LOVE AND HOLINESS

March 30, 2025
Love and holiness are communicable attributes of God. Love and holiness are indispensable to the genuine Christian life. Love and holiness are what the world needs to see most in the body of Christ. And, love and holiness can both be known for what they do not do.
Government, proverbially speaking, is ordained by God, necessary for mankind, and to Christians. Paul says it is “for your good.” So what is it good for? Great things, actually, if we look at government and participate in government from God’s point of view.
If you are a Christian, “the reason” God saved you is He loves you (ref. John 3:16). He saved you to “let your love flow,” towards Him and your fellow Christians. He also saved you to “let your love fly” outward “to all living things,” meaning in this case people who are not Christians.

ANOTHER WORLD

March 2, 2025
The transfiguration of Jesus pulls the curtain on another world. The experience should not be classified as one of His many miracles. Rather, it was His supreme spectacle. It was a God-given glimpse into another world.

ORDINATION SERVICE FOR CADE

February 23, 2025
Dear Cade, Instead of preaching at your ordination service, I thought I’d write you this letter instead.  I wish someone had written one like it to me at my ordination.  Things may not have turned out differently, but at least I would have been forewarned.

THE SPIRITUAL GIFT OF JESUS

February 9, 2025
The Apostle Paul established a paradigm in his biblical epistles that can be clearly observed in the book of Romans. He details Christian doctrine first (Romans 1-11). Then, he moves on to our Christian duty (Romans 12-16). The key to both is the life and death and resurrection, the grace and mercy and peace, the great gift of our God and Savior Jesus Christ.

THE BORN AGAIN IDENTITY

January 26, 2025
“This world” aims for happiness, God requires holiness. It is wonderful when the two can coincide, but often they do not. A choice is required. The mind must be controlled, either by the spirit of the age, or the Spirit of God.

LIFE IS A LITURGY

January 19, 2025
What we are beginning to see now in our church in particular and the church at large is something I have been predicting for the past twenty years. Genuine Christian people are growing tired of silly church led by leaders in skinny jeans majoring on soliciting emotions rather than serious biblical content and historical connection. People are yearning for seriousness, gravity, mystery, and, yes, even a little liturgy.