Tag: christianity
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The Fourth Commandment, Corporate Worship, and the Strength of Culture
Corporate worship services at our church begin with a call to worship. A passage of Scripture, usually taken from the Psalms, is read aloud reminding the congregation of God’s invitation to worship and give thanks. We come before the Lord responsively, not presumptively. What’s interesting about those invitations to worship is they sound more like…
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Mild Religion and the Threat to Civilization
The man with “mild religion” has no interest in obedience to Christ. He’ll occasionally show up to church, shirt collar in the clutches of his momma, wife, or girlfriend, but he has no passion for honoring Christ by the way he thinks, talks, or behaves.
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Question 13 | Didn’t Jesus Deliberately Hide His Message So People Wouldn’t Repent?
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Question 12 | Aren’t Our Good Works Predestined?
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Developing the Christian Virtue of Intolerance
It honors Christ when you cultivate a godly hatred for false worship, evil thinking, and godless living. Speaking as Earth’s King, Jesus said, “Whoever is not with me is against me” (Matthew 12:30). Either you actively promote Christ in worship and life, or you are his enemy.
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Only the First Commandment Makes Men Equal
Apart from God, there will never be any sort of true human equality. It is only “under God” that men become equal. “The law is no respecter of persons, because God is no respecter of persons. He is the Father of both the humble and the proud.”
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The Courageous Death of Christian People
You can face death with confidence only when this life has become less valuable than the next; when your love and longing for Christ is greater than for the temporary trappings of this world. When that happens, death becomes desirable rather than despised. You may say with the Apostle Paul, “My desire is to depart…
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The First Commandment Requires Courageous Loyalty
The greatest commandment summarizes the first four of the Ten Commandments. And the first of these ten is, “You shall have no other gods before me” (Exodus 20:3). Elton Trueblood calls this command “the allocation of priority.”[1] The one, true God demands nothing less than absolute loyalty. The first priority of every man on earth…
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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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Delighting in the Christian Work of Worship
Some wrestle with making worship more “participatory.” What they mean is they want more people to lead. However, since worship is work, all of worship is an exercise in which the whole congregation participates.
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Most Southern Christians Believe God Accepts the Worship of All Religions
In AD 610, while staying in Ramadhan, Mohammed reported having a Samuel-like encounter. Whereas Samuel heard the voice of God (1 Samuel 3), Mohammed encountered the angel Gabriel, God’s messenger. According to Islamic tradition, Gabriel would deliver the content of the Koran to Mohammed over time. Loosely derived from the Koran, every faithful Muslim must…
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Identifying Sinful Fears, Pt. 2: The Fear of Creation
Matthew’s Gospel challenges our assumptions about fearfulness. After a long day of ministry, Jesus and his disciples crossed the Sea of Galilee. Weary from the day, our Lord fell asleep in the boat’s bow. Then, a violent storm battered and threatened to destroy the vessel and its occupants. The disciples panicked, but Jesus remained asleep.…
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