In Part 1 of this series I laid out the case that: American Protestantism tore its own statues down and ripped her own Constitutions up more than a generation ago when we banished the hymns, the ancient creeds, and confessions of faith that guided us for centuries…. millennia. Without these landmarks to guide her the … More Honor Your Father And Mother Part 2
On the Lord’s Day we’ve begun a study in the Book of Philippians recently. Though I am not leading the study, I have been reading it a lot in my private devotional time so that I can better participate in discussions with the group. One particular verse in chapter one has intrigued me and so … More Being Partakers of Grace
In light of our sermon on Sunday under the same title, I thought I’d add a few more thoughts. First let me state the two main premises from Sunday’s sermon briefly, and then in upcoming blogs I’ll add a few practical suggestions to help us find a starting place. The first is that the American … More Honor Your Father And Mother Part 1
Struggling with patience? Welcome to the club. It is a very big club. … More As Regards Patience
I saw a quote from Charles Spurgeon the other day that was posted by some reformed social media account. What follows is a summary. “If someone speaks ill of you don’t be upset. You are far worse than he has said.” This morning in my reading in the Imitation of Christ I read Thomas a’ Kempis’ … More The Choice Of Humility, How To Make It, And The Benefits of Making It
“For the man who does not love his wife but divorces her, says the Lord, the God of Israel, covers his garment with violence, says the Lord of hosts.” Abandoning natural biblical marriage either by never entering into it or by ending it for unjust causes result in both outward expressions of violence and inner … More Praying For Marriage and Children Part 2
This month we are, as a body, praying for two restorations. The first is the restoration of natural biblical marriage. The second is the restoration of a spirit of love for children in our nation. First, what do we mean by natural biblical marriage? In the creation of the world there was a specific order … More Praying for Marriage and Children Part 1
What does it mean to walk together? Being unified in Christian belief (orthodoxy) is only half the picture. Being unified in Christian practice (orthopraxy) puts hands and feet to the Church’s existence as a community separate from the world not just on Sunday, but every day. … More Practicing The Faith: Giving, Prayer, and Fasting
In our last blog we discovered that Civil rulers are not free to make up their own version of what is right and what is wrong. Moral law is not in flux but it is fixed. Some may say, “That is well and good for nations with and extensive Christian witness, but what about … More On Being A Christian Statesman Part 8 The Civil Ruler: Approver of Good & Terror to Evil Lesson 2
In our previous blog we discussed the civil ruler’s role as the servant of God who carries out God’s wrath on the wrong doer. The civil ruler, according to the Apostle Paul is not to be “a terror to good conduct, but to bad.“(Romans 13:3a) Those that do good are to receive “his approval, for … More On Being A Christian Statesman Part 8 The Civil Ruler: Approver of Good & Terror to Evil Lesson 1
