The Love That Brings Us All the Way Home

Life may take us to unexpected places, but the love of God in Christ brings us all the way to our final home in heaven.

Life takes us to unexpected places. Sometimes those places are joyful, a new marriage, a new child, a new home, a new season of usefulness. Sometimes they are painful, a Continue ReadingThe Love That Brings Us All the Way Home

The Problem with Apologetics (Why I Stopped Being Jealous of Their Snappy Answers)

Our job is to bear witness to Christ, speak the truth in love, and call people to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and be saved.Our job is not to win the argument.So, use apologetics, but do not worship it. Answer questions, but do not machine-gun people with facts. Correct error, but do not forget compassion. Defend the faith, but do not confuse debate victory with gospel fruit.

There was a time when I was jealous of Christians with a talent for apologetics who always seemed to have the perfect answer. You know the kind. Someone raises an Continue ReadingThe Problem with Apologetics (Why I Stopped Being Jealous of Their Snappy Answers)

Godly Husband – Chapter 1 – Leave Your Father and Mother to Cleave unto Your Wife as One Flesh

The First Earthly Covenant Loyalty Marriage begins with a reordering of loyalties. It does not erase a man’s responsibility to honor his father and mother, and it does not teach Continue ReadingGodly Husband – Chapter 1 – Leave Your Father and Mother to Cleave unto Your Wife as One Flesh

Godly Husband – Chapter 2 – The Husband Is the Head of the Wife as Christ Is the Head of the Church

Headship Begins with Christ, Not Control The Bible does not begin its teaching on marriage with male pride, personal preference, or cultural tradition. It begins with God’s design. In Genesis Continue ReadingGodly Husband – Chapter 2 – The Husband Is the Head of the Wife as Christ Is the Head of the Church

Godly Husband – Chapter 3 – Love Your Wife Just as Christ Loved the Church and Gave His Life

Christlike Love in the Household of Faith The apostle Paul writes: This command stands at the heart of Christian marriage. It is not sentimental advice. It is not merely a Continue ReadingGodly Husband – Chapter 3 – Love Your Wife Just as Christ Loved the Church and Gave His Life