Author Archives: savedbygrace1976

In my travels during our recent vacation to Iowa and back, I listened to the 135 chapters of Moby Dick.  The book is a monster!  What does it mean? R. C. Sproul writes: It seems that every time a writer … Continue reading →

In this five and a half minute video, Packer speaks candidly and perceptively about his physical, mental, and spiritual struggles as an 87 year old man. He speaks of physical urges, the cranking up of impatience, a strong pull to … Continue reading →

Hannah writes from Washington DC: It might seem odd that on this, our one-year anniversary, I am beginning a post with the declaration that my husband is not my soul mate. But he isn’t. I wouldn’t want to imagine life … Continue reading →

Jeremy Lelek writes: Would we ever tell a married man who struggles with lust that we are going to take him through a therapeutic intervention where he will become solely attracted to his wife?  Would we raise his hopes that … Continue reading →

What! Speak coldly for God, and for men’s salvation? Can we believe that our people must be converted or condemned, and yet speak in a drowsy tone? In the name of God, brethren, labour to awaken your own hearts, before … Continue reading →

A Conversation Between Prayerful and Prayerless by John Piper: Prayerless: I understand that you believe in the providence of God. Is that right? Prayerful: Yes. Prayerless: Does that mean you believe, like the Heidelberg Catechism says, that nothing comes about … Continue reading →

My Christian college student nephew is studying in Israel for the spring.  He has a female prof/guide there who’s teaching it’s okay for women to be pastors.  He asked for biblical data.  I sent him this article by Tom Schreiner: … Continue reading →

Tim Challies critiques the opinions of John Piper and Wayne Grudem: That we should avoid foul speech seems obvious and beyond dispute. And yet here we are. There is little consensus in the church about this particular issue. One thing that … Continue reading →

Darrell Cole insightfully summarizes the views of C. S. Lewis in his Touchstone essay: Lewis had been a soldier, so he knew what it was like to experience that essential nature of all battle, so aptly summarized by Homer as … Continue reading →

French children don’t need medications to control their behavior. Marilyn Wedge, Ph.D., tells why in a recent Psychology Today article: In the United States, at least 9% of school-aged children have been diagnosed with ADHD, and are taking pharmaceutical medications. In … Continue reading →