Establishing Christ’s Reign in Ourselves and Our World Romans 8:13 says, “For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.” This is not a suggestion. It is not optional Christianity. It is not a call to…
A Christian Worldview Is A Biblical Worldview The great missionary Adoniram Judson once said, “A true disciple inquires not whether a fact is agreeable to his own reason, but whether it is in the book (the Bible). His pride has yielded to the Divine testimony . . . . Break down your pride, and yield…
Quiet Faithfulness and the Transformation of the World I am not a fan of the French philosopher Voltaire, or of the French Revolution that came in part as a result of his ideas (though we modern Americans are far more influenced by such things than we probably realize). However, he didn’t get everything wrong. In…
As most of you know I used to be a liberal pagan. I was a cultural sheep, enslaved to the lies and the ways of the world, who thought Christianity and capitalism were two of the great enemies of human flourishing. And I still have some friends from those days of foolishness who still think like that. So this week when I…
Living by Faith, Not by Sight, in a World of Vapor “Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher; vanity of vanities! All is vanity” (Ecclesiastes 1:2). When the Preacher says that the world is “vanity,” he is not declaring it meaningless. He is declaring it fragile. The Hebrew word means vapor, breath, mist—something real, but fleeting;…
When Jesus said, “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them” (Matt. 5:17), He was not tearing up the story of Israel and starting fresh. He was bringing it to its fullness. The Law and the Prophets remain…
In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s murder and what appears to be revival stirring across our land, something has become strikingly clear: the Christian presence in America is far greater than many of us dared hope. When politicians, and even many from the president’s own administration openly proclaim that Christ is King, when political leaders declare that our government must bow to…
John Stott once said, “The church doesn’t have a missions program, it is a missions program.” Or as Jesus said in Acts 1:8, we are His witnesses, we don’t merely go witnessing. I think Christians today all too often think of faithfulness as boxes to check: evangelism… check… discipleship… check… worship… check… But this is…
The Gospel The gospel is the beating heart of Scripture, the story of God’s covenant faithfulness erupting into history through the person and work of Jesus Christ. It’s not a disembodied message for individuals to clutch in isolation—it’s the proclamation of a King who has come to reclaim His world. God created us to glorify…
Throughout church history two of the main ways the church has been referred to is the Church Militant and the Church Triumphant. The Church Militant refers to the Bride of Christ as she currently is on earth, in the midst of spiritual warfare, evangelism, missions, suffering, and perseverance. It’s the church in this life actively…