Today’s Devotional
Living by the Book
Thursday nights are still Dust to Glory with Ligonier. A Bible-reading class is next, after that series finishes. Until then, the table here is open.
Latest Writing
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Paul Did Not Invent Him
Who do you say that He is when someone says Paul invented the faith — or when the church itself starts saying, “I follow Paul”? Paul is witness, not founder. Christ is the center.
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Theotokos: The Title Is About Jesus
Theotokos. That is the word. In English: God-bearer, or Mother of God. This title is about Jesus — a fence around His person, not a detour into Mary-worship.
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When We Sacrifice Our Children
Who do you say that He is when a culture learns to call the sacrifice of its children an option — or a right? Dignity is not conferred by wantedness. Dignity is the image of God, bestowed.
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Dying Under the Lord of Life
Who do you say that He is when the state — or the culture around it — calls death medicine? Dignity is not control of the exit. Dignity is belonging to the One who already holds your times.
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The Whole Man
You are not a soul trapped in a leftover body. The body is not the sinner. The person sins. The Son assumed the whole man, so the whole man is healed.
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Look Where the Finger Points
Have you ever noticed how quickly we turn a teacher into a team? A name gets said in a room — Calvin, Luther, Augustine — and the air changes. Someone puts the name on like a jersey. Someone else takes the opposite side of the same name. Before long we are not asking what the…
