Reflections on Steve Lawson’s Latest Book
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…
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Psalm 3: Sleep Well, God Will Protect You
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…
How Do I Live in God’s Presence Every Day?
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.…
God Is Our Refuge and Strength
From the forthcoming book, God Is Our Refuge and Strength: 150 Devotionals Through the Psalmsby Bill Boekestein and Rob Ventura, Published by The Banner of Truth, October 2026 What Is a Psalm? The biblical psalms have always been cherished by…
Gen Men: What the Men of Genesis Can Teach Us Today
Gen Men: What the Men of Genesis Can Teach Us Today, by D. Eric Schansberg, Resource Publications, 2025, 192 pages, paper, $24.00. Anyone who spends time surfing social media will likely have encountered this sobering meme: “Hard times create strong…
Jesus Calling: How We Got It Wrong– Posing the Thesis
Editor’s Note: The views expressed by the author are not necessarily the views expressed by Ref21 or the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals. Meals cannot be rated like movies. Marriages cannot be audited like companies. Jesus Calling cannot be assessed as a Christian Devotional.…
Jesus Calling: How They Got it Wrong– Insufficient Arguments
In Part 1, I narrated a process in the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA), which will continue at the 52nd General Assembly in June. The Committee on Discipleship Ministries (CDM) and Mission to the World (MTW) will report on Sarah Young’s…
Ezra and Nehemiah: An excerpt from Dale Ralph Davis’s New Commentary
A (Brief) Theology of the Sabbath By Dale Ralph Davis From ‘Is Reformation Really Possible? Or: The Ongoing Perils of the Church (Nehemiah 13:4-31) in Ezra & Nehemiah: The Quest for Restoration, Focus on the Bible (Fearn: Christian Focus, 2025), pp…
Apologetics Is Not as Hard as You Think
“What, are you some kind of religious nut?” A stranger in a coffee shop had been sighing repeatedly, and I could tell that she clearly wanted to talk. She asked me if I was religious nut right after I told…
Review of Boekestein’s Finding My Vocation
William Boekestein, Finding My Vocation: A Guide for Young People Seeking a Calling (Jenison, MI: Reformed Free Publishing, 2024) 154pp. US$16.95 Reviewed by Guy Waters God commands us to “labor and do all [our]…