Joel Beeke: Every Married Couple NEEDS to Know This Passage
This message is from the 2024 Reformation Conference:
Is Marriage a Good Thing?
Marriage has fallen on hard times of late.
As of 2020, US News and World Report documented how the US marriage rates have dropped to historic lows. Indeed, since records were kept from the early 1800’s, at no point in our history have people been marri…
A Wonderful New Book on Parenting Teens
Ok, let’s just get it out there. Parenting is hard. And parenting teens is particularly hard. Even more, parenting teens in our current culture moment is exceptionally hard.
While every generation has “new” challenges, it is fair to s…
Don’t Be A Spiritually Passive Father: Lead In Family Worship
A Father is to be the spiritual leader in his home. He may choose to delegate some aspects of the family worship to his wife and to the church, but the ultimate responsibility rests with him.
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New Book: 5 Things to Pray For Your Spouse
“When are the two of you going to write a book together?”
My wife Melissa and I have been asked this question many times over the last few years. I’m excited to announce that we have finally written a book together! On Feb 1st, we rel…
Book Review: Conscience and Its Enemies: Confronting the Dogmas of Liberal Secularism
Introduction Robert P. George is regarded as one of the greatest intellects of the twenty-first century. From popular-level organizations such as the New York Times to representatives of the most prestigious academic institutions in the world, the overwhelming consensus is that Robert P. George is sui generis.[1] During his time as a student, George amassed […]
3 Reasons Complementarianism Is a Missions Issue
Christian love across lines of differing convictions are essential to the missionary task of the church. To make disciples of all nations invariably involves flexing, adapting, and bending to an … More
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Lessons in Marriage: “It’s Not About Me”
In fifty years of marriage, I have learned many lessons. One lesson I’ve had to learn is that “It’s not about me.” Our Lord said: “It is more blessed to … More
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Are You Complementing Your Spouse Well?
John Calvin thought the wife of a husband is “the inseparable associate of his life.”[1] She complements him, and nothing, he thought, ought to “[yield] more advantage or comfort to … More
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How To Build A Strong House
Proverbs 14:1 states, “The wisest of women builds her house, but folly with her own hands tears it down.” I find this verse to be a sobering one. God lays out two … More
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Through Forty Years: A Tribute to Marriage to My Best Friend
Forty years is a lifetime, or at least the better part of one for most people. It is the number of years the Israelites spent in the wilderness in order … More
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Did Jesus Desire to NOT do Something His Father Commanded in the Garden of Gethsemane?
A Response to Matthew Lee Anderson and Revoice Introduction Matthew Lee Anderson recently received his PhD from Oxford University in Christian Ethics and is on the Advisory Council of Revoice. … More
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Of Marriage: The 1689 Baptist Confession
Chapter 25: Second London Confession To say there’s confusion today regarding marriage might be the understatement of the century. In the name of diversity, reports parade people who married the … More
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Introduction: Of The Civil Magistrate and Religious Liberty
Introduction Chapters XXIV-XXV of the Second London Confession As we continue our exposition of the Second London Confession, we dig into the confession’s treatment of two issues that are not … More
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Gender Roles Before the Fall and in the Church
Genesis 2 is an important chapter for a number of reasons. Not all of these can be addressed in one blog post. But one crucial reason Genesis 2 is important … More
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