How do you measure up against God?
Have your parents ever drawn a chalk line on the wall or made notches in the door frame to measure how much you’ve grown? You stand against the wall and they mark off how tall you are today....
View ArticleMoralism, Therapy or Sin?
In his book “Christless Christianity, The Alternative Gospel of the American Church”, Michael Horton writes: Far different is David’s confession in Psalm 51: “Against You, and You only, I have sinned...
View ArticleGod’s anger is not spent
Isaiah 5:24-25 24 Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes stubble, And dry grass collapses into the flame, So their root will become like rot and their blossom blow away as dust; For they have...
View ArticleWhiter than Snow
The Great Blizzard of 2009 has started. As I sit here at my desk, I am looking out the window. The landscape is covered with a thick blanket of white snow. It looks beautiful. The sea of white makes...
View ArticleLord, I love you, but…
A common conversation with God: “Lord, I love you. I know that Jesus is the head of the church, which He purchased with His blood. I know my sins have been forgiven and I am no longer my own; I...
View ArticleDo not fret
Do not fret because of evil-doers; be not envious toward wrongdoers (Psalm 37:1). The title of this article makes me guilty of turning a noun into a verb. We don’t use the word “fret” much in the 21st...
View ArticleRadical Consequences and a Radical Transformation
In his book Better Than The Beginning (2013, Reformed Baptist Academic Press), Richard Barcellos writes: Man was created to reflect who God is and what He does more than any other aspect of God’s...
View ArticlePenal Substitution – Fact or Fiction? Part I of a study
Penal substitution has been a cardinal doctrine of the Church since the beginning of the Protestant Reformation. What is penal substitution? Is it an important doctrine? Is it a biblical doctrine?...
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