by Stuart | 4 Aug 2019 | Confession
The late Eugene Peterson described Christian perseverance as “long obedience in the same direction.” He observed that we live in an instant society, in which results are expected with immediate effect, but that the Christian walk doesn’t work quite that way. To be...
by Stuart | 28 Jul 2019 | Confession
In August 2017, Kevin DeYoung posted a short article on the Gospel Coalition website titled “I Don’t Understand Christians Watching Game of Thrones.” It was short, he began, “because the issue doesn’t seem all that complicated.” How wrong he was, if the responses have...
by Stuart | 21 Jul 2019 | Confession
In responding to his friend Bildad, Job asked the most important question with which a person can ever wrestle: “How can a man be in the right before God?” (Job 9:1–2). While this is a question that many wish to ignore, and many others never really give it any...
by Stuart | 14 Jul 2019 | Confession
On 31 October 1517, Martin Luther famously nailed (or possibly pasted) his 95 theses to the door of the Wittenberg castle, thereby igniting the flame that eventually became the Protestant Reformation. While Protestants celebrate this event every year, comparatively...
by Stuart | 7 Jul 2019 | Confession
Redemption is something that has been achieved through the historic life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. That does not mean that it is an academic, intellectual reality. Instead, redemption is something that must be applied to God’s chosen people in...
