Do we understand true consequences?

Do we understand true consequences?

Every teacher or coach knows that giving feedback to a student is vital to the learning experience. We need to know how we’re doing. Feedback gives us information and the sooner we get the feedback the better. There’s an analogous set of truths here in the world of...
Psalm 32: What You Need to Know

Psalm 32: What You Need to Know

Psalm 32 is not, strictly speaking, a penitential Psalm, because the Psalmist doesn’t directly confess his sins here. Instead, he talks about the fact that he has needed to confess his sins in the past, and he rejoices in the fact that he has already experienced God’s...
Be Careful With Your Conscience

Be Careful With Your Conscience

Your conscience can be wrong. You can’t always rely on it, because your sins can sear and crust it over without your noticing. Look at the Apostle Paul. Paul was so aware of this that he didn’t engage in the kind of moral introspection we commonly associate with...
God, Morality, and Whittaker Chambers

God, Morality, and Whittaker Chambers

Can morality exist apart from God? Someone once asked me whether morality can exist apart from God. Plenty of people who have no relationship with Jesus still make wise moral choices, and secular societies still acknowledge a basic moral code. Morality certainly...