Contend Earnestly

The Reasons Divorce is Hated For I hate divorce , God says in Malachi 2:16. But why? Do you ever think of the laws that God says and simply ...

This is something that myself and one of my friends were talking about the other day, in relation to what is permissible under God's law...

Excerpt from "Don't Waste Your Life" by John Piper: He preached a sermon when he was still in his early twenties with this mai...

How has everyone been? Crazy here in Seattle, to be honest. I have been out for a while and have received multiple emails to ask if I had fa...

Dear Lord. I thank you for your grace. I thank you for your patience with me. I thank you for how you have given me the gift of your Son, Je...

The one thing that tires me the most with those who try and defame Calvinism and the doctrines of grace is the fact that the haters always s...

This past week I got another really lame flyer in the mail about how the Bible and the church is all about me and how I am destined for grea...

As I said last Friday, my wife and I headed up to Bellingham,WA to get some relaxation in for her birthday. Since we were up there, we decid...

I am off this weekend to celebrate my wife's birthday in beautiful Bellingham,WA, where we will find a weekend of snow. The cool thing i...

This book was written by two guys who couldn't be more different in their background and writing styles. Kevin DeYoung is the young, Re...

When you pray, how do you pray? Is it long? short? in the morning? in the evening? sitting up? laying down? standing up? To be a good legali...

My wife and I were bored to tears tonight and watched the American Idol Gives Back special on Fox. They are actually doing some amazing thin...

In Sunday School we have been studying through the Old Testament and we came across the golden calf about 2 weeks ago and I thought of somet...

I wanted to give some additional thoughts on the issue of where babies go when they die. I will be honest that I have not studied out these ...

This question was posed to me last night by one of my students. I thought I would put my thoughts here as a post and discuss. This is a ver...

Here is a video I put together on the Offices of Christ that I preached a couple of months ago. Enjoy.

To be a true legalist, you have to get a little bit silly on some stuff, and this is one of them. You need to know that the way, the time an...

I have been sick this week, that is why there has been little action on the blog. But, one thing had my stomach churning that I can't ge...

First, let me let everyone know that I really do like both of these songs. Actually, O Holy Night is my favorite for Christmas time. The pro...