By Colton Corter Last week was a really, really tough week. Few weeks in recent memory so sharply remind us of the reality of sin and make us long for the return of Christ. Two black men were unjustly killed for apparently nothing more than being black. Five white cops were murdered because they were …
J.I. Packer on the Bible vs. Tradition
By Obbie Todd Being tortured in Hades and facing the impossibility of relief, a rich man shouts across the “great chasm” and begs Abraham to send a servant named Lazarus to warn his five brothers on earth about the horrific destruction they would face at the end of an unrepentant life. In a stirring reply, …
JC Ryle on the Foundation of the Church
By Evan Knies "The foundation of the true church was laid at a mighty cost. It needed that the Son of God should take our nature upon him, and in that nature live, suffer, and die, not for his own sins, but for ours. It needed that in that nature Christ should go to the …
Meditations in 1 John: Do You Know God?
By Colton Corter "And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments. 4 Whoever says “I know him” but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him, 5 but whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected. …
Young Seminarian, What Does it Mean to Serve Your Local Church?
By Colton Corter We are always in the danger of couching our suspect motives in euphemisms that make them sound nobler than they are. I know this all too well. My "discernment" can be code for "rudeness" or my lack of a theological spine is spun off as "balance." I wonder if something similar has …
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