By Rob Golding There is a time in every Christian’s life when God begins removing the things we love. Peace is replaced with anxiety. Health with sickness. Family with emptiness. Success with failure. Joy with depression. In these moments, the Christian clings to that which is left—God. He clutches and snatches but grabs only air. When … Continue reading The Dark Night of the Soul
-By Rob Golding Many Christians feel spiritually lethargic and weak, but they are unsure how they arrived at this state. They are surprised to feel so little desire for God when they have been doing, in their own estimation, pretty good spiritually. They aren’t watching sin-enhancing television. Their recurring sins are in check. They aren’t … Continue reading The Perfect Christian, Spiritually Starved
-By Rob Golding The Christian life is one of rejoicing and rest. We celebrate the victory of our Lord over death each Sunday and rest in His final proclamation that “it is finished” (John 19:30). We then walk the simple path He set out for us as He says, “Come to Me ... For my … Continue reading My Body, My Slave
This morning, my waking eyes were met with stories of criminals attacking judges, sex workers bragging about 100s of clients in one day, and child trafficking. Some days, the dark depravity of the world is like a heavy curtain that drapes itself over everything true, good, and beautiful. One needs to look hard to find … Continue reading There Is Nothing More Beautiful Than the Praise of God
By Rob Golding J. Gresham Machen’s epoch-setting work Christianity and Liberalism is worthy of the praise it received last year on the 100th anniversary of its publication. But the book wasn’t as effective as Machen would’ve hoped. Liberal aberrations of Christianity not only live but lurch forward in the current morass of the Western world’s … Continue reading We Need Authoritative Revelation, Not Reimagination
Recently, I read of a CRC minister praising the ordination of an LGBTQ “elder” (I use scare quotes here because endorsing sin would render one unqualified to be an actual elder). Responses to this CRC minister’s endorsement varied, but one person said in effect, “I know this man to have a pastor’s heart.” Immediately, I … Continue reading Satan’s “Pastor’s Heart”
One of the most perplexing questions of the faith is this, “Why doesn’t God just reveal Himself? Why does He require us to believe what we can’t see?” It certainly would seem much easier to be a Christian if we could look up and see Jesus looking down at us. The preparations required to debate … Continue reading Why Does God Require Faith Without Sight?
It is sad to say that the precious doctrine of limited atonement is reviled by some. John Wesley and company used to refer to Calvinism as the “doctrine of demons,” and surely limited atonement was seen as the crown jewel in Satan’s coronet. This is a tragedy because this doctrine reveals to us the heart … Continue reading The Beauty of Limited Atonement
We look to Christ’s life for our salvation and righteousness, but do we also look to His story to define our own? Or do we think Christ merely gets us into heaven, yet it’s our job to ensure our lives are up to par? While we know only He can save us, we often think … Continue reading 3 Responses to Falling Short
There is a key difference between sermons and lectures. If a pastor speaks about a passage from the pulpit on Sunday in the same way a professor speaks, there is a problem. A professor’s primary job is to relay information. Good ones attempt to move the heart, but that is not their primary goal. The … Continue reading Revelation is a Sermon, Not a Lecture
The Fight of Faith 