“If I profess with the loudest voice and clearest exposition every portion of the truth of God except precisely that little point which the world and the devil are at that moment attacking, I am not confessing Christ, however boldly I may be professing Christ. Where the battle rages, there the...

I have so much to be thankful for.  Frankly, we should thank our God everyday for each and every breath we take and for every beat of our heart as they are gifts from God.  We should also thank Him for the trials that come into our life as we know that “all things work for good for those who...

“Believers obey Christ as the one by whom our obedience is accepted by God.  Believers know all their duties are weak, imperfect and unable to abide in God’s presence.  Therefore, they look to Christ as the one who bears the iniquity of their holy things, who adds incense to their prayers, gathers...

“Thursday in Minneapolis it was so gorgeous walking home I thought: I should write a post on how astonishing it is that no earthquake swallowed up this city today. Instead God sent warmth and crystal skies and cool breezes and golden leaves and hanging sea gulls over Elliot Park. Amazing. Absolutely...

Mike Ratliff has posted an excellent article on the condition of the visible church with regards to a lack of understanding and preaching on repentance.  In fact, it seems these days that even mentioning repentance may get you thrown out of the “popular” culture within the church visible. The...

“Christians are condemned who profess to own God for their God and yet do not live as if he were their God. (1) They do not believe in him as a God. When they look upon their sins, they are apt to say, Can God pardon? When they look upon their wants, they say, Can God provide, can he prepare a...

I’ve heard both sides of this coin.  Frankly, I hear the emphasis most often that Christianity is not a religion, it’s a personal relationship.  While I understand the importance of setting Christianity apart from all other religions we must also consider what we are saying when we make...

“Salvation is wholly of grace, not only undeserved but undesired by us until God is pleased to awaken us to a sense of our need of it. And then we find everything prepared that our wants require or our wishes conceive; yea, that He has done exceedingly beyond what we could either ask or think. Salvation...

HT: Puritan Fellowship “If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.” Romans 10:9 I have seen this verse used many times as the magic formula for salvation. How many people have been told this is how they are to...

The world today whispers and yells to us that our pleasure, security and contentment are the cornerstones of a happy, healthy marriage.  In fact, the grounds for divorce in most instances are labeled as “incompatibility” and “unable to get along”.  If one carefully lifts up...