A lion of the pulpit, now in Christ’s presence: The relentless expository passion of John F. MacArthur, Jr., 1939-2025

He was the greatest expositor of his times. One of the ironies of John MacArthur is that, to the end, he insisted that any God-called preacher of the ...

August 14, 2025

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Keep Up or Die?: A Church that Won’t Hold a Heresy Trial Isn’t Really a Church

J. Gresham Machen, the great Presbyterian theologian from the early decades of the 20th century, brilliantly assessed the state of modern Christianity and the rise of Protestant liberalism. Rather than seeing liberal theology as a variant of the Chri ...

February 8, 2019

A Morality Tale Lived Out: The Bizarre Headlines from the Commonwealth of Virginia

In recent decades, the Commonwealth of Virginia has served as a barometer for the entire nation. Once a solidly “red” state, Virginia has become a “purple” state thanks to massive political and demographic transitions. Virginia’s boundary with Washin ...

February 5, 2019

The Illusion of Enemy-Less Christian Discipleship

This article is an excerpt from my book, The Prayer that Turns the World Upside Down: The Lord’s Prayer as a Manifesto for Revolution. This post is the seventh in an eight part series on the Lord’s Prayer. When I was a child, I loved camping. For ...

January 18, 2019

For the Earth Shall Be Full of the Knowledge of the Lord as the Waters Cover the Sea

Where in the Bible is the Christmas story to be found? Understandably, the instinct of most Christians is to turn to the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, where the historical accounts of the birth of Jesus, the coming of the Messiah, are to be found. Mat ...

December 7, 2018

“Forgive Us Our Debts”: The Lord’s Prayer Is A Gospel Prayer

This article is an excerpt from my book, The Prayer that Turns the World Upside Down: The Lord’s Prayer as a Manifesto for Revolution. This post is the sixth in an eight part series on the Lord’s Prayer.  The Gospel Foundation of the Lord's Prayer ...

November 29, 2018

“Give Us This Day”: Exalting God by Humbling Ourselves

This article is an excerpt from my book, The Prayer that Turns the World Upside Down: The Lord’s Prayer as a Manifesto for Revolution. This post is the fifth in an eight part series on the Lord’s Prayer.  God's Abundant Physical Provisions  In ...

November 7, 2018

The Audacity of Gender-Reveal Parties: Another Step Towards Cultural Insanity

The leaders of the transgender revolution revile the celebrated declaration, “It’s a boy” or “It’s a girl,” when a baby is born. Transgender activists recognize that their revolution cannot succeed until doctors who deliver babies, or ultrasound tech ...

October 15, 2018

A Prayer for Revolutionaries

This article is an excerpt from my book, The Prayer that Turns the World Upside Down: The Lord’s Prayer as a Manifesto for Revolution. This post is the fourth in an eight part series on the Lord’s Prayer.  The first petition in the Lord’s Prayer i ...

September 27, 2018