We live in a world driven by production, action, and success. Money doesn’t make itself. We need to act if we want to see change. We work so we can “play.” Action is required in the face of injustice, and inaction is portrayed as implicit approval of injustice. In such a world, one who does […]
If you know anything about King David in the Bible, you know that God blessed him by giving him many children, and you know how children are a blessing to be treasured and enjoyed (see Psalm 127), and not merely tolerated or, worse, abused. In this meditation, we will look at another aspect of David’s […]
I taught on King Jesus’s revelation and return and even tried the “king of fruits” during a recent ministry trip to Southeast Asia. I traveled with my oldest son across the world to Petaling Jaya, Malaysia (near Kuala Lumpur) to speak at the Creation to Consummation biblical theology conference hosted by the Gospel Growth Fellowship. […]
Over the last two months, I’ve been at several events promoting Bethlehem College & Seminary. I’ve met dozens of parents. Many of them have inquired about our undergraduate programs because they see great value in a God-centered, church-based, and Bible-saturated education for their kid. However, there’s another segment of parents that seem to be inquiring […]
Dear Friends, With all of our income and expenses now accounted for, I wanted to invite you to give thanks to God with me for his provision over the last academic and fiscal year. The Lord was faithful to supply all of our needs in full, including allowing our Class of ’22 graduates to launch […]
When justice is done, it is a joy to the righteous but terror to evildoers. —Proverbs 21:15 When I teach ethics courses, one of our class topics is abortion. I show these four short videos to the students to inform them how abortion works: (1) pills, (2) dilation and curettage with suction, (3) dilation and evacuation, and […]
Last week I had the privilege of attending and speaking at Repairing the Ruins, the annual conference for the Association of Classical & Christian Schools (of which I’m a board member). I come away from this conference encouraged by the green shoots of biblical and Christ-exalting education that are springing up around the country. The […]
For decades the people of Bethlehem Baptist Church and its affiliated ministries have prayed and labored on behalf of the unborn. We have marched in the frigid temperatures of Minnesota. We have supported crisis pregnancy centers and cultivated a culture of adoption and foster care. We have voted for life, and lifted up the worth […]
“I feel not at liberty to speak about the state of our funds, as the primary object of the work in my hands is to lead those who are weak in faith to see that there is reality in dealing with God alone.” George Müller, c. 1840 This shall be my last word to you […]
David writes in Psalm 16:6, “The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places.” Like David, I reflect on the goodness of God in my life and can see much evidence of His gracious providence. After growing up in a Christian home with two parents who loved me and took me to church regularly, I […]