By Every fear is a big fear—that is the nature of fear. But at the same time, we do understand that some fears are so big that they completely overwhelm other fears. For example, upon spotting an eight-legged creature on your kitchen floor, a fear of spiders might completely remove (at
Truth and Love in a world of Rumour and Selfishness
God’s people always have the upper hand in dealing with the troubles of this life. This is because of the “Perfect Partnership” between Truth and Love that defines all of our lives. This Perfect Partnership is foundational to our spiritual worship but also has some principles of relevance to our
Timeless Prayers
Just like you often read of the prayers of the Apostles in their writings in the NT, so in the Didache (a Christian book from the NT era) you find some prayers of the saints of their time. Here is a prayer that was often prayed after the Lord’s Supper.
A Lesson in Humility
Courtesy of a virus, we have been reminded that we do not know what tomorrow might bring. All the boastful plans we two years ago had to be erased and replaced with “LOCKDOWN” scribbled across our daily and year planners. As the wise have said many a time “Write your
Christianese: Inspiration
Inspiration means that Scripture is ‘God-breathed’ . (As a qualitative note, the divine inspiration of each word of Scripture is true of the originals manuscripts only and is not true of any translation.) The significance of Scripture being inspired means that the Holy Spirit moved men (2 Pet 1:21) to
Do You Know God Well Enough to Love Him during Affliction?
Do you still love Jesus? Is your love for God still fully intact through the fear and suffering spreading over the world? Do you know God well enough that when affliction comes you do not doubt His goodness and love? Are you aware of God’s true character and dealings with
It Is God’s World and Anyone Can Be Holy
Psalm 24 is a welcome chorus for the LORD to return in royal glory. It begins with two theological affirmations. First, it asserts that everything belongs to the LORD, and second, it asserts that each person can be holy. The earth is the LORD’s and the fullness thereof,the world and
Hi, My Name Is Philip
There are faces in the crowds of Scripture that are not as famous as Abraham, Moses, David, Peter, and Paul might be, but are nonetheless worthy of a formal introduction. Meet Philip. This is not the Philip who was one of the Twelve, but rather Philip who was one of
Christianese: Infallability
That Scripture is infallible means that it is incapable of failure and error (John 10:35). Scripture therefore, is always true and cannot change. There are no contradictions in Scripture and all of it’s teachings are consistent with one another. This infallibility is a result of the fact that God is