You Cannot Serve Both God and Theology
What’s more dangerous to the human soul — money or theology?
“But is money more spiritually dangerous than theology? The answer may be trickier than we think, especially within the numbing comfort of a proudly affluent and educated American Church. Money is a tangible, countable, often visible god. Theology, on the other hand — if it is cut off from truly knowing and enjoying God himself... Continue Reading
3 Female Ghosts That Haunt The Church
The three female ghosts that haunt us are the Usurper, the Temptress, and the Child
“These three ghosts glide into staff meetings where key decisions are made. They hover in classrooms where theology is taught. They linger in prayer rooms where the weakest among us give voice to hurt. They strike fear into the hearts of both men and women, and worse, they breathe fear into the interactions between them.”... Continue Reading
Do I Want My Wife To Be A Proverbs 31 Woman? Sorta, Kinda, Maybe.
When we turn Proverbs 31 into a checklist to be rigidly followed, we crush the women in our churches.
Husbands, listen up: if you are using Proverbs 31 as a diagnostic godliness checklist for your wife, you are misusing the passage and hurting your wife. These verses are not a cattle prod for a husband to use to goad his wife toward godliness. These verses are a springboard for a husband to shower encouragement... Continue Reading
Shootout in an OP Corral
Thoughts on Dr. Hobbs' article, Women on Trial: One Observer's View
Since Dr. Hobbs’ article was posted at The Aquila Report, there has been a lot of discussion of it on Facebook. One man, who is not a member of the Presbytery but says he has close knowledge of the case, objected that, despite the accurate statement of the charges, Dr. Hobbs’ misrepresented what the case... Continue Reading
Quo Vadis: PCA?
Looking at where the PCA has been in the past, and then seeking to show where we are headed in the future
Some reflections on this letter are in order. The first thing that struck me was the very strong emphasis on confessional Presbyterianism. Indeed, it was because the PCUS was NOT being confessional that the PCA (then the National Presbyterian Church – NPC) emphasized it so much. This contrasts sharply with some recent attempts to downplay... Continue Reading
What’s in a Name?
Each of Jesus' New Testament names speaks to the nature of Jesus – who He is and what He has done.
In the Scriptures, we also are given the names by which we are to refer to God. God reveals to us the names which we are to use for Him – we are not free to just make up and use any names that we like. Throughout the Old Testament, God reveals several different names... Continue Reading
How to Debate Vaccines* and Still Come Out a Christian
(*organic food, essential oils, education, health care, immigration, soteriology, eschatology…)
One of the hardest lessons of parenthood is learning that you can’t protect your child from suffering;an even harder lesson is learning that your own parenting failures will cause some of that suffering. Just as the world around you is broken, so too, are you. You are sinful and limited. If your parenting philosophy relies... Continue Reading
The Myth of Personal Privacy
“I always feel like somebody’s watching me.”
When he sees and hears such communication, he is very pleased. So let us carefully watch the tongue; it is a restless evil. And let us guard not only our mouth, but our eyes, our feet, our hands, and our thoughts. As we are under constant surveillance today, let us see how many times we... Continue Reading
Will the Real Bonhoeffer Please Stand Up? Part 1
If stringing quotes together will not help us to determine which is the real Bonhoeffer, then what will?
My contact with Bonhoeffer centered primarily on his most evangelical works until I had to choose a thesis topic for the Master of Sacred Theology degree. I finally decided on the Christological substructures of Bonhoeffer’s Life Together. It was a topic that forced me to read wider in Bonheoffer’s corpus. And while working on that... Continue Reading
Still Right on the Black Family After All These Years
The warnings that Daniel Patrick Moynihan sounded 50 years ago have come true. Will liberals ever forgive him?
For decades research has shown that the likelihood of teen pregnancy, drug abuse, dropping out of school and many other social problems grew dramatically when fathers were absent. One of the most comprehensive studies ever done on juvenile delinquency—by William Comanor and Llad Phillips of the University of California, Santa Barbara, in 2002—concluded that “the... Continue Reading
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