Suffering and the Sovereign
One of the first people that I hope to meet in heaven is the Scottish theologian Thomas Boston. I admire the man for the depth of his theology; Jonathan Edwards…
Philip Ryken
Suffering and the Shepherd’s Crook
Consider the work of God: who can make straight what he has made crooked? As we contemplate the way that God works in the world, He teaches us the right…
Avoiding Two Dangers
It is one thing to say that we believe in the sovereignty of God, but it’s another thing to live that out in a world that often seems meaningless. No…
The First Twenty Years are the Hardest
Editor’s Note: This article was originally published on reformation21 in June 2007. It was twenty years ago that Lisa Maxwell and I walked down the aisle at the First Presbyterian Church in Colorado Springs,…
Good Days, Bad Days
Trusting in the sovereign goodness of God helps us know how to respond to all the joys and trials of life. Whether we are having a good day or a bad…
The Crook In the Lot
One of the first people that I hope to meet in heaven is the Scottish theologian Thomas Boston.[1] I admire the man for the depth of his theology; Jonathan Edwards…
Overload
Do you ever get overwhelmed by all the things you need to get done, and discouraged by all the things you probably won’t? Almost every day, right? I felt overloaded…
The Singularity
Historians now generally regard the 1900’s as “the American Century.” What do you suppose they will call the twenty-first century? Possibly “the Biotech Century,” as new scientific discoveries enable the…