Every preacher knows the terror of a blank screen. It is Tuesday morning—or even worse, Saturday afternoon—and the preacher sits and stares at his laptop. He has opened a new document in his word processor, and now the cursor stands…
“To work is to survive, not live,” many today will say. In modern popular culture, this complaint is often directed at something specific, namely, the “Protestant work ethic.” Max Weber’s The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism (1905) drew…
Our church is swimming with babies right now. Most of our parents with young children are paedobaptists, but some are still anti-paedobaptists. Nonetheless, we welcome them as members and not only love them but love how they love and raise…
“I don’t know who I can tell.” Those words can accompany many kinds of suffering. A marriage is falling apart. A child walks away from the faith. A family learns that someone they love is struggling with serious mental illness.…
Proverbs 29:20 Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him. Steve Lawson has written a book, Mercy in the Wilderness: How I Fell & What I Found. This…
Classical Theology for the Modern Mind Carl R. Trueman. Crossway, 2026. Paperback, 96pp. As someone who has been both an advocate of historic retrieval, as well as someone who has become increasingly mindful of the theological novelties that have emerged…
God Is Our Refuge and Strength: 150 Devotionals Through the Psalms, by Bill Boekestein and Rob Ventura, Published by The Banner of Truth, October 2026 Sometimes we feel like almost everyone is against us. Often that’s inaccurate. But David isn’t…
Is God anti-gay? Yes, God is anti-gay. The God of the Bible is anti-gay, and the gods of this world are pro-gay. We have walked the long road with prodigals and their parents. Some have been led by the nose…
Coram Deo, Your Work, and the Other 166 Hours of Your Week In California, we’re eagerly anticipating the January 2027 roll-out of a new law permitting “natural organic reduction” or “terramation.” When you die, you can be turned into compost.…
This post is from, God Is Our Refuge and Strength: 150 Devotionals Through the Psalms, by Bill Boekestein and Rob Ventura, Published by The Banner of Truth, October 2026. We wish to thank the Banner for allowing us to publish…
