Creation actually sealed our culpability from the beginning. Because God has created the world, we are without excuse for knowing Him. Thus Genesis 1 marks the moment all mankind became accountable to God.
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The creation of light is a picture of conversion. There are so many ways in when Genesis 1-3 shows up in the Bible. Here is one!
Keep ReadingThe facts are coming in fast: social media is harmful. It is not neutral as we first perceived (or experienced). Having heard much more in recents months than I could compile here, I wanted to pass this on to our church. Consider social media in your home carefully!
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This blog includes a few mediations by Herman Bavinck on the creation of woman. Herman Bavinck (1854-1921) was professor of Theology at Free University in Amsterdam. His book "Wonderful Works of God" is a succinct, easy to read condensed version of his systematic theology. It reads devotionally and is a wonderful guide for meditation on God.
Keep ReadingTheir daily work is to get their hearts crucified to the world and the things of it, and the world to their hearts; that they may not have living affections to dying things. J. Owen
Keep ReadingWe encounter all sorts of calamities and challenges. How can we make it through?
Keep ReadingMay 24
2018
A few weeks ago in leading the Sunday Service pastoral prayer I asked our church for prayer for the Southern Baptist Convention. I doing so I mentioned that there were concerning matters in the forefront of the convention — even in the media. Below I want to speak to those matters, explain the SBC a bit, and offer some clarity on the usefulness and faithfulness of the convention.
Mar 27
2018
I’m a guy who needs about two and half good, serious friendships, and my wife takes up two of those spots. My remaining spot for a half friend may not live close. We may talk once every 6 months. I’m okay with that.
Mar 1
2018
A few helpful tips on how to make the best use of a study Bible or commentary.
Jan 10
2018
It is astonishing the number of well respected and highly honored Bible interpreters who misapply Isaiah 55:8-9 where God says, "My thoughts are not your thoughts, my ways are not your ways." An astonishing number! And it misuse being published in book after book and Bible study after Bible study. Most recently I’ve seen the one and only JI Packer misuse this passage in his renowned book Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God which has over 100,000 copies in print.
At the very least our children learn a lot about the gathered church, her ordinances, and how God is worshiped. More so, in God’s sovereignty, the gathered church may be the very venue he chooses to open a child’s heart to his saving grace
Jul 25
2017
At one point Martin Luther said of himself, “Satan has raged against me with incredible contriving to destroy or hinder me, so that I have often wondered whether I was the only man in the whole world whom he was seeking".
Mar 30
2017
Mar 24
2017
Far too often we are ignorant of Satan’s schemes to destroy our lives and lead us toward death. Which means we are clueless as to what Satan is doing and how he does it. Do we think Satan is not active today? Do we think his demonic minions have just decided to sit back with their hands folded? Think again. Just because we don’t see demon possession every day like we do in the Gospels does not mean we are not encountering darkness and evil at every turn.
We will all face moments of crisis where we must decide if we should speak hard truths in love or simply keep our mouths shut. What might keep us from lovingly opening our mouths?
Aug 25
2016
