The most dangerous place in the world for a young believer, in my opinion, may not be in the Middle East or China where Christians are persecuted. It’s not public high school, or secular college or at Happy Hour after work. I think the most dangerous place a young believer can go might be the local Christian bookstore.  read more »

What is discernment? The Bible has a lot to say about the topic, and what the Bible says about it is the most important thing that can be said. So a broad examination of the Scriptures shows several things about discernment.

First, discernment is closely related to wisdom. Proverbs 16:21 – “The wise of heart is called discerning.” Particularly in Proverbs, there is a very close relationship between discernment and wisdom. Wisdom is knowing how to apply truth. Wisdom takes the information gained through discernment and knows what to do with it.  read more »

Last week I gave a broad overview of what the Bible says about the topic of discernment, and today I want to consider more closely what a particularly significant passage says about the topic – Hebrews 5:11-14. “About this we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing. For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic principles of the oracles of God. You need milk, not solid food, for everyone who lives on milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, since he is a child. But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil.”  read more »

What does God say about government?

At the must fundamental level as we think about this election is the question of what God says about government. The most poignant New Testament text on this subject is Romans 13:1-7.
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