The first time I heard the word “seminary” was when people around me joked about how the word sounded similar to “cemetery”. Unfortunately, many well-meaning young men went to phony liberal seminaries just to find themselves burying their faith, never to be recovered again. More regrettably, these dead men ended up filling the pulpits of […]
We are one week away from Godward Life, a New Gathering for Serious Joy. The vision for this event comes from the famous biblical exhortation in 1 Corinthians 10:31: “So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.” To go forward is to move intentionally in the […]
By the grace of God our family made it to Minneapolis. Traveling in summer of 2021 from India to the US was a test in every way—God brought us here. His hand was in every step of the way. When the prayers of the saints around the world combined with the generosity of the saints […]
People used to ask me what I wanted to be when I grew up. While my answers changed with evolving interests, shepherding God’s people was never on my “probable vocation” list. That changed with my exposure to reformed theology through the expository preaching ministry of faithful pastors and teachers. The correct understanding of the gospel […]
Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter! Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and shrewd in their own sight! (Isa 5:20–21) Equivocation, or doublespeak, is not simply a logical fallacy […]
The past year has been a year of exciting transitions. It is unbelievable to think that I am now approaching my last year of seminary. Your generosity has changed my life in different ways. First, your generosity has played a role in helping me get married! God has been so good to me and has provided me with […]
Quality time emerges only from Quantity Time. Psalm 9:1 tells us, “I will recount all of your wonderful deeds!” This is great Quality Time—when our kids learn what God means to us! True, the Psalmist had in mind the great works of God from the Books of Moses. But I am confident that he also […]
It is that time of year, the time before we continue the otherwise year-round work of encouraging generosity toward The Serious Joy Scholarship and pause briefly to pray for replenishment of The Alex Steddom International Student Fund. Would you please pray whether you are called to aid in this work of gospel ministry? There is […]
“One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in his temple” (Psalm 27:4). God is Beauty. Much in creation is beautiful. But some […]
We open our eyes every morning with a finite amount of attention to give. And almost immediately many things demand our attention, from basic bodily functions to the notifications on our phones. Our days often disappear as we flit from one activity to the next, toggle from one screen to the other, spending our finite […]