Bill O’Reilly, Gay Marriage, and the Bible
The true issue today is not what the Supreme Court will think about gay marriage but what the true and living God thinks about America
Notice that from a Christian perspective, the real issue is not sexual perversity, whether it is heterosexual or homosexual, but idolatry. The root cause is the refusal to grant authority to God and the exaltation of public opinion to a place of ultimate authority. Seen in this light, Bill O’Reilly’s prescription for Christians to stop... Continue Reading
How Does A Pastor Care For A Couple Who Just Experienced A Miscarriage?
Advice for pastors on how to help parents through pregnancy loss
Pastors, guard from trying to dismiss the seriousness of this loss. It is real, painful, and will require focused time to grieve and work through this loss. Sometimes the best thing to do is to sit with the couple, weep with those who weep, share your regret, and affirm this loss has not changed the... Continue Reading
Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery
Does the argument that adultery makes you temporarily feel alive legitimize the foolish act? Absolutely not.
But God warns us against those who would call evil good (Isaiah 5:20), and fidelity to your marriage vow is good. Thou shalt not commit adultery, God says. These are not the words of a conservative prig but they are the words of a generous God whose commandments are not burdensome but wise and good,... Continue Reading
7 Questions about Suicide and Christians
Answers to common questions
If there’s one thing that infuriates me (usually holy anger, sometimes not so holy) it’s the ridiculously ignorant and horrifically insensitive statements that some pastors and Christians make about depression and mental illness. The church would do well to recapture the Puritan’s motto in all their counseling: “A bruised reed He will not break, and... Continue Reading
Regeneration Precedes Faith
Is regeneration a monergistic work of God or a synergistic work that requires cooperation between man and God?
The reason we do not cooperate with regenerating grace before it acts upon us and in us is because we cannot. We cannot because we are spiritually dead. We can no more assist the Holy Spirit in the quickening of our souls to spiritual life than Lazarus could help Jesus raise him for the dead.... Continue Reading
Jeremy Irons On Gay Marriage: “Could A Father Not Marry His Son?”
The implications of gay marriage and unintended consequences
Jeremy Irons: “Could a father not marry his son? … It’s not incest between men. Incest is there to protect us from inbreeding, but men don’t breed… If that were so, then if I wanted to pass on my estate without death [taxes], I could marry my son and pass on my estate to him.”... Continue Reading
Can We Learn from a Catholic Convert?
Not to worry, I'm not swimming the Tiber but....
A healthy Reformed version of a religion that works is confidence in the ordinary means of grace. You go to worship confident that God does work though the Word, sacraments, and prayers. No, these are not alive apart from the work of the Spirit, but it is not presumptuous to believe that ordinarily the Spirit... Continue Reading
Who Speaks for Complementarian Christians?
For me, it's not the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood. It's the local church.
I don’t take my cues from CBMW. Instead, I submit to the authority of my local church. Because they know me and the city in which I live, they are best suited for the role of shepherd. My theological struggles over gender roles (and I have them!) will have to be hammered out at Grace... Continue Reading
In All the Noise, Sounds of Silence
Too often the church has failed to be profound in the profound debate over gay marriage
That’s why the silence and acquiescence in many evangelical churches is so profoundly disturbing and dismantling. The refusal of too many pastors and seminaries to teach clearly on why homosexuality cannot be the basis for marriage—the fear to be accused of bigotry—has left shrill voices and violent haters filling the public square. And it’s left... Continue Reading
All We Want is the Freedom to Coexist
The Homosexual community: all we want is equal treatment under the law
The Homosexual agenda is not mere acceptance; it is moral celebration. Rather than being willing to live in peace with those of us whose deepest, most personal convictions compel us to say no to their choices, the Homosexual agenda demands that we deny and reject our beliefs and instead adopt and celebrate theirs. “All... Continue Reading
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