A People of Covenant (Psalm 65)

A People of Covenant (Psalm 65)

I recently heard a comedienne and actress talking about her third engagement. She has been twice married and divorced and is now preparing for her third—“and final,” she claimed—marriage. We live in a world in which divorce seems almost normative. We live in a world...
Holy hatred: A false witness who breathes out lies

Holy hatred: A false witness who breathes out lies

The British poet John Dryden once wrote, “Truth is the foundation of all knowledge and the cement of all societies.” The God of the Bible is a God of truth, and in the list of seven things that he hates, we have already considered “a lying tongue.” But Solomon also...
Profaning the Name

Profaning the Name

There is a misnomer in Christian circles that all sin is equal in the eyes of God. This is perhaps based on a misunderstanding of texts like James 2:10, which reads, “Whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become guilty of all of it.” James’s point is...