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Ridderbos: Postmillennial Christian Nationalism Incompatible With The New Testament

After reading hundreds of pages of PCN writing, I submit that PCN’s “this world conquest” version of eschatology 1) minimizes or ignores the NT teaching of suffering, 2) downplays the strong NT emphasis on longing for Christ’s end of time return, and . . . Continue reading →

Posted in by Shane LemsDecember 11, 2025

Review: Remember Death: The Surprising Path To Living Hope By Matthew McCullough

We are all going to die! It is not just a line from some movie script. It is a basic truth: No person will escape death. Unless Christ returns first, you will die, I will die, and everyone else will die as . . . Continue reading →

Posted in by Shane LemsOctober 16, 2025

Review: Lost Connections: Why You’re Depressed And How To Find Hope By Johann Hari

It is not that simple. You cannot just throw a pill at it and expect it to go away. Pills can help, but depression is not that straightforward. It is a complex mental challenge that has various layers: biological, social, physical, psychological, . . . Continue reading →

Posted in by Shane LemsOctober 2, 2025

Review: The Search For Christian America By Mark A. Noll, Nathan O. Hatch, And George M. Marsden

Christians often mimic the tactics of non-Christians in the social and political realms. For example, the “cancel culture” found in legacy media and social media is also found in evangelical media and Christian social media. American politicians and pundits use scare tactics, . . . Continue reading →

Posted in by Shane LemsSeptember 18, 2025

Review: Raging With Compassion: Pastoral Responses To The Problem Of Evil By John Swinton

One of the oldest and most repeated religious questions goes like this: “Why does God allow evil to happen?” Or it may sound like this: “Why is there evil in the world?” These types of questions fall under the subject of theodicy. . . . Continue reading →

Posted in by Shane LemsAugust 28, 2025

Review: Confession of the Christian Religion By Girolamo Zanchi (trans. Patrick O’Banion)

Girolamo Zanchi (1516–90) is certainly not a household name in Christian circles. He was very well known among seventeenth-century Reformed Christians, however. For just one example, Puritan Thomas Goodwin wrote that Zanchi was “the best of Protestant Writers.”1 So why are many Reformed . . . Continue reading →

Posted in by Shane LemsJune 5, 2025

The Fruit Of The Spirit: The Eighth Fruit—Self-Control (Part 2)

In a moment, I will point out a few places in Scripture that talk about the layers of self-control we began talking about in part one. Continue reading →

Posted in by Shane LemsMarch 26, 2025

The Fruit Of The Spirit: The Eighth Fruit—Self-Control (Part 1)

Self-control is not a popular virtue. Few people really want to restrain themselves from pleasure or self-gratification. Very few people are concerned about regulating their grief, anger, or frustration. Instead, indulging in pleasure is a priority for many. People give full vent . . . Continue reading →

Posted in by Shane LemsMarch 19, 2025

The Fruit Of The Spirit: The Seventh Fruit—Gentleness (Part 2)

To get a true understanding of the fruit of gentleness, we must first think about the gentleness of Christ, which we meditated on in part one. Now we can start to think about gentleness in our own Christian lives. Jesus said we . . . Continue reading →

Posted in by Shane LemsFebruary 26, 2025

20 Federal Vision Errors

1. Pitting Scripture and Confession against each other. 2. Regarding the enterprise of systematic theology as inherently rationalistic. 3. A mono-covenantalism that sees one covenant, originating in the intra-Trinitarian fellowship, into which man is invited, thus flattening the concept of covenant and . . . Continue reading →

Posted in by Shane LemsFebruary 20, 2025

The Fruit Of The Spirit: The Seventh Fruit—Gentleness (Part 1)

I am guessing most of us are familiar with the word gentle. If you helped your friend move into an apartment, he probably told you to be gentle with the box containing dishes. When your son was holding his newborn brother, you . . . Continue reading →

Posted in by Shane LemsFebruary 19, 2025

Review: Small Preaching: 25 Little Things You Can Do Now To Become A Better Preacher By Jonathan T. Pennington

Christians are lifelong students of Christ. Disciples are pupils in the school of the great Teacher. We are constantly learning more about Christ, his salvation, and what it means to follow him in faith. Similarly, preachers are lifelong students. There is no . . . Continue reading →

Posted in by Shane LemsFebruary 6, 2025

Review: The Great Dechurching: Who’s Leaving, Why Are They Going, and What Will It Take to Bring Them Back? By Jim Davis and Michael Graham

According to recent Gallup polls, American churches are emptier today than they were twenty-five years ago.1 Church membership is falling in large numbers. In fact, over fifty percent of Americans rarely or never attend worship services—and if they do, it is usually . . . Continue reading →

Posted in by Shane LemsJanuary 16, 2025

The Fruit Of The Spirit: The Seventh Fruit—Faithfulness (Part 2)

Once we have some understanding of God’s faithfulness, we can begin to think about what it means in our lives. The fruit of faithfulness is another one of those wonderful virtues that the Holy Spirit produces in the Christian’s life. The Spirit . . . Continue reading →

Posted in by Shane LemsJanuary 14, 2025

Review: Preaching As Reminding: Stirring Memory In An Age Of Forgetfulness By Jeffrey D. Arthurs

I wonder how many books about preaching have been published. Two hundred? Five hundred? It is hard to know for sure, but the number is not small. And although there are numerous books about preaching, most of them are quite similar. They . . . Continue reading →

Posted in by Shane LemsJanuary 9, 2025

The Fruit Of The Spirit: The Seventh Fruit—Faithfulness (Part 1)

We live in a culture of non-commitment. People get new jobs and then quit them a few months later. They start classes at a university, then drop out after a few weeks. If someone has an issue with their friend, they bail . . . Continue reading →

Posted in by Shane LemsDecember 24, 2024

The Fruit Of The Spirit: The Sixth Fruit—Goodness

I’m good! It’s all good. You good? He makes good money at his job. Mike Trout and Aaron Judge are good baseball players. Your friend is a good person. As we all know, the word good has different meanings depending on the . . . Continue reading →

Posted in by Shane LemsNovember 19, 2024

The Fruit Of The Spirit: The Fifth Fruit—Kindness

Most Christians probably agree that it would be nice to know exactly what God wants us to do in certain situations. For example, if your dear friend has been avoiding you lately, you might wish that God would specifically tell you what . . . Continue reading →

Posted in by Shane LemsOctober 15, 2024

The Fruit Of The Spirit: The Fourth Fruit—Patience

Whenever I go on multi-day hikes with friends, we have friendly arguments about candy bars. When you are in the middle of a long hike, you dream about food. So the arguments start. Which candy bar is number one? KitKat? Twix? 100Grand? . . . Continue reading →

Posted in by Shane LemsSeptember 17, 2024

The Fruit Of The Spirit: The Third Fruit—Peace (Part 2)

When Paul talks about peace as a fruit of the Spirit, we have to remember the above aspects of peace. It is found in God, and it is from God through faith in Christ. These are objective. When Paul mentions peace as a fruit, however, he is referring to peace in a subjective way. Continue reading →

Posted in by Shane LemsAugust 7, 2024