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Of Men and Women: Who Shall Protect the President? Meeting The Minimum is Not Good Enough

8/12/2024

This article was originally published at The American Reformer on 8.7.2024. You can access it here.

"Can we get serious about the differences between men and women? Who is it that occupies the top echelon of elite fighters in our military? Men or women? Who are the greatest combat sports fighters on the planet? Men or women? Who do you want protecting the president?"

Slow Sanctification

2/6/2024

“I am not what I ought to be – but I am not what I once was.”

A Life Not Wasted

2/1/2024

"He finally found a way – he sold himself into slavery in order to preach the gospel to them."

Sin is Poison - Not a 'Mistake'

1/24/2024

"Don’t you see what happens? The milder you make your label, the more dangerous you make your poison."

Valiant for Truth and the Word of God

8/9/2023

"Let a man have one of these blades, with a hand to wield it and skill to use it, and he may venture upon an angel with it. He need not fear its holding, if he can but tell how to lay on. Its edges will never blunt. It will cut flesh and bones, and soul and spirit, and all."

Spurgeon on the Doctrine of Election

7/1/2023

"I believe the doctrine of election, because I am quite certain that, if God had not chosen me, I should never have chosen Him."

2 Peter in the Canon at the Council of Nicaea

6/17/2022

This paper was originally presented at the 2018 Covenant Theological Seminary's annual theology conference. That paper was then revised and used in the Midwest Evangelical Theological Society's 2018 meeting where it received a runner-up in the student paper competition.

The Other Side of IVF: What do we do with Leftover Embryos?

3/1/2022

"Between 1987 and 2015, approximately one million children were born through the use of IVF or other reproductive technologies averaging about 62,000 children per year. Seeking to fulfill the desire to have children is laudable impulse though the means have come into question."

What’s the difference between 'Church Planting', 'Replanting' and 'Revitalization'?

2/26/2022

"A church plant is building a house from the ground up - laying the foundation, adding the structures, piping, electrical and so on. Replanting is akin to gutting an older house to remodel it. The foundation remains intact as does much of the skeleton of the home but the plaster walls are taken out, the electoral is updated, and new windows and roof are installed. And lastly, revitalization is making only minimal changes to the house. A paint job, new appliances, and fixing older plumbing and electrical rather than replacing it, but the vast majority of the house remains as it was before."

Throwback Thursday - Luther Film with Aaron Armstrong

2/22/2022

Martyn Lloyd-Jones on Plagiarizing Sermons

2/9/2022

"They all went to this bookshop and bought the various books. The tendency was, naturally, for all to buy the same books, and the result was that many of them were preaching the same sermon!"

Spurgeon on Christian Deconstruction

12/8/2021

This excerpt is from Spurgeon's small and final manifesto, "The Greatest Fight in the World." As it strikes me, it is an apt critique of what "Christian Deconstructionists" and the so called, "exvangelical" moment is guilty of.

Veteran Suicide and the Mission of the Church

4/27/2021

"There’s more than ample evidence that this narrative, this combat-PTSD-suicide chain, is mistaken. What’s more, if we assume suicide is mostly related to combat and PTSD, we may fail to help those most in need."

Throwback Thursday - The Canon of Scripture: A Conversation with Michael Kruger

4/15/2021

Do You Love the Holy Spirit?

4/13/2021

"As Christians, we are confessing Trinitarians. This means we profess that the Bible teaches there are three distinct persons in one God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. But practically speaking, many of us are probably more bi-nitarian than we care to admit."

What does being a Christian mean to you?

3/16/2021

"Do you look forward to quiet time in His Word and praying to Him? When someone asks you, “what does it meant to be a Christian?” Is a love for God near the top of your list?"

Throwback Thursday: What Every Christian Needs to Know About the Qur'an (with James White)

11/26/2020

Translating the Message to the Military

10/20/2020

Christians can possess a confidence that their message, which been translated hundreds of times across hundreds of languages and cultures, is meant to be translated.

The Valley of the Shadow of Death: A "Through" Place

9/9/2020

"The Valley of the Shadow of Death is not a “to” place for which will be lost and forgotten. To the contrary, it is a “through” place our shepherd leads us out of."

Have I Been Called to Ministry?

6/2/2020

Have I been called to ministry? Such a weighty question deserves a considerate and thoughtful answer. This isn’t the kind of thing you would want to answer on a whim, make in haste, or without seeking the wisdom of others.

Family Worship: The Mission Begins at Home

5/22/2020

"In this video I walk through the biblical foundations, duty and elements of family worship. You will see my family do their evening worship time after supper (warts and all!) that we hope provides a template, encouragement and training to spur parents on to take up this mandate."

8 Facts about Mass Incarceration that Should Shock You

2/14/2020

"The United States possess 3% of the world’s population and 20% of the world’s prisoners. There are more people in prison in the U.S. per 100,000 people than under authoritative regimes like China and Russia."

Why I’m Not Afraid of Beto’s Threat

10/23/2019

"When Christians rescue the unborn from slaughter, increasingly adopt, their numbers will grow exponentially. Who can keep pace with a generation that rescues? Not the one that slaughters."

8 simple ways to distract yourself from God!

10/17/2019

"Remember in all of these, no one likes a hypocrite. If you’ve been away from church, prayer, or reading your bible, now is not the time to start."

5 Life-Changing Lessons I Learned in Seminary

8/11/2019

"All other observations and insights are inferior to the call we have to follow him. No calling is higher, because no sacrifice was greater than his."

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