WHY? Questions about life and death, pain and suffering strike every person alive, usually more than once in their lives. We all have wondered “Why?” We have asked friends, family, parents, even pastors to help us understand why bad stuff happens. There are a lot of...
Christian Living
Come, Let Us Worship: Eschewing The Gospel Of Toxic Divinity
“Come, let us worship and bow down, Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker.“ Psalm 95:6 “What! Am I to be put into the pulpit and to be told that I am to confine myself to certain truths only, to comfort God’s saints? I will not have it so.” Charles Spurgeon If...
Why Are We Striving For Eternity?
Therefore if you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth. For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God....
Come, Let Us Worship: A Consuming Fire
“Come, let us worship and bow down, Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker.“ Psalm 95:6 The great 20th -century expositor Martyn Lloyd-Jones wrote, “If you want to be odd in the Christian church today, preach the New Testament gospel.” In the 21st-century, following...
Come, Let Us Worship: Though Dying, Jesus Saved
“Come, let us worship and bow down, Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker.“ Psalm 95:6 “The eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month.” The formal cessation of fighting in the First World War came with the armistice signed by the Allies and Germany at...
Come, Let Us Worship: “Have You Not Read?”
“Come, let us worship and bow down, Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker.“ Psalm 95:6 The renowned rock-star and apparent literati, Frank Zappa, is known for his chart-topping contribution to humanity’s musical heritage which includes a song featuring the...
The Church’s Involvement in Counseling
Churches have too long forsaken their role in counseling. “Let’s leave these complex issues up to the medical professionals” has been said by far too many pastors. “Let’s instruct counselees on how the Bible applies to their situation and walk with them in their...
Come, Let Us Worship: The God Who Makes Bereans
“Come, let us worship and bow down, Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker.“ Psalm 95:6 R.C. Sproul, in one of those always popular, candid Q&A sessions during a Ligonier conference, once made the following comment. “You don’t have to listen to a preacher for very...
Come, Let Us Worship: The Image-Giving God
“Come, let us worship and bow down, Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker.“ Psalm 95:6 A Truth Suppressor's View of Personhood In December 2014, what was hailed as a landmark ruling from an Argentine court regarding the case of Sandra, a “shy, twenty-nine year old,”...
What is the Church?
The Universal Church When asked this question, most people would jump right in and say the name of their local church. Some will envision the “little white church on a hill” where they first came to know the Lord. Others will think of their particular...