Enjoy this Christmas poem by Pastor Chris Hendrix.

He has fulfilled the Davidic Covenant to rule and reign. God exalted him after He resurrected and ascended. Jesus was the fire from the ashes that rose up.

President Biden announced an unprecedented pardon for his son, Hunter Biden, several days ago. His foundational principle for doing this is a father’s love. A father’s actual love doesn’t ignore lawlessness.

Over the decades, Americans continued to celebrate with a feast in the fall that focused on giving thanks. This holiday arrived on our calendars through suffering and loss. Adversity and struggle, instead of dampening their spirits, fueled the gratitude in the hearts of the men, women, and children who decided to feast and give God glory with whatever they had available to eat. Their gratitude to God in the face of such hardship serves as a beacon of hope for us all.

In light of our passage from 2 Corinthians 5:1–5 this week, enjoy this sonnet by John Milton.

This past week, the election of Donald Trump has given us a reason to pause and thank the Lord for the reprieve He has provided. Why? This is not necessarily because Trump will wear a Superman cape and save the country. But, because the platform and people he places around him aim for religious liberty, space for Christians to bring the Gospel to bear upon our nation, and some measure of holiness in our country.

When we venture into our own devices, ideologies, and thoughts instead of looking to align ourselves with God’s thoughts, then we place the chains of slavery upon us and others. True freedom happens when we handcuff our thoughts to God’s thinking.

The way to save the American church experience starts and ends with the Word of God being rightly handled while the Spirit of God applies the truths to human souls.

America is in dire need of transformation. The Christian’s response is not to sit back and watch, but to actively proclaim this need, the solution to the need, and the way forward.

As Christians who look back into the OT, all of the mysteries are revealed to us. Christ is the answer. The OT is about Christ. Don't look at the OT as the means to earn your righteousness. Look at it as the means to deepen your love and obedience to Christ.

God didn’t provide leaders for the church because the church lacked value. Quite the opposite, because of the church’s value, God gave leaders to it.

Recently, one of the great preachers in our generation admitted to his fellow elders a sin severe enough to disqualify him from pastoral ministry. Those influenced by his teachings and preachings received a somber reminder of how no confidence should be placed in the flesh.

People change. What someone believes one day may not be what that person holds later down the road of life. When changes occur, the most crucial question is why? Why would someone go from one belief to another?

Three commonalities appear in these European missionary stories: the predicament of the people, the persecution from the people, and the proclamation to the people.

Conservatism needs to be saved. But not by voting for those who hate babies (abortion), love sexual deviancy (LGBTQ), and embrace agendas of thievery (socialism) and destruction (Marxism).

How does Psalm 97 strengthen the church in defending attacks and going on the offensive? Worship is the answer. Worship is warfare. Our worship to the Triune God results in fighting off sin in our own lives.

Christians must speak up. We must call out sin in the public square. We can’t let the fear of man stop us from identifying what is wicked and calling those who participate in it to repentance. We can’t sit passively by and let Western civilization commit suicide.

Politicians speak well of children and kiss babies while companies market products to kids. Our world prefers youth over old age, and medical advances make the elderly look like their progeny. On the other hand, the murder of babies continues to grow.

How can someone go from a place of truth to a place of lies? As Evangelicals, our first reaction ought to be one of self-examination. What did JD Vance’s experience in those particular evangelical churches teach him? That the church pursues after ‘newness’ and throws aside our minds. Sadly, this tends to define many of us.

A false notion exists among many evangelicals that the age of martyrdom has passed. However, more of our brothers and sisters have died in our modern world than in the ancient, with no signs of letting up. Actually, persecution continues to ramp up.