A Mantle of Love for the Weak
On the night I proposed to Anna 15 years ago, she gave me a gift–an antiquarian edition of Thomas Brooks The Unsearchable Riches of Christ. It is a work to which I returned many times over the past 15 years.…
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Sufficient Hope
If you could give a new mom the perfect gift, what would it be? Would it be full night’s sleep? Maybe you’d give her a hot meal without interruption or maybe the confidence that she’ll be a good mom. Those…
Sufficient Hope
If you could give a new mom the perfect gift, what would it be? Would it be full night’s sleep? Maybe you’d give her a hot meal without interruption or maybe the confidence that she’ll be a good mom. Those…
Sufficient Hope
If you could give a new mom the perfect gift, what would it be? Would it be full night’s sleep? Maybe you’d give her a hot meal without interruption or maybe the confidence that she’ll be a good mom. Those…
Against Open Doors
Much that passes for Christian decision making in modern Evangelicalism strikes me as a mixture of lazy moral reasoning and illegitimate efforts to discern those “secret things” (Deut. 29:29) that God has never promised to reveal to us. Scripture has…
A Censorious Spirit
Sinclair Ferguson once lamented the fact that whenever he overheard others discussing some public theologian or individual at a conference, the statements were almost always prefaced with a negative comment such as, “Well, you know, the problem with him is…”…
When Our Children Sin
Do you remember when you first learned you would have a child? You likely prayed over your little one day after day. Even though you’d never met him or her in person, you loved your child more than anything. You…
The House of Omri
The Mesha Stele is an ancient slab of basalt stone from the 9th century BC. It was named for Mesha, the king of Moab (2 Kings 3:4). This stele is actually an ancient document which records the struggles of the…
Defeat and Victory in the Church
It is well documented that a staggering number of pastors leave the ministry each year. Conflict and burnout are numbered as some of the top reasons. Conflict between pastors and the congregation are common. In addition, the pastor’s inability to…
The Cost of Christians in the Court
Among the litany of important and under-treated subjects that the Apostle Paul touches upon in his first letter to the Corinthians, John Calvin reflected on those concerning one believer taking another believer to court over personal or public injuries (1…