The Death of Despair
Followers of Jesus Christ, of all people, have reason not to despair.
No wonder, then, that the message entrusted to the church is called gospel—literally, good news. The church has been given the good news that liberates men and women from despair . . . providing daily freeom and eternal hope, no matter the fear du jour. It is a joyful task, but it can be a... Continue Reading
If God Doesn’t Need Anything, Then Why Does He Command Us To Serve Him?
He doesn’t need our worship, our work, or our money.
When God tells us to sing and raise our hands to him, it’s not because he needs our praise to feel good about himself. It’s for our pleasure in him. When we express our appreciation of God it enhances our enjoyment of him. Like when we express appreciation for a great painting, or a great... Continue Reading
4 Ways to Respond to the Gay Community
Christians have a responsibility to represent Christ to a fallen world
Homosexuality has embraced our culture and our culture has embraced homosexuality. It’s part of the fallen nature of things, and fallen man has always been an expert at creating ingenuous ways to celebrate his brokenness. Homosexuality is one of those topics that draws vibrant reactions. Complex issues of the heart usually do. Christians are in... Continue Reading
Your Brain is Plastic (and that’s good news)
More recent research has demonstrated that we can actually change our brain structures and connections, improving our overall mood in the process.
I’m hugely encouraged by how this science confirms and explains Scripture. Through the Apostle Paul, God calls us to “be transformed by the renewing of your mind” (Rom .12:2). Both science and Scripture agree, we can change our brains by retraining them, we can renew our minds, and thereby be transformed. For those of... Continue Reading
Considering the PCA and Theological Tensions
The various groups in the PCA not only reach different people with the gospel, they hold one another accountable if we let them. The right keeps the left from going too far left and the left keeps the right from going too far right. Those of us in the middle need both groups. Historically, when... Continue Reading
At evangelical colleges, a shifting attitude toward gay students
The balance, college officials say, is between preserving the theological integrity of the school while leaving room for questions.
Matthews said Wheaton was a safe place to come out because he could work through both being gay and being a Christian. If he had gone to another college, he said he might have stayed closeted because people might suggest abandoning his faith, something he wasn’t willing to relinquish. “Quite ironically, had I not gone... Continue Reading
Planned Parenthood defends infanticide
Planned Parenthood’s official stance is if a child survives an abortion, the mother, her family and her doctor should decide whether to kill if for good.
Those who support the right of children to be born have long argued that if life is not from conception (or at the very, very least implantation) assignment of “living” is arbitrary. Planned Parenthood understands this and is merely being consistent in their view. If a child can be killed in the womb, there are... Continue Reading
Between a Rock and a Hard Place
The GOP, Evangelicals, and the Politics of Gay Marriage
But what about Evangelical Christians and this issue? It seems to me that there is a lot of soul-searching to be done. To be sure, at this point even a low-key statement of biblical morality comes across as narrow-minded and intolerant, and there is probably not much that can be done about that in the... Continue Reading
Christianity that cuts
If yours is a Christianity that has no sharp edges, no distinctive flavours, then it is not the true Christianity of the Bible.
If your gospel does not cause the hackles of the self-righteous to rise and the lips of the worldly-wise to curl in a sneer then it is not the gospel of God, and will not prove the power of God to salvation. If your gospel does not declare a freeness in God’s grace that makes... Continue Reading
The Most Important Message
Do you ever wonder what’s the most important thing for you to know or to tell others about Christianity, what is “of first importance”?
Well, we don’t need to speculate because Paul tells us right here in 1 Corinthians 15 what he shared with the Corinthians as being “of first importance”: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures. Paul’s first... Continue Reading
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