It is a frustrating lie to believe – that pain and sorrow will go away quickly, leave little trace. Some pain the Lord does not intend to remove, at least not yet. Some bruises from sin, even repented of and forgiven sin, remain – guilt, uneasiness, regret, a tender conscience – grace’s call to forsake. We need to be more honest about pain and sorrow. Pills will not help, or alcohol, or supplements, or #MeToo rants. God is our healer – by grace – in his time – by his special...

Christian parents desire their children’s salvation – more than their own. We pray for them, teach and discipline them, and love them. For the years they live with us, they are in many ways our life. What a blessing that our Savior turns the hearts of fathers toward their children, and by his grace the hearts of children toward their fathers (Mal.4:6)! He alone can do this – not principles and programs or podcasts. Depending upon personality, constitutional tendencies toward...

Before we make the devil the scapegoat for all our woes and sins, three truths about the devil help us understand his person and work in the world and in our lives, what he can and cannot do, and how we must fight him. First, he is a creature, has limitations, and now has a fatal wound. The devil is a creature – not an equal with God. The devil is a rebel, and therefore subject to all the blindness, self-deception, half-truths, and flat-out lies that we tell ourselves – except...