Ultimately the only answer God gave to job was a revelation of Himself. It was as if God said to him, Job, I am your answer. Job was not asked to trust a plan but a person, a personal God who is sover...
Very early in my tenure with St. Andrew’s, I determined that I should adopt the ancient Christian practice of lectio continua, continuous expositions, in my preaching. This method of preaching verse-b...
We aredebtors who cannot pay, yet we have been released from the threat of debtors' prison. It is an insult to God for us to withhold forgiveness and grace from those who ask us, while claiming to be...
We assert boldly that God has revealed to us who He is, who we are, and how we are expected to relate to Him. He has revealed for us that which is pleasing to Him and commanded by Him. Revelation prov...
We cannot take our plates and help ourselves to only those attributes of God we find tasteful and pass by those attributes we find unpalatable. In practice, this is done every day. It is the basis of...
We do well to remember that only one Man has ever spoken infallibly—our Lord Jesus, who alone is Head of His church. Let us receive His Word—the Scriptures—as the only infallible communication from Go...
We live in a culture that embraces pluralism and relativism, and we are told every (lay that proselytizing people or trying to convert people to Christianity is taboo. But the Lord Himself was sent by...
We may go to the house of mirth, to a party, where we have fun, kick back, have a good time, and enjoy entertainment. Parties are not all that serious; we don't have to be contemplative in order to en...
We must accept the fact that God sometimes says no. Sometimes He calls us to suffer and die even if we want to claim the contrary.
We must see that while we are justified by faith apart from works, we are justified by faith unto works.
We need Christ-the real Christ. A Christ born of empty speculation or created to squeeze into the philosopher's patternsimply won't do. A recycled Christ, a Christ of compromise, can redeem no one. A...
We take comfort, however, that mystery is not a synonym for contradiction.
What accounts for Luther's behavior? One things is certain: Whatever defense mechanisms normal people have to mute the accusing voice of conscience, Luther was lacking.
What is a sensuous Christian? One dictionary defines sensuous as, pertaining to the senses or sensible objects: highly susceptible to influence through the senses. The sensuous Christian is one who li...
When God's justice falls, we are offended because we think God owes perpetual mercy. We must not take His grace for granted. We must never lose our capacity to be amazed by grace
When I have things in perspective, I know that if I never experienced another blessing in my entire life other than the blessings I already have received from the hand of God, I would have no possible...
When I violate one point of God's law, I bring myself into opposition to God Himself.
When the Holy Spirit convicts us of sin, He does so to bring us to repentance and, ultimately, to bring us to reconciliation with God, to forgiveness, to healing, and to cleansing. In other words, whe...
When we say the Bible is infallible in its origin, we are merely ascribing its origin to a God who is infallible. This is not to say that the biblical writers were intrinsically or in themselves infal...
When you struggle with your faith, when you face the dark night of the soul, when you are not sure of where youstand with the things of God, flee to the Scriptures. It is from those pages that God the...
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