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How To Rebuild the West After Its Collapse
Then and now, it is imperative we teach our children how to honor Christ by keeping his Law. Isn’t a significant part of discipling the nations that we teach “them to observe all [Christ] commanded” (Matthew 28:20)? Many have supposedly accepted Christ as Savior. How many have yielded to him as king?
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Mental Health and the Soul of Man
In other words, “if you are diagnosed with depression by a clinician…there is an 85 to 96 percent chance that if you went to a second clinician, they might not diagnose you with depression.” In layman’s terms, the clinical psychologists’ batting average is about .150. He concludes they should be taken “with a grain of…
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500+ | An Argument for Open Session Meetings
If our practices are godly, we should have no fear of practicing them in the light. Shrouding our business in secrecy suggests we are “underhanded” in our ways, seeking to practice “cunning.” Instead, let us commend the godliness of our demeanor and reasoning by doing our work in the open.
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500+ | Josiah Mason and the Neutrality Myth
Target Corporation responded to pushback against their support of sexual perversion by moving certain displays to the back of certain stores. This action angered members of the LGBTQ community so they criticized the company for caving in. A representative group, the LGBTQ Coalition, responded saying, “When it comes to advancing diversity, equity and inclusion, there is…
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Christ’s Kingdom Has a Border Wall
We can discern true from false Christianity on two bases: profession and character. Christians affirm all that Jesus taught, not just his ethics. Our starting point, therefore, is to accept and consent to everything the Scriptures teach, no matter how uncomfortable it makes us.
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Rise Up, Man, and Praise the Virtuous Woman!
In the Church, state and home, we must praise godly women. God appointed them to bring forth the raw materials of the growth and good of each. He has equipped them to nurture and nourish children at their most vulnerable state. They sing over them the lullabies of the kingdom when they are still too…
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It is a Shame for a Woman to Speak in Church
The church that honors Christ will worship him how he wants to be worshiped. It is his divine command that qualified men lead his worship.
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Preaching is the Pinnacle of the Worship Mountain
Preparing and preaching sermons takes diligent, prayerful preparation. Therefore, ministers must devote themselves to studying, explaining and applying the Scriptures.
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Delighting the Heart of God with the Gift of Song
This reminds us that worship through song is an act of obedience to the Lord. This gives singing perspective. We might ask, “If singing is an act of obedience, how does God want us to sing?” Here, is an order of priority for selecting Christian music: words, voices, delivery.
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Offering Public Prayer As an Act of Worship
In light of Jesus’ counsel to pray in secret, I was once asked if public prayer is sinful. Do you break Jesus’ command when you pray with and for your family? In our corporate worship services, we offer many prayers. Sometimes the minister prays and other times we pray together. Should we stop doing that? Should…
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Sitting at Jesus’ Feet in Corporate Worship
If we truly believe Scripture is the life-giving Word of God, why don’t more Protestant churches read it to their congregations? Why is not our worship centered around hearing from the living God rather than making ourselves heard? As Christians, we need to sing less and listen more! Let’s make worship a Mary moment not a…
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True Corporate Worship Must Emphasize the Unity of the Body
Nehemiah 8-9 join Leviticus 10 and Hebrews 12 as significant to our development of a theology of worship. In verse 1, the people of Israel are described as gathering “as one man into the square before the Water Gate” (Nehemiah 8:1). When the people gathered before the Lord for corporate worship, they did so “as…
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