Jesus Teaches

“Jesus Teaches”Luke 6:20-49July 27, 2025 Jesus Christ is the Son of Man. That is a title that denotes His position as both God and Man. He is the fulfillment of the promise in Daniel 7:13-14 — the One who is given authority over all things by God the Father (the Ancient of Days). As the […]

Jesus Teaches: On Obedience

“Jesus Teaches: On Obedience”Luke 6:46-49July 20, 2025 Last Sunday afternoon we became aware that John MacArthur was ill, in the hospital, and not expected to survive past a few more hours. Indeed, Monday evening he entered his heavenly reward. Faith was made sight. Tuesday morning the elders gathered to pray, as we do each week, […]

Identifying My Hypocrisy

Many years ago, a friend stopped by my office to talk to me about something. As soon as he walked in, I noticed that something was wrong: he was red-faced and somewhat agitated (which was unusual for him). So I asked (accused) him: “why are you so angry? You’re red-faced…” And he said, “why are […]

Praying for Our Enemies

There are statements by Jesus Christ that are known as His “hard sayings.” They are not hard because they are hard to comprehend. They are hard because they are hard to do. They are counter to our fleshly desires. They are strongly counter to our fleshly desires. We are naturally resistant to doing what He says. […]

Jesus Teaches: On Loving Enemies

“Jesus Teaches: On Loving Enemies”Luke 6:27-35June 22, 2025 Last week our family got back from a two-week vacation that was in some ways the trip of a lifetime. We went to England, spending most of our time in London eating wonderful food, seeing Royal sights, going to museums and seeing ancient artifacts from around the […]

The Hard Life

“The Hard Life”Luke 6:24-26May 25, 2025 “In A View from the Zoo, Gary Richmond, a former zoo keeper, offers this warning about raccoons: Raccoons go through a glandular change at about 24 months. After that they often attack their owners. Since a 30-pound raccoon can be equal to a 100-pound dog in a scrap, […]

The Good Life

“The Good Life”Luke 6:17-23May 18, 2025 What makes a good life? What is a happy and satisfied life? Is it even possible in this broken world — a world where there are broken relationships, broken cars, broken bodies, and broken economies — to have a good life? People have been asking that kind of question […]

A reluctant Giver?

A few years ago I was encouraged to ask someone for a favor — “Ask him…I really think he’d be willing to help you.” I was uncertain. The favor I was asking was not insignificant and while this man was well-known to my friend, I did not know him at all. Why would he take […]

Suffer well

“Prepare your people for suffering,” one pastor has repeatedly advised other pastors. He’s right. And his counsel imitates what Christ did for His disciples while on earth, and what His Word repeatedly does for its readers even now. Persecution and suffering are inevitable for the follower of Christ (2 Tim. 3:12). Make a choice to […]

Grab bag

Some helpful articles from the last week or two: Ten “Wives Speak Out” about their role in marriage and their practice of submission in their marriages. I find myself gravitating more to biographies these days — and here are two new ones on theologian Charles Hodge that appear interesting. Kevin DeYoung takes a closer look […]