Our culture tends to downplay the reality of sin, if it even acknowledges it at all. Sin has been a terribly integral part of the human experience almost as long as we’ve been on this planet, but it seems that at no other time in history has the reality of it been as questioned

The below is from Lecture 7 of Professor Barrs’ Apologetics and Outreach course taught through Covenant Theological Seminary. Listen the entire lecture here or read the transcript here. So we live in a culture that is saturated with idolatry. And of course one of the greatest idols, which is the fundamental contributing factor to the

I’ve already considered the first 6 chapters of Paul Tripp’s Instruments in the Redeemer’s Hands.  That provides a theological foundation for one another, or personal, ministry.  The rest of the book is Tripp’s model for personal ministry. He does not lay out steps, but rather simultaneous practices: love, know, speak, do.  He explains how personal ministry is

The icons of worship of today are hedonist, materialistic celebrities who behave badly, say stupid things in pure arrogance & indulge in ruthless self-promotion without limits. But excuse me, they’re famous, hence they own the right to behave in whatever despicable manners they want, aye? Sure. To be rich is not to own things, but

I know I tend to live in my head, and that an overcompensation in worshipping God with my mind does not make up for my lack of worship with my emotions; and vice versa for those of you who are particularly strong in your emotional worship of God. With those of you in mind, I

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/warner-todd-huston/2008/06/22/obamas-propagandistic-iconography-making-messiah The American press has traditionally been even harder on our politicians and government than even the average American. Since the first days of our country, the press has savaged, doubted, dug up dirt and attacked our politicians, seeming to never believe a word the pols say. From George Washington to George Bush, the press has

I was replying to a friend today and thought how pertinent this topic might be for a blog posting. So here it is, raw, uncensored, and from the hip. I am slowly working through the book of Job in my daily reading, and one thing has become quite clear to me. I am a

Just as Elijah shows up in abrupt fashion before Ahab in 1 Kings 18 to pronounce Yahweh’s superiority to Baal and His judgment upon Israel, he leaves in a rather abrupt way too. After pronouncing God’s curse upon the land in verse 1, verse 2 tells us: 2And the word of the LORD came to him,

Now Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the LORD the God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word.” -1 Kings 17:1 This verse is literally all of the background information the Bible gives us on Elijah. He

A. W. Tozer on idolatry: What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us. . . . Worship is pure or base as the worshiper entertains high or low thoughts about God . . . . For this reason the gravest question before the church is God Himself, and