Faith in the living God should make us tender and merciful to others. Too often, however, our faith can devolve into caustic legalism and critical judgmentalism toward those with whom we disagree. How can we maintain a merciful heart toward our neighbors all around us? Jesus challenges us in Matthew 9:13: “Go and learn what…
Love Thy Body: Answering Hard Questions about Life and Sexuality Nancy Pearcey Baker Books, 2018 Reviewed by Don Johnson. Nancy Pearcey’s work is a blessing for anyone who wants to evangelize among the people of modern Western culture. Love Thy Body provides an analysis of modern rationales that seem so inexplicable to conservatives of all…
In the conclusion to John’s gospel, he says this, “This is the disciple who testifies of these things and wrote these things; and we know that his testimony is true” (John 21:24). In this statement, he uses the same word twice, once as a verb and once as a noun. The verb μαρτυρέω means, “To…
“When she said that to me . . . Well, if there were a fruit basket of the Holy Spirit, let’s just say, ‘I was not in the basket’!” Those words from a good friend in ministry made me laugh out loud because I have been there. You have, too. We all have been there.…
Are we Wrong? It is a fair question to ask. Just because we have “always” believed something, or behaved a certain way does not necessarily mean it is right. When the Apostle Paul shared his personal story with his fellow Jews on the steps of the fortress in Acts 22, he was met with a…
Happy International Septuagint Day! If you’re scratching your head over what the Septuagint is, for the sake of simplicity, it’s the Koiné Greek translation of the Old Testament. It’s the Hebrew Old Testament translated into the Greek of the New Testament. International Septuagint Day is designated to raise awareness of this resource’s value. There’s a…
Stewart Custer, well-known professor at Bob Jones University and pastor at Trinity Bible Church, [footnote] My wife and I were members at Trinity Bible Church for many years and were part of the group that called Dr. Custer as pastor of the church.[/footnote] was the most prolific Bible faculty author at BJU, producing small booklets,…
The incarnation of Jesus Christ is a fundamental of the gospel. Essential to our salvation is the teaching that the Second Person of the Godhead laid aside his visible divine glory and added to his eternal person a complete human nature. From the annunciation onward God fully entered into the human experience, passing through gestation,…
Recently, bursts of machine gun fire echoed across the lobby of a hotel in Nairobi, Kenya. Al-Shabab had struck again. In 2013, 67 were murdered just across the street from where last week’s siege took place. In 2015, 148 students were also casualties in this continuing religious war between Somali terrorists and the Kenyan government.…
It was with a great sense of joy and of loss that we received the news on Saturday of Beneth Jones’ heavenward journey. There is joy in knowing that she is now completely cancer free and in the bliss of her Savior’s presence. Heaven is real. It is not death’s consolation prize. It is…