In a post entitled 11 Reasons to Worship with Your Family, Jason Helopoulos explains family worship as follows: What is family worship? It is pretty simple. Tonight, sit down with your family on the couch or at the dinner table. And then . . . pray together, read the Bible together, and sing a great … More Five Benefits of Regular Family Worship
Identification of Thesis and Summary of Text Content How Long, O Lord? is a primer on how to think biblically about evil and suffering. D.A. Carson seeks to show the importance of maintaining several lines of biblical thinking when considering the pervasive and palpable problem of evil and suffering in a fallen world. The book … More Book Review: How Long, O Lord?
In this article, I want to pull back the veil and give us a glimpse of the spiritual reality that is occurring in the world today. I can assure you of this: the spiritual battle that is raging now is no less intense than when those chariots of fire rallied around the prophet of God against the Syrian army. The New Testament contains vivid imagery of warfare (Ephesians 6:10-20, 1 Timothy 1:18). This imagery points us to the spiritual reality of a great warfare between Christ and Satan. One text in particular shows us the reality of spiritual warfare: 1 John 4:1-6. … More Why Jesus’ Victory Means More False Prophets
Daniel Hyde wrote, “Despite claims that the creeds and confessions are unbiblical, that they are merely Roman Catholic traditions, or that they stifle the Spirit of God in the life of God’s people, they are, in fact, biblical and beneficial.” I concur. This post is a collection of sundry thoughts on why having a confession … More The Doctrines of Grace and the Importance of Confessions of Faith
Christian Headlines reports: “a California bill that would force public universities to provide women easy access to the abortion pill so they can ‘stay on track’ passed a legislative committee Wednesday.” The bill aims at providing “abortion by medication techniques” on every California State University or University of California campus. The perfidious logic behind this bill demonstrates the anti-Christian view of women that society is adopting. … More California Abortion Bill to Help Women “Stay on Track”
Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts. He graduated from Bowdoin College (Maine) in 1825 and would eventually become one of America’s most famous writers. Hawthorne is perhaps best known for two of his novels, The Scarlet Letter and The House of Seven Gables. “The Man of Adamant” is a short story that he wrote in … More Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Literary Description of the Perversion of Human Affections
Ladies and gentlemen, I am launching a new podcast on church history! Our first episode introduces us to William Bradford and is available now on Apple Podcasts, Anchor, Google Podcasts, and all other major podcast outlets. Allow me to describe the new podcast and the motivation behind it. What Is It? Church History for Everyone, … More New Church History Podcast!
The Apostle John commanded Christians to test the spirits (1 John 4:1). The reason, he says, is because many false prophets have gone out into the world. Evil spirits, agents from the devil, are likely to present slight variations and perversions of the pure truth of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. … More Testing the Spirit of Mormonism: A Contrary Gospel
This list of books is a bit like a stack of Ebenezer stones. They stand as a testimony to how God used people (both the authors of the books and those who introduced me to these works) to help me grow in the faith. I’ve always enjoyed reading, but since becoming a Christian I have especially found books to be a great source of edification, instruction, and growth. … More The 12 Most Influential Books in My Christian Walk
“In the beginning was the Word.” Thus opens one of the most beloved books in the Christian Scriptures, the Gospel of John. It is a most fitting introduction to a literary masterpiece that points to the One that the Christian faith centers upon: Jesus Christ, the Word of God. Proponents of the Christian faith have … More Why Christians Should Value Literature
