Socially Acceptable Sins
What are America's Top 3 sins? The answer might surprise you.
Only 9% of those who answered the survey listed sexually inappropriate behavior to be their most pressing temptation. We live in a world saturated by inappropriate material everywhere we go, and yet only 9% listed it as a temptation. Anger, or hatred, barely got a mention. Lying, stealing, coveting, jealously? Not even a passing comment.... Continue Reading
A Tale of Two Popes
Thoughts on the new book from Catholic intellectual and essayist, George Weigel, Evangelical Catholicism
Some may wonder what the point of reflecting on Rome is for a Protestant. At least threefold,I would respond. First, Protestants benefit from a conservative papacy: on public square issues such as abortion, marriage and religious freedom, the RCC has a higher profile and more power – financial, legal, institutional – than any Protestant group.... Continue Reading
When Pain Is Front And Center
One day it struck me that only one person received no mercy in his affliction – Jesus.
And he did all that so we could experience God’s mercies new every morning. So if you are suffering today, I don’t minimize your pain. Some of you are suffering horrific pain and sadness. But I would encourage you, even in your pain, to look for God’s mercies in the midst of it. As much... Continue Reading
Shamers should be ashamed
What is the difference between corrective discipline and shaming? The heart
The shamer seeks to break down or, at best, is not aware enough of the human heart to realize that’s what he is doing. The shamer manipulates others, leaving them no choice but to fight back loudly (and thus shame themselves) or concede and be shamed. Sure, sometimes it seems like such actions “work.” The... Continue Reading
Boy Scouts Renew Debate Over Sex
Thoughts on the potential change to the policy on homosexual scouts and leaders
Beyond the Boy Scouts, at stake is whether any private organization beyond religious institutions shall be permitted by the current culture to uphold traditional sexual ethics. And ultimately are churches themselves, even if legally protected by the First Amendment, safe from hostility and growing intolerance against traditionalism? A lot may depend on whether the BSA... Continue Reading
Consider Yourself
Before we engage in controversy of any kind, we must first consider ourselves
So then, how do we contend for the one, true faith while striving for peace and unity in the church? At first glance, some might think these two commands are mutually exclusive. However, God’s call to contend for purity and God’s call to strive for peace and unity are fundamentally intertwined. If we are to... Continue Reading
Are you Holy?
22 Daily Questions to Help
These 22 questions were asked daily by John Wesley’s and George Whitefield’s Holy Club in their private devotions over 200 years ago (Source). In light of trusting in Christ’s life, death, and resurrection alone to forgive us our sins and reconcile us to God, and in light of Him having declared us righteous, these questions... Continue Reading
Falling Short of the Solas
How we can restore an understanding of the Solas in the church
Slowly but surely, parts of the Christian church have been loosening their ties to the likes of Luther and Calvin and opting instead for a cacophony of contemporary voices informed primarily by human experience. To its detriment, the church has listened with itching ears to voices that tell us things we want to hear instead... Continue Reading
What to Do When You Can’t See Straight
When we can’t see our situation with clear spiritual vision then we tend to fixate on our earthly circumstances.
If you want to rejoice in the Lord always and not be anxious about anything then you need to see that the Lord is at hand. There is no better place to be reminded of how the Lord is at hand than through his word the Bible. If you feel like the Lord is not... Continue Reading
The War on Generosity
Several examples of recent restrictions on charitable giving
For more than 20 years, Glenn Richter has been collecting food from restaurants and synagogues to donate to the homeless and local soup kitchens. Not anymore. Last year, Nanny-in-Chief Michael Bloomberg banned restaurants from donating leftover food to shelters and soup kitchens. The excuse given by Bloomberg was that the health of the homeless was... Continue Reading
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