There are very few joys in life quite like being a parent. At the same time, there are very few responsibilities quite as heavy as being a parent. At the heart of Christian parenting is a desire to se...  Read More

There exists in this world many overwhelming evidences for God. Historically, the big three philosophical cases are known as the Cosmological Argument (the existence of the universe), the Teliological...  Read More

One of the great desires of my life is to enflame my children’s hearts for God. It is my daily prayer that my children would not only know about God, but that they would grow to be young women who kno...  Read More

Self-denial is near the center of the Christian faith. In fact, the great reformer John Calvin in his Institutes of the Christian Religion dedicates an entire chapter to the theme of self-denial, the ...  Read More

I recently have written a lengthier resource that is intended to help Christians understand with greater depth what we believe about the Bible. This post splices a few sections from that resource toge...  Read More

From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” Matthew 4:7The word repentance is one of those unpopular words today. Charles Spurgeon aptly noted that “r...  Read More

As a Pastor, it is one of my great desires to not only equip the Church to engage their Bibles meaningfully, but to deepen each member in my church’s resolve to excel in their own personal Bible readi...  Read More

A Brief Sketch of the Life of AthanasiusAthanasius, in his life, was one of the men God used most effectively to combat a heresy now known as Arianism. In its day, Arianism was actually considered the...  Read More

A film is coming out this weekend (trailer below) on the life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a man who is surprisingly one of the primary reasons I am a pastor.Back in 2012, I was working full time in corpor...  Read More

Four months after the devastating Battle of Gettysburg during America’s Civil War, Abraham Lincoln strolled through the battle ground. Before that point in time, he was not a Christian. In fact as a y...  Read More

Last week I published an episode of my podcast discussing the dangers of godless conservatism. While I do not intend this post to be a commentary on politics, the background is helpful. The general se...  Read More

In this episode Pastor Raef looks at a trend occurring in American politics, that of godless conservatism. We consider the roots of political conservatism and how it has historically been rooted in Go...  Read More