Isaiah was called by the Lord and tasked with prophesying, among other things, destruction and woe to his people and also to the nations. When he asked the Lord how long he should do so, the Lord replied, “Until cities lie waste without inhabitant, and houses without...
Why I Interpret John 3:16 as an Invitation Some may not think I’m a Calvinist when it comes to John 3:16. Actually, I’m a John Calvinist when I interpret this verse (double entendre intended). I don’t think the verse (and its larger context) is simply designed to...
I’m not completely sure it’s authentic, but something in my moderately dark sense of humor hopes it is. I’m talking about the photo of the man who got a massive tattoo across his chest, intending to declare to the world: “no regrets” – but accidentally misspelled it...
Ventura, Rob, ed. A New Exposition of the London Baptist Confession of Faith of 1689. Ross-shire: Mentor, 2022 Throughout the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, well over 100 reformed confessions of faith were written and adopted by faithful congregations. These...
The Value of the Old Testament, Part 1 The Value of the Old Testament, Part 2 The preceding objections, and many more which are constantly spewing forth, as it were, from the pits of Orthanc, must be dispatched with so that the exquisite beauty of the Old Testament...
It can be shocking at times to realize how open and honest the Bible is when it talks to us about the nature of the life of faith. Even when I read the sayings of the Lord Jesus Christ in the gospels, there are times when it’s almost as if He’s putting people off from...
I hate it when film makers take a perfectly excellent book and ruin it by attempting to make a movie out of it. No doubt, each one of us can probably think of a litany of our favorite books that the silver screen has forever tarnished. Mary Shelly's Frankenstein is...
We read in Psalm 103:13, “As a father pities his children, so the Lord pities those who fear him.” The Hebrew word means to love deeply, to have tender affection, or to have compassion. This text tells us that God’s attitude toward His children is one of tender...
The Value of the Old Testament, Part 1 In order for the Old Testament to hold any value for the church, it must first hold relevance for the church. Does any such relevance exist? The Old Testament is relevant because it is the foundation of the New Testament Church....
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to...