prospect, and it awaits each of us as God’s children.
Read More
There is a fine line between faith and presumption. Presumption rests in the hope of forgiveness, but stops short of lasting change.
Read More
What is God like? Well there are many ways we could answer that question, aren’t there? One response we might make is to say that God is like Jesus, and in Him there is no un-Christlikeness at all.
Read More
Nothing is less befitting a Christian than pride. The Fathers called pride the beginning of Adam’s first sin and the root of every other that followed.
Read More
The world is never the Christian’s friend. We know this. With the venom of a viper, it snaps enough to make us wary. But at other times it leads us astray with a gentler, more winsome spirit.
Read More
The Christian life is uniquely and happily simple. We have one defense to trust: “The Lord is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? The Lord is the defense of my life; Whom shall I dread?” (Psalm 27:1).
Read More
Could you explain to an unbeliever why you believe the Bible is the Holy and inerrant Word of God? Many (perhaps most) professing Christians could not and are frightened of having this conversation.
Read More