Making sense of the whole Bible is the greatest tool in understanding the parts. So it is vital to have a clear grasp of the OT to understand the NT. The OT provides the theological context for the NT. In other words, instead of reading the Bible backward (reading the OT through the eyes of the NT), the Bible should be read progressively forward (reading the NT through the...

(From the recent God-Honoring Relationships Conference) I can think of no more urgent need than to raise up a generation of children who love God and hate evil (Ps 97:10). The world is insidiously seductive (1 John 2:15-17). Our children's very own flesh wars against them, and Satan himself seeks to devour them. And what should we seek as God's appointed means of grace to...