“In him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit.” – Ephesians 2:22 Scripture reading: 1 Peter 2:1-3 The language at the end of Ephesians 2 describes a building. It is God who is doing the work of building the structure, but it is Christians who are the […]| Reformed Perspective
The fight for her life in a broken and biased healthcare system – one that sees doctors perpetrating euthanasia and abortion and calling them both medical care. ***** “Our sweet Veya Hope ran into the arms of Jesus yesterday.” So shared Veya’s mother, Krystal Vanderbrugghen, on her Instagram page on August 2, 2025. Krystal continued: […]| Reformed Perspective
On Sunday, September 21, an estimated 100,000 people gathered inside State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, for the funeral of Charlie Kirk, with an overflow crowd outside also in the tens of thousands. Kirk, just 31 years old, was an extremely popular and influential Christian leader, especially among young people; he was assassinated on September […]| Reformed Perspective
“…built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone.” – Ephesians 2:20 Scripture reading: 1 Corinthians 3: 1-23 As I write this devotional, 133 Roman Catholic Cardinals are meeting in the Sistine Chapel to choose a new pope. The Pope is the spiritual successor of the first Bishop of […]| Reformed Perspective
Despite endless attempts to do so, fleeing sin can’t be done halfheartedly – that only sets the stage for failure. A tepid turning away is like a drunk who doesn’t buy beer anymore but still goes to all the same parties and hangs out with the same drunken crew. He’s pushed off his sin, but […]| Reformed Perspective
“So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God.” – Ephesians 2:19 Scripture reading: Philippians 3:12-21 I lived in Canada for 15 years as a pastor. I have U.S. citizenship. Canada is a wonderful country. We had a very positive […]| Reformed Perspective
“For through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father.” – Ephesians 2:18 Scripture reading: John 10:22-30 I’ve always wondered what it was like to be the child of someone who was famous. Whether an athlete or movie star or politician, as a child I couldn’t imagine what it would feel like […]| Reformed Perspective
“And he came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near.” – Ephesians 2:17 Scripture reading: Romans 10: 1-21 We have a 30 acre lake behind our house. This past winter my family watched as a bald eagle killed a Canadian goose on the ice. All the […]| Reformed Perspective
Charlie Kirk one week later The link above heads to Tim Challies’ collection of the week’s best articles on Charlie Kirk. My favorite was by Barry York on how we should deal with the inevitable clips that will and have surfaced, where Charlie Kirk evidences less patience or less grace than was his norm. I’ve […]| Reformed Perspective
“…that he might create in himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace…” – Ephesians 2:15b Scripture reading: Galatians 2:15-21 We are taught in Genesis 2 and Ephesians 5 that when two are united in marriage they become one. We can understand this as a metaphor for the intimacy and union […]| Reformed Perspective
“For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility.” – Ephesians 2:14 Scripture reading: Psalm 139: 1-24 In the ancient world, when one king would visit another, he would bring some type of gift to present to the other king. […]| Reformed Perspective
Animated 2023 / 101 minutes RATING: 8/10 Twenty-three years ago, Rocky and Ginger were trying to break out – they had to get off their farm to escape being made into chicken pot pies. This time, they have to break in to save their beloved little girl, Molly, from being turned into a bucket of […]| Reformed Perspective
“But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.” – Ephesians 2:13 Scripture reading: Acts 8:26-40 There is a legend in Ethiopia that after the conversion of the Ethiopian eunuch in Acts 8, the Ethiopian eunuch then took the gospel down to Ethiopia, and […]| Reformed Perspective
by Trey Bowling & Lori Fausak 2025 / 169 pages As the author confidently declared, “Project Artifact: the Spear is going to be the best sci-fi, dystopian, creationist, Christian graphic novel you will read this year.” There is something special going on here. This is the Institute for Creation Research’s (ICR) very first go at […]| Reformed Perspective
Where some see gloom, God’s people can proceed in hope, knowing that God remains in control ***** “Canada to Become a Dystopian Nightmare, Households Will Flee: Gov Report.” A Christian friend shared this article with me, from Better Dwelling, a news outlet specifically focussed on Canada’s housing market. This friend wanted to make sure I […]| Reformed Perspective
“For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.” – Ephesians 2:10 Scripture reading: James 2:14-26 God’s salvation is not only about our eternal destiny, it is also about our present reality. It is easy in the midst of the trials of […]| Reformed Perspective
Data from the Association of American Publishers reveals that the biggest sales increase among all categories of books being published last year in the United States was religious books – up 18.5 percent from the previous year. This comes on the heels of similar growth the previous year. Publishers Weekly asked these publishers what was […]| Reformed Perspective
“For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God.” – Ephesians 2:8 Scripture reading: Titus 3:1-11 Who can be proud of what he receives? This adage is sometimes asked to teach children about gratitude. It is one thing to be born with […]| Reformed Perspective
Should Christians support a bill that would make abortion illegal after the second trimester? Some say no, and argue that such a bill would save third-trimester babies at the expense of babies in the first and second trimester. This side sometimes calls themselves pro-life “abolitionists.” They insist this sort of bill is immoral because it […]| Reformed Perspective
“…even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved.” – Ephesians 2:5 Scripture reading: John 11:17-28 When our Lord Jesus Christ raised his friend Lazarus from the dead after having been dead for four days, the Jewish leaders had a serious problem on their hands. […]| Reformed Perspective
“But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us.” – Ephesians 2:4 Scripture reading: Romans 3:9-31 In two simple words, we see the great transition in Ephesians 2. The same thing takes place in Romans 3. Romans 3:21 begins with “But now….” The word “but” shows a transition. […]| Reformed Perspective
On the death of Charlie Kirk American Christian and conservative leader Charlie Kirk was shot and killed on Wednesday. Kirk (1993-2025) wasn’t as remarkable for what he said (though he did get things mostly right) as he was for how he spoke up (boldly, as a grateful child of God) and for where he was […]| Reformed Perspective
“And you were dead in…..sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world…carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.” – Ephesians 2:1-3 Scripture reading: Exodus 32: 1-35 The narrative of the golden calf in Exodus 32 is […]| Reformed Perspective
A new era has been marked; Christians must tell the truth. Unsurprisingly, on September 11, 2001, I wept. I also wept, unexpectedly, on September 11, 2011. Perhaps it was delayed grief, but mostly, it was a delayed realization. Sitting that Sunday morning with my young daughters, only 6, 4, and 2 at the time, it […]| Reformed Perspective
“And you were dead in…..sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world…carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.” – Ephesians 2:1-3 Scripture reading: Romans 1:18-25 An accurate portrait of someone will include the “warts and all.” […]| Reformed Perspective
“And he put all things under his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church.” – Ephesians 1:22 Scripture reading: Ephesians 5:22-33 In Ephesians 5, we have a beautiful comparison which sets the stage for Christian marriage. In that passage, the husband-and-wife relationship is mirrored with the church’s relationship to Jesus […]| Reformed Perspective
The government of Quebec announced in August that it intends to introduce a law this fall to outlaw public prayer in the province. As Jean‑François Roberge, Quebec’s “Secularism Minister” explained in a statement on X: “The proliferation of street prayers is a serious and sensitive issue in Quebec. Last December, our government expressed its unease […]| Reformed Perspective
“…that he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places, far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come.” – Ephesians 1:20-21 […]| Reformed Perspective
by Lynn Austin 1999 / 432 pages This book was recommended to me by a good friend. I was a little skeptical (Christian women’s fiction can be formulaic and sappy!) but while I was still reading it I noticed a young lady at church stuff a copy into a friend’s mailbox. She also said it […]| Reformed Perspective
Some years back, Justin Trudeau made it a requirement that all Liberal MPs has to support abortion. MP Lawrence MacAulay has, to this point, been known as pro-life, but he indicated, via a series of tweets, that he would follow his party leader Justin Trudeau’s new requirement for his MPs. MacAulay wrote: “I’d like to […]| Reformed Perspective
In his book “Duties for Parents,” J.C. Ryle encourages parents to take seriously the admonishment in Proverbs 22:6 to “Train up a child in the way he should go” because, as the verse continued, “when he is old, he will not depart from it.” Ryle explained that this promise applied both for good and for […]| Reformed Perspective
It struck me, just recently, that I’ve been regularly promising to praise God’s Name “among the nations.” This pledge, to talk about God outside of church, out in the world, with non-Christians, comes up again and again in the songs we sing each service (Ps. 18, 57, 108, etc.). And, just recently, God gave me […]| Reformed Perspective
“And Sarah said, “God has made me laugh, and all who hear will laugh with me.”” – Genesis 21:6 Scripture reading: Genesis 21:1-7 When was the last time you really, really laughed? As Christians, we have every reason to laugh with deep seated joy because of what God has done for us in Jesus Christ. […]| Reformed Perspective
“So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who had married his daughters, and said, “Get up, get out of this place; for the Lord will destroy this city!” But to his sons-in-law he seemed to be joking.” – Genesis 19:14 Scripture reading: Genesis 19:12-38 Lot made it out of Sodom alive—but barely. He […]| Reformed Perspective
“Far be it from You to do such a thing as this, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be as the wicked; far be it from You! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?” – Genesis 18:25 Scripture reading: Genesis 18:16-33 What becomes very clear from […]| Reformed Perspective
“Then the men turned away from there and went toward Sodom, but Abraham still stood before the LORD.” – Genesis 18:22 Scripture reading: Genesis 18:16-33 In our passage today, we see that God is moving toward Sodom. We already know Abraham’s nephew Lot lives there with his family, and that Sodom is “an exceedingly wicked […]| Reformed Perspective
“For I have known him, in order that he may command his children and his household after him, that they keep the way of the Lord, to do righteousness and justice, that the Lord may bring to Abraham what He has spoken to him.” – Genesis 18:19 Scripture reading: Genesis 18:16-33 Do you ever wonder […]| Reformed Perspective
“Is anything too hard for the Lord? At the appointed time I will return to you, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.” – Genesis 18:14 Scripture reading: Genesis 18:1-15 One of the main purposes of God’s visit with Abraham and Sarah was to remind and assure them that the […]| Reformed Perspective
“My Lord, if I have now found favor in Your sight, do not pass on by Your servant.” – Genesis 18:3 Scripture reading: Genesis 18:1-15 Our passage today records a very special meeting with very special guests. God shows up. Along with two angelic visitors, He comes to meet with Abraham, His friend. Without knowing […]| Reformed Perspective
“If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin which does not lead to death, he will ask, and He will give him life…” – 1 John 5:16 Scripture reading: 1 John 5:16-17; James 5:13-18 While there are a number of difficult issues to deal with in a passage like this, we will be focusing on […]| Reformed Perspective
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Done right, it is an expression of God’s character and beauty **** There we sat under the starry skies, talking faith, family, fun and business. A familiar space. Like many of you, I get to enjoy some nice campfire-convos each summer. But this particular night challenged me. It didn’t take long for the business conversation […]| Reformed Perspective
