The first record I owned was the 1976 Destroyer album by Kiss. I even had their poster on my wall. I was 6. Eventually hard rock gave way to heavy metal.
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I have several Latin phrases tattooed on my body, including “sola gratia” and “sola fide.” These permanent marks are not mere decorations for me.
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It’s been a crazy year. Almost every conference we know of has been cancelled and we weren’t sure we’d be able to pull off another “best conference of the year.” But God was kind and allowed us to gather and focus on Covenant Theology with Dr. Sam Renihan.
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The emotional component of the Christian life isn’t always as present as we would like. It often lags behind, as the English Reformer John Bradford said, “Faith must first go before, and then feeling will follow.”
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The beauty of worship is that it is infinitely more powerful than entertainment. Entertainment seeks to replicate drama and awe. But the grace of God in worship unveils the deepest drama in the world and produces authentic awe in the light of the revelation of God.
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But the best advice I can give someone who wants to deepen their prayer life, is typically the most unexpected. I am convinced that one of the best things to help your prayer life is systematic theology.
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The Lord's Supper was not simply given to Christians, but to the church and is to be shared in by the body (1 Cor. 10:16).
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As the minister's life is in more than one respect the life of a ministry, let us speak a few words on ministerial holy living.
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Reflections on 8 days in the Holy Land
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A reflection on our own craftsmanship in light of the ultimate craftsman.
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“NO CHRIST IN YOUR SERMON, SIR? THEN GO HOME, AND NEVER PREACH AGAIN UNTIL YOU HAVE SOMETHING WORTH PREACHING.” - CHARLES SPURGEON
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Given God’s self-contained existence, Van Til wanted to affirm that any knowledge fact that can be known in creation must first be a knowledge fact that is revealed by God to the world.
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A look into the differences in how we study God
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That which Rembrandt illustrated with his brush, Dickens described with his pen: light is never so radiant as when contrasted with darkness, good never so virtuous as when juxtaposed with evil.
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When Christ is all we have, do we believe we have all we need?
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Complacency is the feeling of self-satisfaction without knowledge or awareness of the dangers or the deficiencies lurking within oneself. Complacency describes the state of so many.
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What are we to do when correction and instruction feel more like insult?
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Our actions don’t always align with our stated beliefs. We say we believe one thing, yet our lives and our actions demonstrate that this stated belief is not what we are operating by, but it is something else entirely.
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It is crucial for the pastor to understand the importance of wise counsel. I have seen too many men attempt to do ministry alone, not seeking the guidance or wisdom of others, and the results that follow.
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Every pastor needs “coaching.” Though they have gone by different names over the years (mentors, teachers, etc.) the ideas of mature men helping others mature in leadership has always been around.
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