Strong to Stand: The Duty and Design of Men
Though men possess greater brute strength than women, it is not sufficient to simply recognize it as a brute fact; the greater physical strength and athletic potential of the male sex is only a part of the way that men ought to strive for and embody strength if they wish to embody stability fully. […]
Five Books Every New Calvinist Should Read
“Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you entirely, and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved complete, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ” (1 Thess. 5:23). Our great sovereign God is always teaching us. In this epistle to the church at Thessalonica, the apostle Paul writes to […]
Rest In Christ
A popular meme format may have advised readers to “keep calm” and follow some course of action. While another meme is usually meant as a joke, many times the tendency of mankind to keep calm and rest runs against the environment that our culture has created. We may be worried constantly about our health, our […]
Children: The Best Bible School for Adults
“These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your sons, and shall speak of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up” (Deut. 6:6-7). In our society, we tend […]
Discovering Perfect Faithfulness
Perfect faithfulness is neither seen nor an expected virtue from any child of Adam. We know and have experienced that no human can be perfectly faithful to another, no matter how hard one may attempt to be faithful. We can never achieve it and seldom obtain it. You might have hoped those in your life […]
High Strangeness and a Christian Response
High strangeness is, undoubtedly, highly intriguing. Stories about UFOs, Mothman, Bigfoot, and so on, are incredibly captivating for many. Countless “reality” shows have been dedicated to documenting the findings and stories of those who claim to have witnessed these highly strange phenomena. To some extent, it seems that high strangeness has existed for a long time. For […]
Dying Thoughts of a Godly Man
“Words and actions are transient things, and being once past, are nothing; but the effect of them on an immortal soul may be endless,” (Baxter, Dying Thoughts). I came across this little book by Richard Baxter when my wife and I, along with some friends, decided to go through the Tim Challies reading challenge in 2019. Though […]