Many men's hearts are like rusty locks. It takes a great deal of work to open them, especially if the key is not the right key and fitted to every notch. But now come to a lock where the key is fitted to every notch fully and a child may turn it....[ abbreviated | read entire ]
God has richly blessed my wife and me with six daughters and three sons. Last night we celebrated another daughter's sixteenth birthday. One of our traditions when this occurs is for me, Dad, to purchase and give my daughter what I call "Your...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
There is a tragic lack of distinctiveness in much of what passes as Christian music today. The Scriptures call us to sing a new song to the Lord and yet many times the church is content to change a few words of a secular love song and sing it to...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
A popular argument in favor of homosexuality maintains that God is so in love with us, and so concerned about our present happiness, that He could not possibly be opposed to "same-sex love within committed relationships." A recent article in The...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
David Powlison is one of the clearest thinkers in what we might call "the biblical counseling movement." As editor of the Journal of Biblical Counseling and instructor at the Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation, Powlison has greatly...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The sufficiency of the Scriptures continues to be subtly attacked in the world of professional counseling. But we need not fret. God's truth will always triumph. In a recent article at the Christian Worldview Network, an exposition of Hebrews 4:12...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
For the past few months, I have been working my way through Foundations of Grace by Steve Lawson. I heartily commend this work to anyone who cherishes the sovereign grace of God.Jesus Christ Himself is the sole Builder of the church, as He...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Kerby Anderson, from Probe Ministries, has done extensive research on the subject of adultery in the United States. In a recent article entitled, The Allure of Cyber-Relationships (online affairs), he came to the conclusion that,...adultery is...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Since its original appearance in 1656, The Reformed Pastor has been a sober call to ministers to be serious about the gospel and their own personal holiness. In the preface, William Brown wrote, "hard must be the heart of that minister, who can...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
