Weekly Texts

There are two major conclusions from the Jerusalem Conference, one doctrinal and timeless, the other practical and context specific. The Doctrinal “Therefore I judge that we do not trouble those who are turning to God from among the Gentiles,” v19 Imagine an eternal stone on whic...

Fester is a word worth pondering. It may even be worth festering over. Most other things are not, however. Drama of any sort ought to be addressed head on, no matter how much “dissension and debate” v2, 7 it causes. Drag it into the light, kicking and screaming, and hash it out....

If a Christian man from the modern world were stoned almost to death for his faith, it would not be relegated to a footnote in his biography. It would clothe the pages of history books and adorn the covers of evangelical magazines for years to come. He would give interviews, he w...

Reformed Christians such as myself sometimes scratch their heads at statements like this: “They spoke in such a manner that a large number of people believed.” v1 If God is absolutely sovereign which he is – Ephesians 1:11 , and only grants true repentance and faith to those who...

In amenable conditions, it is easy for a building to fake structural integrity. When no cyclonic winds are oppressing the sticks and bark of a child’s carefully crafted teepee in the backyard, he may be lulled into the conceit of believing it really could stand strong, should the...