Acts 20:29-31 I know that after my departure fierce wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock; (30) and from among your own selves will arise men speaking twisted things, to draw away the disciples after them. (31) Therefore be alert, remembering that for three years I did…
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2 Timothy 2:19 ESV But God's firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Let everyone who names the name of the Lord depart from iniquity.” There are two great consolations for us in this text. First, that the Lord knows who are His…
Read More2 Corinthians 6:17-18 ESV Therefore go out from their midst, and be separate from them, says the Lord, and touch no unclean thing; then I will welcome you, (18) and I will be a father to you, and you shall be sons and daughters to me, says the Lord Almighty.”…
Read MoreJohn 17:14-15, I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. (15) I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil…
Read MoreActs 5:1-2 But a man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property, (2) and with his wife's knowledge he kept back for himself some of the proceeds and brought only a part of it and laid it at the apostles' feet. We don't know much about…
Read MoreThis is the preface to a new book we plan to publish soon. Its title is Wise as Serpents: Wising up to the Evil Among Us. It is based on the sermon series of that title that I delivered at Christ Reformation Church a few years back. It will relate…
Read MoreHere is the entirety of 2 Peter 2. You have to read the whole thing in order to get the “punch line” at the very end. Go for it, then I have some comments below. 2 Peter 2:1-22 But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will…
Read MoreA friend of mine, a survivor of horrific abuse both at the hands of her ex abuser spouse and by her ex "church" and pastor, pointed me to the following verse recently. It powerfully rebukes the evil of people's refusal to see the wicked for what they really are. Insisting…
Read MoreBlessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a…
Read More2 Corinthians 6:15-18 What accord has Christ with Belial? Or what portion does a believer share with an unbeliever? What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; as God said, “I will make my dwelling among them and walk among…
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