We come before the Lord in trust. We have to do this because without it, nothing we do in worship will prevail with Him. We trust Him, we have faith in Him, because this is the only way that creatures can receive blessing from Him. With His blessing, preaching against sin brings conviction and change. …
Why Modern Art Failed
“We may appreciate the efforts, and even admire the greatness, of men who have tried to find the universal, the general ‘behind’ appearances; yet at the same time their quest was doomed to fail, for all universals break down as soon as the Creator, He who made man in His image, is denied or left …
The Difference Attempts At Application Make
“Karl Marx was an intellectual who suffered misfortune because people tried to put his ideas into practice. Had Plao suffered the same misfortune, the world would still be talking about that totalitarian hellhole” (The Case for Classical Christian Education, p. 215).
Politics As Thin Mist
“‘Politics’ is a very poor substitute for ‘Divine Wrath,’ but, alas, it is all most perpetrators of sacred violence have left. And it isn’t enough. It cannot envelop the violence it tries to justify in a thick enough mist” (Gil Bailie, Violence Unveiled, p. 156).
God Rules the Milling, Pagan Tribes
Minister: Lift up your hearts! Congregation: We lift them up to the Lord! Let all the people clap their hands; Shout to God triumphantly. Our God on high is terrible; He is a great, majestic king, His kingdom is for all the earth. He is a warrior, conquering, He …
The “Issue” Isn”t the Issue
In the message today, we will be considering the potency of the cross of Jesus Christ, and we will be glorying in the fact that He is Lord over all things. This message necessarily brings the Church into conflict with the unbelieving world, and there is no way to paper over the difference. But though …
Grace to Burn
As we engage with the powers and principalities of this age, we do so by spiritual means, and not by carnal means. We declare the gospel, and we baptize the nations, and we offer wine and bread. But that is not all. The rest of the Great Commission says that we are called to teach …
A Lifetime of Rehearsal
This wedding today is a small foretaste of the great consummation of all things, which will occur at the wedding supper of the Lord Jesus with His bride, the Christian Church. Human history began with a wedding in a Garden, and it will come to its ultimate fulfillment in a great wedding at the center …
Simultaneously Careful and Free
We have a tendency to look at the wrong things when preparing ourselves for this meal—and of course, we should prepare ourselves for it. The Bible contains multiple warnings against trifling with the holy things of God. He warns the unrighteous about defiling this sacramental meal. But from this warning, the righteous have drawn many …
Turning From a World That is Ours
The Lord Jesus promised us that the meek would inherit the earth. The prophets foretold this as well, saying that the earth would be as full of the knowledge of the Lord as the water covers the sea. They will not hurt or destroy in all the holy mountain. The apostle tells us that the …