There is something innate in the Puritan worldview, which I think has been critical to success for a long time in America’s history, regardless of the endeavor. This secret key to success is grounded in the Puritan’s God-centered worldview.

Theologian Wayne Grudem announced his retirement from the public teaching ministry yesterday (May 2, 2024). When I read the announcement, my mind rushed back to my first hearing of the name Wayne Grudem.

The central aim of Unashamed Truth as a ministry is to advance what I call “God-centered Christianity.” God-centered Christianity, as the name intuitively suggests, centers itself on the honor and glory of the triune God.

There is a quote I came across in Martyn Lloyd-Jones’s Preaching and Preachers that has stayed with me ever since I first read it years ago. It is somewhat famous, or even notorious, depending on what circles you run in.

I once was driving around with my kids, and one of them asked me a great question. They said, “Dad, what is a mature Christian?” In that question, I felt a desire in their heart to be a mature Christian! So, I’m driving my truck and thinking, “That’s a great question.”

When I first moved to Raleigh to begin pastoring Capital Community Church in 2019, another pastor in town asked me about my theory of the atonement. I told him that I taught the penal substitutionary view of the atonement.

David Martyn Lloyd-Jones (1899–1981) died three years before I was born, but somehow, I feel like I know the man. I was first introduced to the Welsh Lloyd-Jones by two Scotsmen, Sinclair Ferguson …

What God requires first and foremost of every preacher of the gospel is faithfulness. “Preach the Word; be ready in season and out of season” (2 Tim 4:2).

Last night, I had the honor of giving the keynote address at the Capitol Commission annual banquet. Capitol Commission is a ministry whose aim is to reach government officials with the gospel.

A few weeks ago, I posted on social media that Christians should never “empty their minds.” Instead we should seek to meditate on the things of God. Here was my post. The Christian should never ‘empty their …

My worst possible fears played out before my eyes. My wife, GraceAnna, and I were in the delivery room for the birth of our fifth child. But this delivery would be different from the others.

So many women do not have a vision of the glorious calling of motherhood. They are trying to mother without a biblical perspective from God's Word and are discouraged. The culture is saying we don’t

I have prayerfully decided to do a series of posts on my theological influences over the next few months. Paul says in Philippians 3:17, “Brothers, join in imitating me, and keep your eyes on those who walk

There is something deeply assuring about the doctrine of eternal security. It teaches the believer to understand that salvation is absolutely certain. It teaches the believer that he possesses Heaven as

The eternal security of the believer is one of the great doctrines of the Christian faith. When understood properly, it provides a balm of comfort and relief to the Christian by knowing that whatever storm

Recently, I posted on social media, “The issue of women’s roles in the church is a litmus test of your view of Scripture. Those who hold firmly to inerrancy and Sola Scriptura will hold fast—those who do not will

Over fifty years ago, Lloyd-Jones thought that one of the most insidious challenges to the church was none other than a worldliness which was excused for the sake of evangelism. On October 29, 1965,

Increasingly, in a post-Christian world, Christians will serve in positions of influence under leaders who outright reject the Christian faith. Though our culture rejects the Lord Jesus, I believe that …

A few years ago, several evangelical churches in the county where I was serving as an assistant pastor decided to cooperate in sponsoring a series of evangelistic meetings. I helped lead the organizing …