Where’s the weight? In my heart, how can I bear to tell another man or woman they’re going to be condemned before God and not weep for them? Even if my eyes never actually get wet, where’s the weight on my heart? Jeremiah was not known as the “aloof prophet.” We call him the “weeping prophet” for a reason. Paul said he had constant sorrow in his heart for his people in his letter to the Romans. Ev...  Read More

It is the cherishing of God himself from the heart that makes all the difference. It’s the very fact that a person has been kept near to God by God himself that will preserve him in life over the long run and assure his heart before God. But God does this through various means. I want to write to you today as a part of those means. Every pastor wants his people to be able to enjoy the daily sunshi...  Read More

Romans 3 ends with a question asked and answered: “Do we then nullify the Law through faith? May it never be! On the contrary, we establish the Law.” Romans 3:31. This is the end of a chapters-long build up to an extended apologetic of the Gospel of Jesus Christ for which Abram becomes Paul’s model in chapter four. Paul knows that all of Adam’s descendants are dead in SIN. He knows that this inclu...  Read More

There have been a lot of ups and downs in my life. We all have them I know. I have wept in overflows of emotion a solid handful of times out of the overflow of my love toward God and his covenant with me pulling off the side of the road in tears that my Creator could also be called my friend. Sat stunned in pews in uncontrollable tears for ten minutes after a song to God in his holiness realizing ...  Read More

Is it true that as Christians we’re not to judge anyone? We hear it all the time, right? “Judge not” people say. Everyone, no matter how worldly, seems to have studied this passage carefully. They’re like Jack Van Impe with it (some of you will get that). Are Christians called to judge anyone? Do only the childish Christians at best ever do so? Can we even tell anyone they need Jesus if we can’t j...  Read More

A set of ten-year-old fellas helped me see the Gospel a hundred times clearer this week. I wanted to share some initially processed thoughts as a result. As I began to share with them how Jesus’ Cross is a ransom for sinners, a boy named Andrew said, “I don’t think anyone should be able to do that for someone else.” It’s not the first time I’ve been told something like this, but the Christian life...  Read More