Laziness is the kind of sin that no one really wants to be seen in. There is your sister coming back from the gym, she’s got bread in the oven and morning devotions complete. Across the room, there you are reclined on the couch eating Cheetos, the blue glaze of your phone illuminating your orange-stained … Continue reading Kings Must Not Be Lazy

Life is not a lazy river. God is the kind of author that keeps the plot moving forward. He appears to like action thrillers. This is a point we should keep in mind so that we are not left thinking the world has gone out of control. Nothing is random. Your intense moments come from … Continue reading When God Puts You On The Edge Of Your Seat

Men need to stay away from the seductress for only fools go near her. In the book of Proverbs, the wise father recounts looking out of the window of his house (Proverbs 7:6–9). What has he seen? He has seen the simple young fool. What is the simple young fool doing? He’s passing near the … Continue reading Why a Man Should Avoid Jezebels and Sleep With His Wife

God tells us that we must kill the deeds of the body. So you should not be disheartened that you still have sin in the flesh to execute. No despairing allowed when sin pops up. You have executed sin before. You can do it again. As you do, you must show your sin no mercy. … Continue reading Death to Worry

God does not mind speaking directly with us about our complaining. In Philippians 2:14, he says, “Do all things without murmurings and disputings.” Now “all things” is quite comprehensive. The question naturally follows, “But what about when I meet circumstances that are worthy of my murmuring? What if I murmur in private to my spouse? … Continue reading How to Stop Complaining

Joe Rigney gave a recent and very fine talk at Nat Con in which he said, "The culture war in the present generation is fundamentally about what C. S. Lewis called the Tao." You might say Rigney rode the Tao as he spoke about the Tao. Which is another way of saying that he was … Continue reading Dancing the Tao: Following Up on Joe Rigney’s Nat Con Talk

If you live long enough, someone is going to shame you. It may be the enraged leftist spitting on your car. It may be the cool shame of some leader that determines you're not in the inner ring. You can even get this kind of thing from the self-righteous who see your shortcomings and publicly … Continue reading A Strategy For When They Throw Stones

The Apostle Paul says that children must obey their parents in the Lord (Ephesians 6:1). Now there is a world of difference between children obeying their parents, and children obeying their parents in the Lord. The former can be done in the flesh. The latter can only be done in the Spirit. The former can … Continue reading Raise Your Kids In Christian Community

2 Samuel 15 tells the story of Absalom's conspiracy. And in this conspiracy we see both a fulfillment of God's word to David that the sword would not depart his house, and we see a shadow of God's gracious covenant with David that his son would sit on an everlasting throne. The Text - A … Continue reading Two Sons of David 

J. I. Packer has said that covenant theology is "a hermeneutic . . . a way of reading the whole Bible that is itself part of the overall interpretation of the Bible that it undergirds." That covenant hermeneutic fosters insights into the text of Scripture. It helps one see what is right there on the surface of … Continue reading How God Fulfills His Promises