Contaminated By Responsible Action
Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a theologian positioned in a challenging historical situation. As a Christ-follower, pastor and professor he wrestled with the dynamic of …
Locating Joy: Fellowship with the Triune God
In the previous posts on joy we looked at the Triune God as the true source of all joy and the biblical …
Locating Joy: The Presence of God
The Trinity is the source of all joy, it follows that nearness to him correlates to our experience of joy. If you …
Locating Joy: The Triune God
Joy in this world must always be explored against the backdrop of sorrow. In 2 Corinthians 6:10, Paul describes the Christian journey …
The Intention of the Cross in 1 Peter
There is nothing more intentional than the cross. It was the Triune design mapped before the foundation of the world (Acts 2:23, 4:27-28, 2 Tim …
Speaking the Gospel with Gentleness & Respect
Gospel witness is privilege and imperative. Called to proclaim the excellencies of him who called us from darkness to light we are …
Identity: I am Empowered
You’re empowered to go farther and stand longer. Stop breaking, start bending.
Justification and Equal Footing
It has been said that the ground is level at the foot of the cross. Calvary is the great equalizer. It is …
Learning from sinful angels
We have a lot to learn from angels. They are a model of loyalty, service, reverence, worship, holy curiosity and strength. We …
Identity: I am Hated
It turns out our primal fears were correct: there is a monster living under the bed, and he’s worse than we imagined.
Kept by the Trinity
Assurance comes from turning our eyes away from our strength, our faithfulness and our obedience. Assurance happens to us as we focus …
After Darkness, Light
“Post Tenebras Lux.” This is the Latin phrase that became the motto of the Protestant Reformation. It literally reads, “After darkness, light.” …
The Remedy for Fear
If there is one thing that should strike fear in a heart it is the certainty of divine judgment and the potential …
Jesus the Warfighter
The gospel is the good news of a fierce Warrior King who fights our battles for us.
The Lion and the Lamb
This poem is about Jesus as the Lion and the Lamb. He ferociously goes to the cross to sacrifice himself for us. …
The Pervasive Problem of Self-Justification
Oswald Bayer in his book Living By Faith: Justification and Sanctification says something strikingly true about the human race. “The world of the court …
Give us Men
Give us Men! Men-from every rank, Fresh and free and frank; Men of thought and reading, Men of light and leading, Men …
The Excellent God
Andreas Kostenberger wrote a book on Excellence in scholarship. He argues that a theology of God’s excellence is the foundation of any …
Triune Compassion
From one angle, the storyline of Scripture is a story of grief. We are born into grief, grief is not something we …
Own It
Repentance is ownership. We own our sin. We own our failure before God. We own our rebellion. We own our iniquity. We …
The Benefit of Doubt
I read an article this week on the benefit of doubt for our faith. The author of the article is Peter Enns, …