God is not the author of evil. Scripture is clear on this matter. But Scripture also consistently asserts that God is sovereign over his creation. Evil is on a leash, restrained by the hand of the Almighty. God is in control.
Providence
Have You Experienced the Miraculous?
What have you done for me lately? This is not a question we should be asking God, but it seems we do. What better explains
The Saddest Words of All
It’s no wonder that stories of time travel are so popular. They represent a universal desire to be able to fix the past thereby erasing both the consequences of our decisions and the resulting regret.
When Fragile Hearts Break
The human heart is fragile. It can be broken and crushed (Psalm 147:3). This same fragile heart is the one with which we are to love God passionately along with our mind and soul and strength (Luke 10:27). The fact that God “inflicts pain, and gives relief; He wounds, and His hands also heal (Job 5:18)” makes this conundrum even more baffling.
Christian Journaling: Seeing God’s Providence In Your Own Words
Are you ever surprised by how quickly you forget what God has done for you or what he expects of you? I am not just referring to something you heard in a sermon you thought was interesting or useful but also to something that touched you so deeply that, at the time, you would never believe you would forget it or fail to act on it. But you did.
You are not alone.
A Comfort Beyond Measure
My times are in God’s hand. I find great comfort in this fact particularly because of three things that are true about God – he is good, he is omniscient and he is omnipotent. If he is not good, I have every reason to fear his sovereign power. If he is not omniscient, then his plans might be misguided or have unintended consequences. If he is not omnipotent, then he is unable to do all that he has promised and my times are not really in his hands.
Economics
Yet You Did Not Return to Me: Economic Disaster
Our economic actions have assured consequences. We reap what we sow. Record individual, corporate, national and international debt is evidence that we have lived beyond our means for decades. The party is over and the economic hangover will be the worst we’ve ever experienced.
Coronavirus: Bursting Babylon’s Bubble
We can recognize Babylon as any society that makes wealth acquisition its top priority at the expense of others (i.e., slavery in Rome, or enslavement by debt in modern societies) and one that opposes God’s standards of morality while persecuting Christians who would stand against its man-made standards.
Plumbline
Then They Came for Me
The New World Order that the globalists are imposing on the entire world is a dystopian nightmare for freedom loving people.
The People Groan – America In Crisis
When God judges a nation by abandoning it to its sin, it should become obvious to God’s people that this world, apart from God, is not a good place.
“Thou Shall Not Covet” Is Not a Defense of Capitalism
I recently saw a tweet admonishing Christians not to engage in the politics of envy (which the author ascribed to socialists) because to do so violates the 10th Commandment. I saw another that said God is the ultimate capitalist. These sentiments are not disconnected. In fact, those who think capitalism is “God’s ordained economic system” usually attribute envy (as the primary motivation) to anyone who challenges their worship of capitalism.
America’s Fight for Freedom
Whatever happened to America’s fight for freedom?
Don’t get me wrong. Americans still fight for freedom, but for many people it’s a different kind of freedom than previous generations fought for.
My Kingdom Is Not of This World
Many Christians say that Social Justice Warriors (SJWs) and cultural marxism pose the greatest ideological threat to the gospel in our day. They may be
Suffering and the Prosperity Gospel
False teachers typically turn Bible doctrine on its head. They take passages out of their context and apply them to whatever point they want to make. Of course, in the process, they ignore many Bible passages that assert reality and disprove their message. The doctrine of suffering is an easy target for these charlatans because, simply put, no one wants to suffer.
Why I Don’t Envy the Rich
If you don’t subscribe to the idea that capitalism is the only moral economic system, an idea boldly proclaimed by Christians infatuated with Ayn Rand’s philosophy, and you dare mention inequality, you will probably be accused of class envy. Or, you will be labeled a socialist. It matters not to these ideologues that you reject socialism outright.
The Speck In Our Brother’s Eye
Perhaps the reason we can’t get along is not so much the differences between progressives and conservatives but the similarities.
Let Your Collection of Idols Save You!
In the wake of cruise missile strikes in response to Sarin gas attacks in Syria, the U.S. dropping the largest conventional weapon in history on an ISIS target, and U.S. warships sailing toward North Korea, internet searches for World War 3 on Google have reached an all time high. Other people, especially those who believe this show of strength will deter aggression from other nations, show considerably less concern.
No Rules
Increasingly, more people demand that society cease imposing rules that infringe on their personal freedom. Decorum, good manners and adherence to socially accepted practices, though still important to a dwindling majority, are an anathema to those who envision the only acceptable society to be one that doesn’t interfere with their personal desires.
Dawn of a New Day or Midnight In America?
If we place our hope in our leaders to make America great again while we whistle past the graveyard of our sins without forsaking our idols, then it is indeed midnight in America.
A Look In the Mirror
The fact that our nation has come to the place it has, on the brink of moral and economic collapse, is an indictment against the American Church.
This Election Is a Test of Our National Motto – In God We Trust
Making the “right” choice in this election won’t change the direction our country is headed if, on a personal level, American Christians cannot honestly say – In God I Trust.
Does America Have An Incurable Wound? – Part 2
We cannot hide behind a belief that our economic system has somehow overcome the problem of human sin when it comes to gaining wealth. People will still take from each other through trickery and oppression and people will still be lazy. It seems we, as a nation, hold neither person accountable.
Does America Have An Incurable Wound? – Part 1
We live in evil times.
Many American Christians fear that we, as a nation, may be nearing a time of God’s judgment.