The great debate of our time is the exact same debate that took place at the beginning of the world: under whose authority do we live? Adam and Eve decided it was under their own authority, although soon they discovered they had been deceived and had in fact placed themselves under Satan’s authority. The world today still…
Category: Faith
The Source of All Knowledge and Wisdom
Everything we know, everything we understand, comes from God God is: Eternal, Spirit, Infinite, Immutable, Omnipresent, Omniscient, Holy, Perfect, Love, Beauty, Good, Mercy, Truth, Righteous, Just God is the source of all: Holiness, Perfection, Love, Beauty, Goodness, Mercy, Truth, Righteousness, Justice Two means of revelation: Creation (general) and Scripture (special) Everything that unbelieving scientists know and understand is…
Economics 101: Work
Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion … Genesis 1:28 Man was created to work. The objective of that work, as seen in the cultural mandate of Genesis 1:28, was to prepare the world as a dwelling place for God and man. God provided the Garden of Eden…
Bearing the Fruit of the Spirit
The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. (Galatians 5:22) Are you experiencing these things in your life today? If so, what can you do today to thank God for these great gifts? If not, what can you do to submit to God in obedience and serve…
A Prayer by Horatius Bonar
Thy way, not mine, O Lord, however dark it be! Lead me by thine own hand, choose out the path for me. Smooth let it be or rough, it will be still the best; Winding, or straight, it leads right onward to thy rest. I dare not choose my lot; I would not if I…
The Purpose of Government
Many people assume that government is a post-fall institution. However, government has existed from the beginning, in four forms: God’s governance over man Man’s governance over earth Personal governance Family governance Governance begins with God’s governance over man. We saw this as Christ our King walked with us in the garden: “As for me, I…
Christian Economics 101
Economics often gets overlooked by Christians. From one perspective, this makes sense. Economics is not the gospel. Understanding biblical economics won’t save our souls. On the other hand, economics is at the very heart of the Christian life. God commanded Adam and Eve to “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it,…
Your Throne, O God, is Forever and Ever
The kingdom of God is one of many themes provided to us in Scripture to help us better understand what God is speaking to us. For Christ in His earthly ministry, the kingdom of God took center stage. He (along with John the Baptist) began his ministry with it: From that time Jesus began to preach,…
Christian Liberty and Economic Freedom
Christ came to set us free from the bondage of our sin: The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, because the LORD has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison…
A World at War: Retreat or Reconciliation?
We live in a world at war. A war that has been raging (Psalm 2) since Adam defied God and abandoned Eve to Satan’s deceit to get a taste of some forbidden fruit. From the beginning of this war, God’s enemies (Satan’s offspring) have waged war against God by attacking His subjects (the woman’s offspring),…