Recently my pastor based his sermon on John 4, focusing on the verses where Jesus teaches the Samaritan woman that God’s followers must worship Him in spirit and in truth. Since then I have been...
This is the last post in our Justice and the Reformed Confessions series. View the other posts in the series here. “Stay Connected. Discover new Perspectives. Do Justice.” It’s the month in which we...
In his comments on the sixth commandment, “You shall not murder,” John Calvin writes, “The purport of this commandment is that since the Lord has bound the whole human race by a kind of unity, the...
This is the forth post in our Justice and the Reformed Confessions series. Subscribe here to make sure you don't miss a post and to view the other posts in the series. Jesus’ Sabbath Troubles Have you...
This is the third post in our Justice and the Reformed Confessions series. Subscribe here to make sure you don't miss a post and to view the other posts in the series. The Belgic Confession speaks...
This is the second post in our Justice and the Reformed Confessions series. Subscribe here to make sure you don't miss a post. You might think that the Canons of Dort would be very barren ground...
There’s an enthralling visual presented in the book of Revelation, when at last God’s chosen people have gathered together: “I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from...
This is the first post in our Justice and the Reformed Confessions series. Subscribe here to make sure you don't miss a post. Christians have sometimes claimed that the eighth commandment, “You shall...
Pornography is a giant in our land. How do we bring it down? Remember the story and movie, Gulliver’s Travels? The traveller Gulliver confronts tiny people called the Lilliputians who eventually gain...
The great letter writer Paul, writing to his friends in Philippi, said: “For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.” (1:21 NIV) That verse stumps me. Because sure, I believe in an afterlife...
We, as the church, exist in the midst of a present darkness--a struggle, not just against flesh and blood, but against rulers, authorities, and powers in the spiritual realm. We are also called to be...
Just after a bombshell hit the immigrant community – the pardon of Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Arizona – I had the chance to sit down with Rev. Ricardo Tavarez for a cup of coffee. We talked about...
