Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord, giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ; submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God. (Eph. 5:19–21, KJV) Home schooling in […]
Many within the sphere of biblical counseling wrestle with the value and place of psychology. Some say there is no value or place for it. Others oppose such a rigid stance. They believe there is both value and a place for psychology when it is properly defined, clarified, and qualified. The authors of this article […]
I had been pondering this matter for some time. Out of curiosity I decided to ask that of some house guests who stopped by. When I asked the question, I got the most puzzled looks: “What is an imprecatory prayer?” Not a clue! I raised the same question to a later visitor. The same response: […]
As parents in the twenty-first century, we get bombarded from all sides on how to raise our kids. “Do this, don’t do that.” In the secular world, it’s often about the physical circumstances: make sure they have at least one sibling but no more than two; make sure you live in a three-bedroom, two-bathroom house […]
Throughout this story it is hard to admire Jonah. But not until the last chapter do we sense the depth of his problems. “Though Jonah hardly comes across as a hero anywhere in the book, he appears especially selfish, petty, temperamental, and even downright foolish” in the end.1 It is finally clear just how “malformed […]
Seeing how the world around us is developing, we can easily get discouraged. We are stepping into an era of injustice and hatred of truth. We become disappointed with our culture, where wickedness is becoming law now. We fear for our safety. We are praying for this country, but God doesn’t seem to listen. We […]
Ever More Alien The snow softly and silently clothes the ground. The sight is mesmerizing and peaceful. A steady hum of cars passing my large living room windows is the only sound coming from outside. Inside, my laptop keys click lightly as I crunch on ice. My toddler is sleeping in her crib and […]
Much of James’s letter is about calling out unchristian behavior among believers. Throughout most of it, we get the sense that they should know better, or at least that’s the tone James uses. But do they know better? Did they, but forgot, becoming distracted and preoccupied? It’s only toward the end of the letter that […]
In recent issues of The Outlook I’ve described just a few of the edifying benefits of Christian friendship. Godly friends augment our faith, adjust our vision, and assist us through times of loneliness and discouragement in our individual pilgrimages. Through our friends, the Lord reveals his love and faithfulness to us. Reflecting on the worldwide […]
Romans J. V. Fesko, Lectio Continua series. Grand Rapids: Reformation Heritage Books, 2018. 441 pages. Hardbound. Price varies by vendor. Another volume of this helpful series of expository commentaries on the New Testament has appeared. However, do not confuse this commentary with one that focuses on words or phrases in the text. Rather, it is […]