Just today Iraq names a new president which was followed with a double car bombing in Baghdad, Ukrainian prime minister announces his resignation, and Reuven Rivlin is appointed as Israel’s new president. “He changes times and seasons; he removes kings and sets up kings; he gives […]
In meditating on John 17, and the emphasis that Christ places on the ‘oneness’ of His redeemed, my heart is reminded of the great importance of the local assembly of saints. The church, despite all our personal flaws and failings, is a marvelous creation of God. […]
I recently came across a statement in a book that I am reading by J. C. Ryle that gripped my heart. Ryle noted–mind you, years before the turn of the 19th century–that he lived “in an age of reading.” What most forcefully commanded my attention was […]
The following events took place on the day of this holy week that we call Thursday: Our Lord instructs His disciples to prepare for the Passover (Matt 26:17-19; Mark 14:12-16; Luke 22:7-113) Our Lord presides over the final Passover and forever transforms its illustrative commemorating power […]
Humanity does not need a man-centered God. Nor is a man-centered gospel “good news” to a fallen world. Man-centeredness was the cause of the Fall in the first place. In a very significant way, the Fall was a “fall” from the heights of God-centered existence into […]