What does it take to draw near to God? It takes a perfect priest, a finished work, and a broken body to open the way. In short, it takes everything, which is exactly what Christ has given for you.
08/26/26
Christianity need not retreat from investigation. Its central claim is that the Word became flesh, entered history, was crucified, and on the third day rose from the dead. That is not an embarrassment to be overcome. It is the claim we have been given to declare and defend.
08/31/26
Christ remains the epic hero of your life. Watch the glory of his victory on your behalf. Look to him and his strength in your times of trouble.
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10/30/19
We have the freedom to joyfully participate in neighborhood fun with the love of our neighbor in mind.
10/28/19
True love isn't a thing. We can't find true love in our souls, soul mates, or safe spaces. We can't marry true love, buy it, or create it from scratch.
10/28/19
Like the younger son, we can return to our Father every time our sinful hearts rebel against him. Like the older brother, we can complain and lament to our Father without fear of being destroyed.
10/25/19
When it comes to confessing the truth of the Christian faith, Christians are given the words. We don’t have to formulate them ourselves.
10/24/19
Our very lives as parents and children implicitly proclaim this higher and lovely truth: we have no value to God based upon our usefulness.
10/17/19
He will do it because God is the truth, and always deals with and in the truth.
10/16/19
Jesus gave His disciples the Lord’s Prayer as a gift. It’s really our prayer when you think about it.
10/14/19
Terror and even hatred of God are the only things with which divine hiddenness can leave us.
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10/13/19
Are people so different today? Is justification really irrelevant now? Is the preacher’s only point of contact with the life-giving Gospel a by-product of Microsoft’s word processor? I do not think so.
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10/11/19
Friends are a gift from God, but all gifts flow from God to his children because of his love for us on account of Christ.
10/07/19
Christ’s indwelling in the Christian must be tied relentlessly to these external and objective events of God’s own action.
10/04/19
The following is an excerpt from“Where Two or Three Are Gathered” edited by Scott Keith (1517 Publishing, 2019).
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