No, We Can’t All Just Get Along
Discussions and debates about homosexuality and gender identity bring much confusion, error, and sin
I was greeted this morning by this little gem from a PCA church in Portland which illustrates the confusion to which I am referring. Notice how the writer simply accepts the world’s categories of human identity which are a simulatneous rejection of the Biblical categories. He then sweeps such issues as the nature of marriage,... Continue Reading
Helps And Hindrances To Knowing Christ
Don’t despair, despite the many obstacles, God has also provided multiple helps to knowing Christ.
Through knowing Christ, eternal life begins in time, and heavenly bliss begins on earth (John 17:3). Unsurprisingly, such a blessing does not come easily as there are many hindrances to knowing Christ in our present state. Hindrances to knowing Christ Ignorance: A limited knowledge of the Bible produces a limited knowledge of God. Error: Wrong... Continue Reading
We Don’t Know How to Blush
The only way to really know how to blush is to truly see the cross.
We blush because we are ashamed or embarrassed. In the Scriptures we see this happen in Genesis chapter 3. After Adam and Eve sinned they attempted to hide from God because they were ashamed. They felt accountable to God. There was an awareness of internal shortcomings, corruption, or imperfection as well as an awareness of... Continue Reading
7 Areas of Unbiblical Conscience Binding
Few things can be so damaging to the church as when one believer seeks to bind the conscience of another believer with a personal application of a biblical principle of holiness.
There are many, many, many other ways in which all of us can fall into the trap of unbiblical conscience binding. The best thing for us to do is to stay in the Scriptures–comparing Scripture with Scripture, and learn to be cautious about pushing our own personal applications of a perceived principle on the consciences... Continue Reading
Should Pastors Preach Politics?
The Difference Between Engaging Culture and Engaging in Politics
Can we make a distinction between engaging our culture and engaging in politics? I think we can, and I also think we can make a distinction between what pastors do as church leaders, what the church does as the church and what individual Christians do as American citizens. “But seek the welfare of the... Continue Reading
You Don’t Really Know Who Your Friends Are Until…
You'll know when their relationship with you becomes a liability instead of a benefit
“For as long as you and I have lived, at least if you have lived in this Western, first-world culture, friendship with Jesus has been beneficial. At worst this friendship has been neutral so the benefits have balanced the drawbacks. And while I am no prognosticator of doom, it seems increasingly clear that a relationship... Continue Reading
Becoming Like a Child
When tempted to worry and overcome with weakness we are not to hide behind the fig-leaves of self-sufficiency but should cry out like children, asking “Dad!?”
“As adults we tend to operate with something of a veneer of self-sufficiency that children, particularly younger children have no reference for. They feel alone and they cry out. However, we feel it too, and likewise, our heart cries out for consolation.” As a Dad there are many times that I see our children... Continue Reading
Living with a Sense of Eternity
There is a “not yet” about our present Christian experience
“Calvin sought, personally, to develop a balance of contempt for the present life with a deep gratitude for the blessings of God and a love and longing for the heavenly kingdom. The sense that the Lord would come and issue His final assessment on all and bring His elect to glory was a dominant motif... Continue Reading
Were Christians Who Campaigned for Same-Sex Marriage Duped?
Some Christians argued that same-sex marriage is not inconsistent with Christian teaching
“Last year, in a Daily Beast article provocatively entitled “Were Christians Right About Gay Marriage All Along?” gay activist Jay Michaelson acknowledged that there “is some truth to the conservative claim that gay marriage is changing, not just expanding, marriage.” Both before and after the Supreme Court’s ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges, some Christians... Continue Reading
The Adam Option
It could happen here — families overwhelming singles
“The Benedict Option literally means no sex and no kids. And the one way that heterosexuals could change the culture in a heart beat is out-reproduce homosexuals. Think about it (but not to long). What’s so hard about that? One kind of sex results in kids, the other doesn’t.” If we wish to right... Continue Reading
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