Luke 1:5-25 As the early Christians looked back at Jesus’ ministry, they recognized what God had done through Him. They also realized that God’s work had actually been started through John the Baptist. John was the forerunner, the herald, sent…
Revelation 8-9 At the opening of the seventh seal, an unexpected silence sets the stage for a new series of visions, seven angels with seven trumpets heralding judgment upon the earth. Amidst these horrifying disasters, however, God gives us a…
In an increasingly secular world, Christians are often pulled in two directions. Some urge us to retreat and build insular communities. Others call upon us to wage a culture war, harnessing the government to shore up Christian cultural power. Is…
The inscription on John Owen’s grave says he is “a traveler on earth who grasped God like one in heaven.” Later, he was called “the Prince of Puritans.” How did he earn these high praises while navigating one of the…
1 John 2:18-27 It’s a characteristic of our time that people no longer believe in truth. When they say a thing is true, they don’t mean that it’s true absolutely but only that it’s true for some. Join Dr. James…
Romans 8:28 Sometimes we experience great personal success and spiritual progress; other times we suffer setbacks and seem to take a step backwards. We pass through many watershed events–marriage, the birth of our children, the loss of a job, or…
Luke 1:1-4 Doubt. Little by little it gnaws away at the soul. Now to be sure, there are times when Christianity seems to make all the sense in the world—when the mysteries of the faith appear so certain that it…
Revelation 7 Before the seventh seal is opened, John has a vision in which four angels hold back the winds of the earth until a seal is put on the foreheads of the servants of God. We learn the theological…
Join James, Jonathan, and their friend, Jeffrey Stivason, pastor of Grace Reformed Presbyterian Church and a professor at Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary, as they resume their insightful and practical discussion of John Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress in Part 3 of…
1 John 2:12-17 Have you ever made a comment to an individual and have another individual for whom the comment was not directed, hear it and take it personally? As John continues his letter to believers, he pauses in his…