Job 35:10 By Charles Spurgeon—part of a sermon on Job 35:10 The text: “My Redeemer gives me songs in the night.” But what does the text mean, when it asserts that God giveth songs in the night? We think we find two answers to the question. The first is, that usually in the night of […]
What I Think About Abortion, and Why
A short caveat: I believe what I am telling you is true. It is what I think. But I know that as I have chatted with folks over the years that they can fool themselves into thinking they think certain things, but they are wrong. I often help others rethink their position, based on the […]
WHY CAN’T THE CHURCH JUST AGREE TO DISAGREE ON HOMOSEXUALITY?
By Kevin DeYoung It is difficult to exaggerate how seriously the Bible treats the sin of sexual immorality. Sexual sin is never considered adiaphora, a matter of indifference, an agree-to-disagree issue like food laws or holy days (Rom. 14:1-15:7). To the contrary, sexual immorality is precisely the sort of sin that characterizes those who will not […]
Taking the Easy Way
Bob had a fight with his wife and was angry. He decided to go for a walk to cool off. While on his walk he wandered past the local bar. Outside the bar was a woman who, as he got closer, he realized was his old high school girlfriend, Mabel. She looked as good as […]
Confession of Sin – To Others
We need to know and remember that our sin is primarily against God (Psa. 51:4). Therefore, confession of sin to God needs to be absolute with no waffling and no holding back. It needs to include motives, desires, thoughts, behavior, emotions, actions, reasons, justifications, hesitations, excuses, and anything else that will break down the wall […]
Live in Love — For the Pre-Married
Dr. Pastor Lawyer, I have been wrestling in my and my fiance’s interactions. It seems like there is so much gray area. I want to be affectionate, not cold, but not ruin our marriage by sinning now. It’s also challenging for me because I know a bunch of rules isn’t the answer. Do you have any […]
We’re Walkers
One thing that I think would be really helpful is if we stopped using non-Christian or non-Biblical terminology to describe what we’re going through. For example, we keep saying we are “obsessing.” What does that word mean? In psychological terms it means essentially that you have no control, or that your thoughts are out of […]
Posture in Worship
Churches can generally be categorized as “truth oriented” or as “feelings oriented.” It would be fair to rank our churches as among the former, but one the temptations faced by such truth oriented churches is that of sliding into thinking that this means “brain oriented” churches. But the truth is for the whole man. The […]
Psalm 63 – The Watering Hole
‟O God, You are my God Early will I seek you. My soul thirsts for You My flesh longs for You In a dry and thirsty land where there is no water.” (v.1) In the first line, ‟O God, You are my God,” this states possession, a close relationship. The Lord is his God and it puts everything […]