Every preacher knows the terror of a blank screen. It is Tuesday morning—or even worse, Saturday afternoon—and the preacher sits and stares at his laptop. He has opened a new document in his word processor, and now the cursor stands idling on the page, patiently blinking. And the words aren’t coming
“To work is to survive, not live,” many today will say. In modern popular culture, this complaint is often directed at something specific, namely, the “Protestant work ethic.” Max Weber’s The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism (1905) drew a direct line from sixteenth-century Reformed theo
Our church is swimming with babies right now. Most of our parents with young children are paedobaptists, but some are still anti-paedobaptists. Nonetheless, we welcome them as members and not only love them but love how they love and raise their children, even if they are inconsistent. The questio
“I don’t know who I can tell.” Those words can accompany many kinds of suffering. A marriage is falling apart. A child walks away from the faith. A family learns that someone they love is struggling with serious mental illness. A devastating diagnosis arrives. A spouse is battling an addiction. A pa
Proverbs 29:20 Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him. Steve Lawson has written a book, Mercy in the Wilderness: How I Fell & What I Found. This book was predictable. And the responses were, likewise, predictable. Some are upset that Lawson is […]
Classical Theology for the Modern Mind Carl R. Trueman. Crossway, 2026. Paperback, 96pp. As someone who has been both an advocate of historic retrieval, as well as someone who has become increasingly mindful of the theological novelties that have emerged within nineteenth- and, particularly, twentie
God Is Our Refuge and Strength: 150 Devotionals Through the Psalms, by Bill Boekestein and Rob Ventura, Published by The Banner of Truth, October 2026 Sometimes we feel like almost everyone is against us. Often that’s inaccurate. But David isn’t exaggerating: ‘Many are my foes … Many are rising agai
Is God anti-gay? Yes, God is anti-gay. The God of the Bible is anti-gay, and the gods of this world are pro-gay. We have walked the long road with prodigals and their parents. Some have been led by the nose by the false idea that homosexuality is a permanent feature of some people’s humanity and […]
Coram Deo, Your Work, and the Other 166 Hours of Your Week In California, we’re eagerly anticipating the January 2027 roll-out of a new law permitting “natural organic reduction” or “terramation.” When you die, you can be turned into compost. This is “the land of fruits and nuts,” right? That law is
This post is from, God Is Our Refuge and Strength: 150 Devotionals Through the Psalms, by Bill Boekestein and Rob Ventura, Published by The Banner of Truth, October 2026. We wish to thank the Banner for allowing us to publish a selection. God’s Son Is Victorious (Psalm 2) Some ‘why’ questions seek a
