Book, article, paper recommendation
In “Is It Wrong to Have Sex Before Marriage?” Kevin DeYoung writes a helpful article on fornication, a sin many confessing Christians ignore these days to their detriment. Scripture is consistently against sexual activity outside the marriage covenant, and DeYoung explains why. Christians may still get upset when the culture …
Sam Ferguson’s article, “5 Myths About Gender Identity,” lists a handful of false facts advocated by the transgender-rights cabal now in the ascendency in our culture. To reach the truth, Christians must cut through the often ridiculous claims made in the media about this horrible physically, psychologically, and spiritually destructive …
In what has become a short series of articles (the first was on marriage; see here), Tim Challies offers “If Satan Wrote a Book on Parenting,” listing nineteen pieces of “advice” Satan might give parents about raising children in today’s world. With how plugged into this culture we tend to …
Mitch Chase presents another helpful article, “Concealed and Then Revealed,” on the necessity of both the Old and New Testaments for Christians. The title reflects a quotation from Augustine, “The New is in the Old concealed; the Old is in the New revealed.” The Story of God’s redemptive plan is …
Mitch Case explains Romans 8:22 in his longish article, “What Does It Mean That All of Creation Groans?” Not just people suffer under the heavy load of human sin but nature too. The apostle Paul uses personification to illustrate that all life eagerly anticipates the glorification of God’s elect. The …
In his July 6 article, “He Made Them Male and Female,” Mitch Case argues from the first two chapters of Genesis that God’s design of human bodies as male and female is a fundamental, necessary part of our existence. Today’s “heartbreaking confusion” over gender will have long-term damaging ramifications. When …
In “Why Did Ruth Enter Boaz’s Tent in the Middle of the Night? (Ruth 3),” Mary Willson Hannah tackles some of the difficult questions surrounding Ruth’s venture to Boaz’ threshing floor to propose marriage. We can rest assured that, as types of greater, righteous actors, their actions were culturally and …
In his recent post, “Stop Calling Faithfulness a Sacrifice,” Stephen Kneale offers a counter-argument to a common attitude toward living the Christian life. Jesus tells His disciples in Luke 17:10 that, having obeyed God’s commands, we are still “unprofitable servants. We have done what was our duty to do.” As …
