Give thanks to God in all circumstances. Happy Thanksgiving today and continually! 1 Thessalonians 5:14 And we urge you, brothers, warn those who are idle, encourage the timid, help the weak, be patient with everyone. 15 Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always try to be kind to each other and […]
Reformation Day is complicated, even after 500 years of celebrating it. You see, I have many Christian friends who worship in the Roman Catholic Church. For them, it is a familiar worship tradition, a family where they feel at home with Christ, and a place where they learn about our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. […]
In a big box world of dime-a-dozen gods that we can custom-build to our own specifications, Solus Christus (Christ Alone) remains the stone the builders reject and the capstone (Psalm 118:22) of the Christian faith, even among the 5 Solas of the Reformation. Gospel Coalition writer Stephen Wellum states it this way in Lose Christ, […]
I remember Misty. She and I had a public conversation online decades ago and what I loved about engaging in discussion, even argument, with her was that she was thoughtful. She poked holes in everything, finding flaws in assumptions like nobody I’ve known since. She made me dig and think, one day particularly about Faith […]
Grace is tough to swallow for many in the modern era, not just Americans even though we, in the States, excel in our desire for control. Americans are so preoccupied with being masters of our own destiny that National Car Rental has a series of ads making sport of this modern tendency. We are control […]
The Word. For Martin Luther it was paramount, Sola Scriptura (Scripture Alone). And it was imperative that the people of God should have access to it. God is present in His Word. To separate the people from the Word of God was to separate people from knowing their God. God’s divinely inspired Word, Scripture alone, […]
