A Discussion on Christians Expressing Patriotism
There has been debate over whether or not Christians can express patriotism especially here in the United States. This video from the Straight Truth Podcast addresses that very topic.
High School Graduation: 30 Years Later
It is hard to believe that this year marks my 30th anniversary of being a high school graduate. I know many would love not to think about their high school years because their college years is what defined them. High school felt like a prison sentence …
Decisions and Discernment
Discernment is not something that is guided by our feelings, but rather a matter of using God’s Word under the guidance of the Spirit to determine what is right and wrong or good and evil.
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The Dangers of Practicing Discernment
Discernment has developed a bad reputation and is often equated with divisive behavior. All Christians, at some time in their history with the church, experience the effects of professing “discerners” wreaking havoc in the church and creating chaos over secondary matters, leaving a trail of spiritual destruction in their wake as they insist on dogmatic […]
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Developing Discernment
Regardless of spiritual expertise, every believer is called to develop and exercise discernment, even if some are not gifted in a special way by the Spirit in this manner.
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Poured Out: No Reservations
“For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure has come. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith. In the future there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will […]
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A Call for Discernment
One reason why exercising discernment is so difficult is because the Bible is constantly at odds with our cultural standards of truth and error and right and wrong.
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What is Spiritual Discernment?
Discernment is the Spirit-empowered skill of using God’s Word to distinguish between truth and error and right and wrong.
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Take Heart
I do not know about you, but 2025 started off with a bang. Everywhere I looked on social media and the news, there was always something. We have the fires in Los Angeles that destroyed many homes including ones that belonged to celebrities. Just a coup…
Choose Whom You Serve: God or the World
After Joshua reminded the nation of Israel all that Yahweh has done for them, he said:So now, fear Yahweh and serve Him in integrity and truth; and put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve Yahweh. If it is ev…
Book Review: When Christians Disagree by Tim Cooper
Not everyone is going to agree with you. That is a fact of life. That is including those in the church. I always thought that Christians agreed on everything except for personal opinions. I was wrong.Not every Christian is going to agree on matters of …
Pursuing Holiness
Striving for holiness is not salvation by works because these works flow out of the heart of someone who is already saved by grace through faith. However, if people aren’t pursuing holiness, then they prove not to be saints.
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Four Essential Marks of Christian Disciples
Displaying His Imprint As Jesus Christ walked the earth as God incarnate, He also taught disciples to follow Him by keeping His commandments and glorifying God through service. The New Testament defines a disciple as a “learner, indicating thought accompanied by endeavor.”[1] To be a biblical disciple goes beyond being a pupil in a classroom, studying […]
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Begin The Day With God
Begin the day with God:
He is the rising Sun,
His is the radiance of thy dawn,
His the fresh day begun.
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A Ubiquitous Antidote to Anxiety
All creation declares the glory of God. Part of that glory is manifested in the ways that He designed specific creatures to benefit His highest creation, mankind. This was driven home to me again recently when preaching through the creation account in Genesis 1. I was struck by the fact that before God created man, […]
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Book Review: Living in God"s Two Kingdoms by David VanDrunen
When to come to culture, there are usually two groups of Christians. There is one group that flees from it. There are some Christians that just do not want to have anything to do with the world around them. They evangelize but they do not interact with…
Book Review: Impossible Christianity by Kevin DeYoung
Is Christianity Impossible? Are the commandments hard to follow? We know from 1 John 5:3 that God’s commandments are not burdensome yet many in the church have made it hard to follow God.Many Christians have put too many man-made rules for following Go…
Holy Week Devotional: He is Risen!
Resurrection Sunday Devotional Main Text: Luke 24:1-7 There have been many wonderful moments in human history. Just within the past 200 years, we have seen: the invention of telephones, televisions, and computers; the development of x-rays, CT scans, and world-changing medications; transportation methods via aircrafts, automobiles, and subways. It is remarkable to consider how one event, […]
Holy Week Devotional: Let God Be Proven True
Saturday Devotional Main Text: Matthew 26:62-66 Think about the last time you made a mistake, and tried to keep it from being revealed. Perhaps you told a lie that got out of hand, or manipulated a situation to make yourself look better than others. In the final analysis, it has always been characteristic of sinners […]
Holy Week Devotional: It Is Finished!
Good Friday Devotional Main Text: Matthew 27:45-56 It would be an understatement to say that there are many problems facing mankind. Such are the consequences of living in a sin-cursed world (Genesis 3:17-19; Romans 8:19-22). Yet in God’s perfect timing, He has begun the process of making all things new through the work of Jesus […]
Holy Week Devotional: The Lord’s Supper
Thursday Devotional Main Text: Matthew 26:17-19 Human beings are visual creatures. Throughout the course of history, man has often used concrete resources to teach important subjects with greater effectiveness. Paintings, charts, diagrams, instruction manuals, and word pictures are a small sampling of how we continue to depend on visualization in our daily lives. Based on […]
Book Review: Evangelical Pharisees by Michael Reeves
When we think of the Pharisees, we think of men who were religious zealous who put man-made rules on people, which is true. We think of those who conspired to have Jesus killed, which is also true. Pharisees were very proud of their place at the …
The Beauty of Duty
Duty is defined as “that which one is morally or legally bound to do.” That defines duty in an absolute sense. Another definition is “action or conduct required by one’s profession or position.” That might, often does, involve absolutes, but the particular actions required are relative to the skill, qualification, interpersonal relations, and professional office […]
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An Exposition of the Baptist Catechism Question 21
*For other installments from this series, see here. Introduction In previous installments, we considered the relationship God had with Adam in the garden, Adam’s breaking of the covenant, the fact that Adam represented his natural seed, and the state in which Adam’s sin brought man into. The next question focuses on the sinfulness of that […]
Why Christianity is Necessary in the Public Square: Reflecting on the Church’s Responsibility
*Note: Parts 1, 2, 3, and 4 of this series can be accessed here (insert links to articles). During the first half of the twentieth century, few Christian figures were more active in contending for the faith than J. Gresham Machen (Jude 1:3).[1] When confronted with the face of theological liberalism in the Presbyterian Church […]
Why Christianity is Necessary in the Public Square: Solidifying Ethical Standards in Society
Note: Parts 1, Part 2, and Part 3 of this series. Barring anything unforeseen, the United States of America was forever changed on June 26, 2015. In the wake of Obergefell v. Hodges, the Supreme Court formally legislated every state to license marriages between same-sex couples, and to recognize all marriages that were lawfully performed out of state.[1] […]
An Exposition of the Baptist Catechism Questions 19 and 20
Introduction Last time we left off talking about sin. Namely, whether our first parents sinned, the definition of sin, and the nature of that sin our first parents committed. Now we begin to look into the effects of the preliminary sin committed by our first parents. This will take up a few articles, including this […]
Why Christianity is Necessary in the Public Square: Solidifying Epistemological Certainty in Reality
*Note: Parts 1 and Part 2 of this series What is truth? For the human race, few questions are more recurring—and few pursuits are more elusive—than identifying absolute truth in reality. Even the most intellectually astute philosophers seem no closer to satisfying this inquiry in the twenty-first century than during the era of the Pre-Socratics. […]
An Exposition of the Baptist Catechism Question 16-18
Introduction In the last article, we considered the covenant made with Adam. In the next few articles, we will consider how Adam broke that covenant, in addition to reflecting on the effects it had upon the world and his natural offspring. Body Question 16 Q. 16. Did our first parents continue in the estate wherein […]
Why Christianity is Necessary in the Public Square: Addressing Concerns
*Note: Part 1 of this series can be accessed here. Christians have a history of being misunderstood in the public square. Within just three decades after the resurrection and ascension of Jesus Christ, a paradigm would be concretized for how the majority of believers in the West would experience life over the next two millennia. […]