2+ hour, 6+ min ago  (267+ words) Psalm 73:28a says this: "As for me, it is good to be near God" (NIV). This is a wonderful, rich phrase full of meaning for believers. I love how Abraham Kuyper explained it: "To Be Near Unto God" means such nearness…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (441+ words) (The following post was previously published in February 2015) Sadly, some Christians do not make it a habit or custom to regularly worship God together with other Christians." For various reasons (a majority of them sinful!) some Christians simply skip corporate…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago  (300+ words) One area of Christian ethics that seems to be neglected in our highly charged political culture is Jesus" repeated call for Christians to love our neighbors. Our neighbors include enemies and people who despise and oppress us. Jesus is quite…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (390+ words) The Baptist view of baptism is based on the presumption of a person's faith. In other words, when someone professes faith, no human can be absolutely certain that the person's faith is genuine. If he is baptized, his baptism is…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (350+ words) (The following was originally posted in June 2012) Aside from writing the Confession and Catechisms, the Westminster divines also wrote a'directory for public worship'(DPW) which was approved in 1645.' One section of this directory that has always stood out to me…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (561+ words) True or False: Long prayers are what all Christians should aim for because long prayers are better than short prayers. The answer is false. There is no command in Scripture for all Christians to always pray long prayers. There are…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (332+ words) If you want to read an excellent, comforting, and Christ-centered meditation on 2 Corinthians 5:1-10, I highly recommend B. B. Warfield's sermon called The Christian's Attitude Toward Death. I'm in the middle of preaching a short sermon series on death, and I've found Warfield's…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (350+ words) In Christian theology, the return of Christ to judge the living and the dead is good news for believers. When Jesus returns, he will make all things new and bring in the new heaven and earth, the final state. It…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (162+ words) It's not a good thing, but sometimes people get angry at God. Things don't go their way, suffering comes, and they blame God. Again, it's not good, but it happens. If you've struggled with this, I recommend David Powlison's book,…...

3+ week, 1+ hour ago  (166+ words) It is true that sinners are saved by God's grace through faith in Christ (Eph. 2:1-8). We cannot earn God's acceptance or favor by anything we do. He forgives us, rescues us, and justifies us freely by his grace. Grace means…...