The Stone that the Builders Rejected: A Reminder
When we tell people about repentance from sin and humble faith in a crucified Savior, we must understand that we are attacking their two greatest objects of worship
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Let Us Have Peace with God? Reflections on Romans 5:1 and Dealing with Bible Difficulties
In his kindness, God has given us all the necessary resources to solve a number of these problems, and many of them with a high degree of certainty.
The Idol of Simplicity
Apart from Christ and his Word, the pursuit of simplicity will turn into nothing but a pious kind of selfishness.
Five Essential Practices for Overcoming Anxiety, Part 5: Follow the Apostolic Word and Example
Enjoying the peace of God requires that we walk in accordance with the truth, and we can’t do this alone.
Five Essential Practices for Overcoming Anxiety, Part 4: Dwelling on Good Things
Paul reminds us that we can’t dwell on that which is speculative, conjectural, unfounded, or even theoretical. We must dwell on whatever is true.
How to Listen to a Sermon: Eagerness and Examination
Our eagerness to be edified must be joined with careful biblical reflection on the truth of what was taught.
Five Essential Practices for Overcoming Anxiety, Part 3: Thankful Prayer
My heart is settled. My mind is calm. My final destiny is a place where there will be no more anxiety (Rev 21:1-4). Amen.
Deborah, Female Leadership, and the New Testament Church
In the debate over men’s and women’s roles in the church, egalitarians often point to Deborah as an example of a woman in institutional leadership.
Five Essential Practices for Overcoming Anxiety, Part 2: Practice Public Gentleness
A gentle heart is a peaceful heart.
Five Essential Practices for Overcoming Anxiety, Part 1: Rejoice Always in the Lord
While the Bible does tell us to pray about our anxiety, it also says much more about how to handle this difficult emotion.
How Can We Enjoy the Peace of God?
Thankfully, God has given us multiple texts in the Old and New Testament that are designed to help us overcome sinful anxiety.
A Good Kind of Anxiety
Mistaking godly anxiety for sinful anxiety will do us no good in our pursuit of holiness.
Complementarity: The Blessing is in the Differences
God has woven the goodness of complementarity into the very creation.
Christ’s Church: The Most Normal Place On Earth
When the church is faithful to God and His Word, it will be markedly different from the world. It will also be the most normal place on earth.
Work and Rest: Two Biblical Principles to Guide Your Recreation
we should seek for rest that truly refreshes and prepares us for our tasks.
Recommended Books for Studying Ecclesiastes
At first blush, the book of Ecclesiastes seems like a cynical rant—something you might find written by a disgruntled philosophy major at a large university.
Praying for Eyes to See: A Psalmist’s Guide for Reading the Bible
In overestimating our innate capacity to understand God’s Word, we forget that only the Spirit can comprehend the mind of God.
Cross to Crown: Locating the Death and Resurrection of the Messiah in the Old Testament
The whole fabric of the Old Testament establishes a pattern of God’s people being brought from death to life, suffering to glory, cross to crown.
The Need of the Hour: Sober-Minded Men - With All Wisdom
Men must be able to cut through the emotional haze that many in our culture are creating and maintain clarity on what the problems really are, what Scripture says, and what is truly best for people.
Common Grace and Evangelism
The doctrine of common grace is a particularly illuminating doctrine.
Biblical and Theological Foundations for the Doctrine of Common Grace
My goal in this article is to make sure that what we believe about the doctrine of common grace is truly the teaching of the Bible.
Common Grace, Good Works, and the Unbeliever
It is not necessary for a Christian to dismiss the excellent and otherwise useful work of unbelievers out of fear that to affirm such work would be to affirm their unbelief.
How Does God’s Character Relate to Inerrancy?
God’s character is vitally connected to his words. We trust what he says because we know who he is.
What Do We Mean When We Say the Bible is Inerrant?
We must do all our thinking—especially our thinking about the nature of Scripture—in the presence of the Christian God of the Christian Scriptures.
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