We are not thankful people by nature. It is more natural for us to be ungrateful and complaining than it is to be thankful and rejoicing. Therefore, we must discipline ourselves in the attitude and habit of thanksgiving. One of the most obvious...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
As much as it grieves me to see false prophets like Robert Schuller continue to spread their venom in the historic pattern of Hymenaeus and Philetus, whose teaching spread like gangrene (2 Tim. 2:16-19), we must remember why it is necessary that...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Two weeks ago our church celebrated a momentous occasion--the completion of the translation of the New Testament into the language of the May River Iwam people of Papua New Guinea. For the first time in earth history, these people will possess the...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
I recently had the privilege of returning to Russia to teach a theology of Biblical Counseling in two preacher's institutes and one seminary. What a joy to be of some help to many men who are so hungry for the Word. Many of my students wrote up...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Both my wife and I have been pregnant for nine months. And I am thrilled to announce that we both also gave birth this past week. BABY #1Karen, my wife of twenty-one years, delivered a 6 lb., 6 oz. boy, our ninth blessing from the Lord, this past...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The invasion of psychological counseling and preaching into today’s church has replaced the biblical gospel of the crucified Christ with the therapeutic gospel of the exalted self. It is time to choose between the gospel message of the Bible...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Meditation on 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 Or do you not know that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, nor thieves, nor the...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The politically liberal online news magazine, Slate, reports the efforts of Democratic Senator Joe Biden to introduce a bill that would change the names of two national health organizations in order to strip away moral responsibility from alcohol...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
According to 1 Peter 2:2, there is a direct connection between our hunger for the Word of God and our spiritual growth: like newborn babes, long for the pure milk of the word, that by it you may grow in respect to salvation. This personal intake...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
In this age of apostasy, what the church needs more than anything else is an army of faithful pastors who will hold high the Word of God against all error. In fact, Scripture makes it clear that this is one qualification of being an elder....[ abbreviated | read entire ]
