Tried With Fire

When I was standing in line to vote, I noticed the folks who were waiting with me. These were my neighbors, the people in my community. As I saw their faces, I was convicted by how little I pray and share the gospel. Yes, I was using God-given means to choose politicians and laws with the best worldview, but the only permanent change that can come to this city and this nation is through a fundamental change of heart. This article at RedState sums up the problem well: At the end of the day, nothing will change our nation but repentance from sin. No political victory or law passed will do it. If I'm honest, I'm disappointed by the outcome of the election and don't want to minimize the ramifications. But God is still God. I don't want to be disappointed in Him or the Gospel, which is the power of God unto salvation. He isn't bound by the political landscape. Just look at the early church under Roman rule. So I'm praying: For repentance for my own h...

Today is election day. I have probably prayed more for this election than any previous race in my adult life. I am very concerned for this country. Very concerned.  It's tempting to vent, but enough ink and bandwidth has already been spent by folks who are more articulate and knowledgeable. I'm going to cast my vote today and continue to pray. But as I exercise my right as an American citizen and wait for the returns tonight, here is something I need to remember not just today but every single day: Who is regulating affairs on this earth today- God, or the Devil? What saith the Scriptures? If we believe their plain and positive declarations, no room is left for uncertainty. They affirm, again and again, that God is on the throne of the universe; that the sceptre is in His hands; that He is directing all things "after the counsel of His own will." They affirm, not only that God created all things, but also that God is ruling and reigning over all the works of His ...

Some good words from the Doctor the day before the election: The world goes round in circles - better, worse; better worse; up and down. Look at secular history and you will see this - a constant cycle, as if we are going to arrive and we never do. And then back we go, with always a dark age following an age of enlightenment - round and round in circles. Is there no hope? There is! And here is the hope, that the triune God is still interested in this world; that God did not abandon it when men fell in his folly and listened to the devil and became the dupe of the devil. God is still interested! The doctrine of deism, which means that God made the universe like a watchmaker making a clock, winding it up, and then putting it down and having nothing more to do with it, is absolutely wrong. God is not only transcendent he is Immanent, and he is concerned and he is involved. Not only that; the whole story of the Bible is that God is still controlling the world. That, far from abandoni...