Overcoming Sin and Temptation
Book Review • John Owen, Overcoming Sin and Temptation, ed. Kelly Kapic and Justin Taylor (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2006). Kindle Edition. 466 pp. $22.
Read time: 18 min
Counseling a Husband Exhibiting Avoidant Attachment Disorder
PAPER • Attachment theory and its related attachment style paradigms may be of benefit in describing unhealthy relational patterns in marriage, but Scripture diagnoses and treats the root causes of so-called ‘avoidant attachment style.’
Read time: 54 min
The Mystery of Marriage
SERMON • For many, marriage is little more than a social contract in which two lovers team up to relentlessly pursue their own pleasure. God, however, designed marriage to be radically God-centered. Marriage exists primarily as a joyful, human picture of the union of Christ and His Church. As such, our marriages must not mimic ever-changing societal norms but echo the eternal love story of Jesus and His Bride.
49 min
How Do We Know Which Books Belong in the New Testament?
Q&A • Five crucial characteristics mark all writings included in the New Testament and no writings that have been left out. These are the five “criteria of canonicity.”
Read time: 4 min
Resist the Devil by Resisting the Devilish Impulse to Distrust God
DEVOTION • James 4:7: “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.“
Read time: 4 min
Stare at the Son for Personal Transformation
DEVOTION • 2 Corinthians 3:18: “And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.”
Read time: 3 min
“Yahweh, He Is God.”
ARTICLE • In a dramatic showdown on Mount Carmel, Elijah confronted the prophets of Baal and revealed the power of the one true God. This ancient story serves as a crucial reminder that our idols—whether career success, human approval, or material wealth—always disappoint and God never does.
Read time: 4 min
Putting the Truth to Work: The Theory and Practice of Biblical Application
Book Review • Daniel M. Doriani, Putting the Truth to Work: The Theory and Practice of Biblical Application (Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R Publishing, 2001), Kindle. 342 pp. $9.99.
Read time: 7 min
Power & Proof: Why We Affirm the Supreme Authority of Jesus
SERMON • John narrates a remarkable dialogue between Jesus and the religious leaders in Jerusalem. The point of contention? Jesus claims a seven-fold equality with the Father. To back his assertions, he enlists six witnesses that testify to his divine authority as God the Son.
42 min
Rediscovering Jesus? A Critique of the Old, New, and Third Quests
ARTICLE • Since the 19th century, three unorthodox perspectives of Jesus have emerged: the Old, New, and Third Quests. Being able to recognize the remnants of each today can heighten our cultural discernment and deepen our faith in the Jesus of Scripture.
Read time: 8 min
How Long, O Lord? Reflections on Suffering and Evil
Book Review • D.A. Carson, How Long, O Lord? Reflections on Suffering and Evil, 2nd ed. (Nottingham: Inter-Varsity Press, 2006). Kindle Edition. 240 pp. $12.
Read time: 18 min
Faith & Scholarship: A Personal Statement
PAPER • The Christian faith enhances scholarship by nurturing virtue, intensifying truth-seeking rigor, and imbuing scholarly work with transcendent beauty, aligning it with the classical ideals of the Good, the True, and the Beautiful.
Read time: 3 min
Three Hermeneutical Horizons in Practice: A Narrative Analysis of 2 Samuel 7
PROJECT • This project offers a biblical-theological interpretation of 2 Samuel 7 using a three-horizons hermeneutic: textual, covenantal (i.e. epochal), and canonical. This method provides a layered understanding of the passage, revealing its significance in immediate context, historical covenants, and the broader biblical narrative.
Read time: 13 min
The Temptation
POEM • In “The Temptation,” Jesus rebuffs Satan’s deceit with Scripture, faithfully resisting temptations of provision, protection, and power through steadfast reliance on God’s word.
Read time: 2 min
How People Change
Book Summary • Timothy S. Lane and Paul D. Tripp, How People Change (Greensboro, NC: New Growth Press, 2008). Kindle Edition. 272 pp. $10.
Read time: 14 min
Counseling Gender Dysphoria by Means of a Theology of Embodiment
PAPER • This paper envisages Gender Dysphoria through the lens of biblical counseling, arguing that a theology of embodiment crucially reframes GD by contextualizing the experience within the doctrines of Creation, the Fall, God’s Providence, and the embodied person and work of Jesus Christ.
Read time: 75 min
Zeal for God’s House
SERMON • Taking whip in hand, Jesus famously ‘cleansed the temple’ in Jerusalem. But more than simply driving out animals and profiteers, Jesus was purging his Father’s house as a preview of both coming judgment and salvation through his own body, the true Temple.
42 min
Separation, Divorce, & Remarriage
PROJECT • As a succinct position on Scripture’s teaching regarding separation, divorce, and remarriage after divorce, this statement presents biblical mandates, accountability protocols, and pastoral advice for both individuals and church leadership.
Read time: 8 min
The Ways of God in Joshua & Judges
ARTICLE • What did God reveal about himself in the Old Testament books of Joshua and Judges? In these two accounts, the acts of God—as the out-workings of his character—reveal him to be faithful, fearsome, and forgiving, opposing rebels and showing mercy towards the repentant.
Read time: 5 min
Running Scared: Fear, Worry, & the God of Rest
Book Review • Edward T. Welch, Running Scared: Fear, Worry, and the God of Rest (Greensboro, NC: New Growth Press, 2007). Kindle Edition. 328 pp. $14.
Read time: 19 min
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