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God Loves Good Wine
God likes using wines and vines in his miracles and parables. I thought of that a number of years ago when I read the following in an article: Great wines come from low-yielding vineyards planted in...
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Turmoil of Soul in the Christian Life
"Part of Christ-like Christian living is turmoil of soul." John Piper explains: This excerpt starts at the 37:44 mark of this week's sermon.
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God's Greatest Achievement
"This achievement was the greatest achievement that the Father and Son ever accomplished." John Piper explains: This excerpt starts at the 24:24 mark of this week's sermon..
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I Was Warned by Job This Morning
I take this as a serious and sober warning to people with significant influence and respected standing in the church and community. Job was a good man. “Blameless and upright, one who feared God and...
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Fourth Sunday of Lent
Lenten Lights is a series of devotional readings leading up to Easter. A brief introduction to the series can be read here. Fourth Sunday of Lent (if reading weekly) or Tuesday before Easter (if...
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What It Means to Be a Pilgrim
Michael Horton writes, There is a significant origin and end point to history, which which we ourselves are cast members. It is a courtroom drama in which we are either false or true witnesses, “in...
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This Week's Sermon: "As I Have Loved You, Love One Another"
At that same supper, moments after Judas left in betrayal, Jesus speaks a command to his disciples that changes everything. It was a new commandment — one that shaped the apostle John's ministry to the...
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Heaven and Hedgehogs
A small emergency struck our home last week when my 4-year-old son’s favorite hedgehog stuffed animal went missing. The hope of finding him was beginning to shrink with every search under the couch and...
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The Subtle Art of Sabotaging A Pastor
Dearest Grubnat, my poppet, my pigsnie, The reports of your progress warm my blackened heart. When you were assigned to one of the Enemy’s ministers ten years ago, his infernal Majesty and I knew you’d...
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Keep Both Eyes Peeled for Jesus
An essential mark of a solid seminary experience is continually being stunned by how everything relates to Jesus. When we look long enough, press hard enough, and feel deeply enough, we discover again...
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When God Launched a New Ministry
What date is burned into your memory? Many people impacted by disability can tell you the day it started. It is the day the child was born, or the diagnosis was made, or the accident occurred, or the...
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When People Look Like Satan
God made humans to reflect his image and advance the display of his glory over the created world (Genesis 1:26–28). But Adam failed in this commission. Rather than have dominion over the serpent he...
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What's New About the New Commandment?
Pastor John explains: This excerpt starts at the 28:20 mark of this week's sermon.
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Grace to You in Your Bible Reading; Grace with You as You Live Your Day
In 1994 Pastor John began explaining a theme he noticed in the introductions and conclusions to all 13 of Paul’s epistles. Paul begins each epistle with grace, and he closes each epistle with grace....
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Fearfully and Wonderfully Drawn
I took Henry and Maggie to the pediatrician for their one-month appointment. Maggie wore pink pajamas and Henry wore blue pajamas. Yes, they wore their pajamas to the doctor; changing clothes wasn’t a...
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Trayvon Martin, Race, and the Gospel
Racial tensions continue to rise just as I prepare to go to New York next week to talk with Anthony Bradley and Tim Keller about race and the Christian. I watched a video on Wednesday of an African...
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Whom Are You Really Serving?
When Martha welcomed Jesus and his contingent into her home in Bethany (Luke 10:38–42) there could have been a hundred or more people. The seventy-two had just rejoined Jesus after their itinerant...
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March Madness, Athletic Achievement, and Christians in Competitive Sports
Are athletic achievement and fierce competition sheer madness for the Christian? It’s a question essential not just for the celebrated Tim Tebows and Jeremy Lins, but also to a handful of unknown...
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Bonhoeffer on Abortion
Dietrich Bonhoeffer is claimed as a patron saint by theological schools, ranging from God is Dead to evangelical conservatives. Eric Metaxas sees his biography as one step in the rescue of Bonhoeffer...
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Fifth Sunday of Lent
Lenten Lights is a series of devotional readings leading up to Easter. A brief introduction to the series can be read here. Fifth Sunday of Lent (if reading weekly) or Wednesday before Easter (if...
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