We have really enjoyed working on the CanonWIRED video clips, and we have received some good feedback from you all about it. For those of you who just recently got here (and that includes a number of you, I think), we thought it would be good to post a list of the top ten most …
Dealing With Discouragement
INTRODUCTION:Although the occasions can be many, there are two basic reasons for discouragement—internal and external. The internal occurs when for some reason we have given way to sin, and the external occurs when we are buffeted by circumstances, as Job was, but without sin. And, of course, it is possible to get discouraged in both …
Haman Brought the Treachery With Him
This meal is a royal feast; the Lord Jesus is the king, and He has invited us all to sit down and partake with Him. But the fact that we are seated at this Table should not make us careless of our manners. Haman was invited to a meal by a queen, and he sat …
No Endless Chain of Buttercups and Daisies
God is the God of great mercy and He brings great salvation. But it should not be concluded from this that the God of the Bible is a soft God. He is the Lord of Heaven and earth, and though He is altogether good, He is not what we would call well-behaved. The universe is …
Sin Is Generational
Our Father and God, You have established Your Church as a royal priesthood in this world, and so we intercede for the nations of men now, confessing on their behalf so that the grace of Your forgiveness will soon be extended to them all. Father, we know from Your Word that sin is generational, just …
Three-Foot-Long Cockroaches
Behind the idea of Christendom is the matter of interpretive filters for your history. When it comes to evaluating whether things are getting better, whether they are staying the same, or getting worse, we will make that call in the grip of our foundational assumptions. Under the category of staying the same, we would also …
Facing Up the Down Escalator
Let us begin with a simple categorization. Technology is a form of wealth. Progress is a form of wealth. This helps us get our bearings as Christians, because we should now know what to watch out for. If we were to look up “technology” in a concordance, we would find that the Bible teaches us …
Knocked Down and Picked Up by the Same Thing
“This means that a minister must not be the kind of person who apologizes for breathing. Every man called to the ministry shares Paul’s sentiment on the one hand — who is sufficient for these things (2 Cor. 2:16)? On the other hand, he must be the kind of man who tells these sentiments of …
The Preacher Should Be As Composed as the Message
“If men who enter into this calling without fear and reverence are to be blamed, how much more faulty are those ministers who venture to preach or minister the holy sacraments without holy and private preparation and sanctification, and rush into them as though they were common, secular actions” (Perkins, The Art of Prophesying, p. …
Understanding Daughters
Here is a great article for those who would like help in understanding their daughters.