Coming Untrue

Abraham gave Isaac to God and ended up the father of eight sons by three different women. He received Isaac back as well. Hannah dedicate...

In which our regular writers toss around subjects a little more volatile than usual. On the subject of the gospel meeting, Mike Willis ...

So you’re speaking to someone about the gospel. And suddenly he gets that ironic glint in his eye. He folds his arms, steps back and says...

Consider the source, but not too much. The word of God is full of good advice. So full, in fact, that many of us regularly take biblica...

There is a time-honored tradition in Old Testament oratory of addressing one’s enemies from the safety of a nearby hilltop. Jotham cal...

“What does it mean that a friend’s wounds are ‘faithful’?” The line comes from one of Solomon’s later proverbs. In full it reads, “ Fait...

God’s timing is always impeccable. The gospel spread like wildfire in the first century precisely because God had put all the pieces in ...

Truth is objective and its importance paramount. Technical precision is one aspect of truth and its importance situational. On several occ...

In which our regular writers toss around subjects a little more volatile than usual. In 2002, Julie Staples (for the Protestant side) d...

I went to an old-time hymn sing last week. It’s not that I  prefer the old hymns. I’m just as much a fan of new choruses as the next gu...

“… contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints.” Numerous passages in our English Bibles refer to “ the faith”...

From Doug Wilson’s Tuesday letters column , J asks what Doug’s “ideal Christendom” might look like for convicted criminals: “In your ide...

“My (saved) parents seem uninterested in their grandchildren. Is there anything I can do?” Anonymous, you have the opposite problem many...

My church is working its way through the names and titles of Christ at our weekly prayer meeting. The idea behind the series is that a var...