The Nations Shall be Your Inheritance
Last week we began investigating the concept of Christian nationalism. We've looked at two pertinent passages in the book of Daniel which help us understand the Jewish expectation for the…
To Sleep, Perchance to Dream
Once upon a time, there was a mighty king who ruled over much of the known world. His dominion extended to the most distant parts of the earth. The king…
The Mysterious Allure of Royalty
This past weekend the United Kingdom celebrated the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, marking the 70th anniversary of her accession to the throne. Elizabeth began her reign on February…
He Who Is Coming
Dwight Moody was one of the great evangelists of the 19th century. Born in 1837 in Northfield, Massachusetts, Moody left the family farm at 17 years of age and began…
Stuck in the Chair
There can scarcely be any regular churchgoer who hasn't heard a sermon comparing Christian faith to sitting in a chair. On such occasions, faith is defined as belief or trust…
A New Hope
On May 25, 1977, the movie Star Wars was released. Written and directed by George Lucas, Star Wars is an imaginative tale which transpired "a long time ago" in a…
The Ultimate Power Struggle
We learned in last week's blog that Christmas is all about the confluence of religion and politics. Christmas is of course religious in that it's a part of the unfolding…
Arrested by Jesus
At the precocious age of 21, William Wilberforce was elected to Parliament in 1780. Over the next several years, his meteoritic rise would only continue. Wilberforce's close friend William Pitt…
The Righteousness of God
We are finally at the point where we are prepared to directly examine those spectacular passages of the Bible where the Apostle Paul writes about justification "by faith, not by…
Why Does It Matter?
We began this series ten blogs ago by looking at the typical understanding of the gospel within the evangelical world: 1) Our sin has separated us from a holy and…