Deus Misereatur

  Princes persecute me without cause, but my heart stands in awe of your words. There are places in our world, O Lord, where inequality, immorality, illegality, and inhumaneness sit enthroned and empowered, violently and viciously crushing people, and even seeking to harm your chosen ones. Lift up the downtrodden and demoralized, show strength with your arm; scatter the proud in the thoughts of their hearts; and bring down the mighty from their thrones (Luke 1:51-52). We especially ask for you to defend, direct, and deliver your Church in all places, here, as well as Genesis Church, Glorieta Baptist, God’s Grace Baptist, and Grace Church. I rejoice at your word like one who finds great spoil. Eternal God, look upon these United States of America that there may again be great joy at your Word, like the joy of those who have found a priceless treasure. Many who are in office claim to be disciples of Jesus, and fellow believers. Especially for them we beg you to shape their desires, d...

  John Perkins declares that this volume raises twelve of the right questions that we should all be asking in the midst of our troubled era. Therefore, he encourages us to read it with an open mind so that we’re not swept along into false answers that will lead us into more injustice. I couldn’t agree with Perkin’s assessment more! “Confronting Injustice without Compromising Truth” by Thaddeus J. Williams, assistant professor of Systematic Theology for Talbot School of Theology, is a 288-page softback that graciously and thoughtfully leads readers to ask, and begin to answer, twelve important questions about social injustice. It’s not a diatribe, but a deliberate analysis of what is meant by social justice from a biblical perspective in contrast to a “post-postmodernist” standpoint. Since there are already hundreds of reviews, I will simply present a few of my observations.   Williams is clearly on the side of basic, orthodox Christianity. He doesn’t dismiss social justice...

  I'm so excited! My new book will be out soon, most likely in the next few weeks. Keep an eye out for it.

  " Meditations on the Lord's Supper " by Jacob Jones Janeway Many times when churches have the Lord's Supper or Communion, congregants either aren't  prepared or are not sure how to get ready. In 1848 Jacob Jones Janeway, a Presbyterian minister, put forth a series of short devotions with prayers to help Christians become more focused, and more grateful as they came to receive the sacrament. Unfortunately, these meditations became buried by time and distance. But recently, Log College Press has issued a new 152-page paperback that nicely bundles together these 29 meditations for popular use. After an historical foreword by Wayne Sparkman, the director of the PCA historical center, comes the initial preface from the original author. The book then launches into nineteen meditations to be used before communion, one for during the Lord's Supper, and nine after the sacrament. That's the way the author presents them, but all of them can be used as preparation. ...

  On the holy mount stands the city he founded; the LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwelling places of Jacob. Glorious things of you are spoken, O city of God. Selah . Sometimes, Lord, we forget that you love the gates of Zion more than all the dwelling places of Jacob; sometimes we think you should cherish our country more than you do your Church; sometimes our national concerns become more important to us than the cares of your kingdom. So, remembering that you love the gates of Zion more than all the dwelling places of Jacob, we still pray for our country as you have bidden us to do. Tensions abound on the right hand and the left. Violence raises its beastly head in brutal and bloody ways. The rhetoric of many simply pours more petrol on the smoldering embers threatening to ignite into a bursting flame. There are places and spaces of injustice in our courts, on our streets, behind closed doors, and out in the open. Therefore, we implore your kindness and goodness ...

  This little field guide is just that, a pocket-sized field guide, clothed in military manual like colors. Perfect for carrying around and keeping close at hand. It was handed out for free at our denomination's General Assembly-2021, and I found it useful. Not deep, not weighed down with loads of details. Rather, it's just the right amount of information written in a brief style so that young Christians and others will be able to use it. The book, published by Ligonier Ministries (no author is credited), covers false teaching and cults inside and around Christianity, as well as completely other religions and worldviews outside Christianity. Ideal for an upper school, teenage class. i highly recommend the work.

  You can feel it in the air and taste it in the water. Something is afoot, and it’s hard to put your finger on it. Like a virus spreading from community to community, it seems to be creeping along and then suddenly come the symptoms of infection, and one wonders where they picked it up from and how to shield their loved ones from it. Scott Allen, president of the Disciple Nations Alliance and author, has sought to diagnose the ailment and how it spreads in his 256-page paperback “Why Social Justice Is Not Biblical Justice: An Urgent Appeal to Fellow Christians in a Time of Social Crisis”. This very accessible work presents a map through the various ideas and types of justice without getting lost in juridic language. Since “Why Social Justice Is Not Biblical Justice” is endorsed by Wayne Grudem and has received an abundance of reviews and analysis from others, including Tim Challies, I’ll leave the details to them. I found the book strong in definitions, distinguishing between va...