This first sin, struck at the very heart of the family beginning with the role reversal that led to the struggle for leadership. Rather than leading his wife, Adam stood by and allowed his wife to lead him. The leadership scenario, however, did not result in a closer walk with God, but instead in separation …
Just as there can be no normal, healthy life without the proper kind of food, so there can be no normal, spiritual growth without the food that God has ordained as the nourishment of the new life. ‘As newborn babes desire the sincere milk of the Word that ye may grow thereby’ (1 Pet. 2:2). …
Right now, #Everybodywantstobe is trending on Twitter. What are the scriptural ramifications of this statement? The Bible teaches us that what we want to be and what we need to be are not always the same thing. For instance, in Romans 1 Paul basically asserts that we want to be our own boss…our own god, …
I often hear that conservative Christianity is opposed to “real” science and that if Christians had anything to do with it, science would never have arisen. The great problem with statements like the one above is that they are false. The belief that Christianity is somehow opposed to science has been repeatedly defeated, and yet …
Today, a new story about The Navy Seals is in the news. Apparently, a group of US Special forces that includes members of Naval Special Warfare Development Group (formerly known as SEAL Team Six that killed Bin Laden) performed a daring rescue of Jessica Buchanan and Poul Thisted, two aid workers in Somalia during the …
I received an early copy of Tullian Tchividjian’s latest book, Jesus + Nothing = Everything and have just now gotten around to finishing it. It lived up to it’s hype. I found it to be refreshing and invigorating. This book bleeds the gospel and grace and a reader can help but walk away feeling refreshed. …
If Jesus rose from the dead, then you have to accept all he said; if he didn’t rise from the dead, then why worry about any of what he said? The issue on which everything hangs is not whether or not you like his teaching but whether or not he rose from the dead. Tim …
When you start reading Luther, or Edwards, or Whitefield, though your doctrine may be theirs, you soon find yourself wondering whether you have any acquaintance at all with the mighty God whom they knew so intimately. J.I. Packer Knowing God pg.83
Yes, I know, I am way behind the evangelical reading curve because I just now got around to reading Tim Keller’s The Reason for God. As one reading this book late in the game, it had much to live up to. After all, The Reason for God has been called Mere Christianity for a new …
I love books. I especially love Bibles. I appreciate the care with which many are bound, I like the smell, and of course, I love the broke-in feeling of an old Bible. My heart is warmed when I flip through my Nelson New King James Study Bible that carried me through high school, college, and …