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[In view of the recent Strange Fire conference in California and the numerous critical comments made about so-called “charismatic worship,” I want to spend some time articulating several truths about the nature of worship in Spirit and in Truth. This, ther... Keep Reading

A few days ago I wrote an article outlining a dozen things God has done with our sin. I want to follow up on that today by drawing our attention to three things he doesn’t and never will do with it. (1) He doesn’t and never will use it to determine how he... Keep Reading

“Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory” (1 Peter 1:8). As I said at the close of the previous article, we must be clear about the ... Keep Reading

“Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory” (1 Peter 1:8). We saw in the previous article that Peter is providing us here with a descr... Keep Reading

Most are aware of the Strange Fire conference currently underway at John MacArthur’s church in California. It is specifically designed to argue that charismatics, broadly conceived, are guilty of blaspheming the Holy Spirit. Yes, you read that correctly. Today,... Keep Reading

“Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory” (1 Peter 1:8). Define “Christian”. What does it mean? Shift your mind out of n... Keep Reading

All of us at some time or another, to varying degrees, struggle with the fear and the apprehension that perhaps God has not dealt fully and finally with our sin. We read in Scripture about the “joy” of our salvation and we’ve tasted it, a bit here an... Keep Reading

People often have grave and deceptive misunderstandings of what it means to be sanctified or to grow up in Christ. All too often they gravitate to one of two extremes. J. I. Packer refers to one extreme as “rhapsody without realism” (Rediscovering Holiness... Keep Reading

Is inerrancy essential to biblical authority? Yes, says J. I. Packer. Can we speak meaningfully of the authority of the Bible in and over our lives if it is riddled with factual error and historical mistake and chronological discord and theological inconsistency? No, ... Keep Reading

On August 5, 1563, John Calvin wrote a letter of encouragement and counsel to Madame de Coligny, the wife of one of the more important leaders of the Protestant Reformation in France. She had recently recovered from a struggle with numerous physical afflictions. In di... Keep Reading