The problems with false teaching

Alexander Strauch has written that “Motivated by Satan and his demonic forces, false teachers have been creating counterfeit gods and theologies from the dawn of human history.” Scripture certainly attests to that reality, beginning with the first false teacher, Satan, and his solitary pupil in Genesis 3. Intuitively, it seems a good idea to avoid […]

The Reformation isn’t over

The fire of the Reformation was lit by the match of Luther’s 95 theses in 1517, even though the kindling of change had been established centuries before through the ministries of men like Augustine, Anselm, Wycliffe, and Hus. Some might think that following the separation of the Protestants from the Catholic Church that the Reformation […]

The church and truth

“but in case I am delayed, I write so that you may know how one ought to conduct himself in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and support of the truth” (1 Tim. 3:15; NASB). Many years ago, my wife was able to go out of town […]

Grab bag

Some helpful articles spotted recently: A lesson in truth-telling, and what makes Christians different: “Mike Daisey, Apple, and Our Culture’s Crisis in Truth-Telling.” “Temptation Is Not Sin,” writes Bill Mounce. He makes three points: 1. Temptation is not sin, 2. No one can make you sin, and 3. God is on your side. The question […]

How to think about 9/11

This Sunday is the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks against America. Many are offering commentary on the topic. Here are two that I find particularly helpful and a couple more that I have penned in response to various tragedies. First, Al Mohler has republished the sermon he gave two days after the attack. His […]

Storing treasures in our hearts

Richard Sibbes reminds us of the importance of not only speaking the truth, but thinking and meditating on the truth. This is the work and manifestation of a righteous man — one who speaks the truth in his heart: All sin is either from false principles, or ignorance, or thoughtlessness, or unbelief of what is […]

Sunday Leftovers (7/11/10)

There is no place for lying in the life of the believer because there is no place for lying in God. It is not necessary for God to lie (Num. 23:19), and it is impossible for God to lie (Tt. 1:2; Heb. 6:18). There is nothing in God that is ever attracted to any form […]

What truth is and does

Almost two centuries ago Daniel Webster wrote, “There is nothing as powerful as truth and often nothing as strange.” In the intervening years, very little has changed — truth is still powerful and in our culture truth is still strange, and undoubtedly increasingly so. What matters to most individuals now is not truth, but “my […]

Nothing new about truth

Solomon said that there is “nothing new under the sun” (Eccl. 1:9). I’ve understood that to be true in a variety of circumstances. Death is sorrowful. Marriage is the greatest source of earthly joy (and often sorrow). Sin is devastating. Always. Where there are people, there will be conflict. Where there is Christ, there can […]