Life's Inanities and Ironies

   *Lessons on Holy Fear, Submission, and Grief from Leviticus 10:3 (KJV)* In the wake of one of the most terrifying judgments recorded in Scripture, we find one of the most beautiful and challenging responses ever given by a man of God. After fire came out from before the Lord and consumed his two oldest sons for offering “strange fire which he commanded them not,” Aaron the high priest did something extraordinary. He held his peace. No outburst. No protest. No demand for explanation. No public display of the raw grief that must have been tearing at his father’s heart. The man who had just watched his sons die in the very place they were called to serve simply… held his peace. This is not the silence of emotional shutdown or stoic pride. This is the silence of **holy submission** — a profound act of worship rising from the ashes of unimaginable loss. Aaron’s response in Leviticus 10:3 stands as one of the clearest demonstrations in all of Scripture of what it looks like to fe...

  *“Let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear: For our God is a consuming fire.”* — Hebrews 12:28-29 (KJV) In an age when much of what passes for worship feels casual, entertaining, or even performance-driven, the biblical emphasis on **holy fear** stands as a much-needed corrective. Holy fear is not the paralyzing terror of the lost or the cringing dread of slaves. It is reverential awe — a deep, trembling awareness of God’s infinite holiness, majesty, and otherness that shapes how we approach Him in worship. Without it, worship easily drifts into irreverence, self-expression, or emotionalism detached from truth. With it, worship becomes acceptable to God and transforming for His people. This theme flows directly from the blog idea I shared on “Strange Fire Before the Lord” (Leviticus 10). The Nadab and Abihu account is one of Scripture’s clearest warnings about what happens when holy fear is absent in worship. But the principle runs thro...

The doctrine of election addresses one of the most profound and debated truths in Scripture: God’s sovereign choice regarding salvation. At its core, **election** refers to God’s eternal decision to choose certain individuals (or a people) for salvation, tracing the initiative for redemption back to God Himself rather than to human effort or merit. All Bible-believing Christians affirm *some form* of election because the concept and terminology appear repeatedly throughout the Old and New Testaments. The real debate centers on the *basis* of that choice (unconditional in God’s will alone, or conditional upon foreseen faith), its scope (individual or corporate), and how it relates to human responsibility, free will, and evangelism. This investigation draws directly from Scripture as the supreme authority, while noting major historical and theological perspectives. It is written with conservative, fundamentalist Christians in mind—those who uphold the inerrancy, authority, and sufficienc...

Understanding Divine Sovereignty, Suffering, and the Eternal Purposes of God from the Inerrant Scriptures Beloved brothers and sisters in Christ, this is one of the most pressing and painful questions that has echoed through the hearts of God’s people across every generation: Why does a sovereign, all-powerful, all-loving, and all-wise God permit — even ordain — suffering, trials, loss, sickness, betrayal, and hardship in the lives of those He has saved and chosen? We are not talking here about the judgment that falls upon the rebellious and unrepentant world. We are speaking of the afflictions that come upon the redeemed, the born-again, the blood-bought children of God who walk in the light of His Word and cling to the fundamentals of the faith once delivered to the saints. This question is not new. It is as old as the book of Job and as fresh as the latest diagnosis, the latest pink slip, the latest betrayal by a trusted friend, or the latest wave of cultural hostility against those...

  “The angel of the Lord encamps all around those who fear Him, and delivers them.” — Psalm 34:7 (NKJV) We live in an age characterized by a aggressive, functional materialism. Our culture trains us to believe only what can be seen, measured, weighed, and verified by human faculty. Sadly, this skepticism often creeps through the doors of the church, leading believers to live as practical deists—acknowledging God with their lips but operating as if the physical world is all that exists. Yet, Holy Scripture completely rejects this sterile view of reality. The Bible pulls back the veil to reveal a universe teeming with spiritual activity. Among the most comforting doctrines for the saint is the reality of God’s holy angels: mighty, created beings deployed by a sovereign Creator to execute His will, wage spiritual warfare, and stand guard over the local church and the individual believer. To anchor our hearts in these perilous times, we must bypass modern myths and plant our feet s...