God’s Love and Evangelism
Does God love unbelievers?
God has a special, intimate love with His elect that they experience as they believe on Christ. He promises to come and, through the Spirit, dwell within them in this love (John 14:23). The Scriptures are filled with revelations of this love and use the word love almost exclusively to that end. Yet this does... Continue Reading
What’s Next for Military Chaplains if DOMA Is Rescinded?
The Obama administration's push to normalize same-sex behavior in our Armed Forces may prove detrimental in many ways, especially our military chaplains
Should the government normalize homosexual marriage, chaplains would be confronted with a difficult moral choice of choosing to serve their God or serve Caesar. Because of the high percentage of theologically conservative and biblically oriented chaplains within each military branch, the conflict will be real and a cause for great concern. The Obama administration’s... Continue Reading
How to Give a Meaningful “Thank You”
When was the last time you thanked someone who serves you — really thanked them?
But study after study has shown that no one is immune from the motivating effects of acknowledgement and thanks. In fact, research … has shown that saying thank you not only results in reciprocal generosity — where the thanked person is more likely to help the thanker — but stimulates prosocial behavior in general. In... Continue Reading
The Value of Keller’s Stock
How should we assess the relative strength of Reformed Protestantism today?
One item worth highlighting, as the title of the post indicates, is that despite the amazing popularity of TKNY in conservative Presbyterian circles, Tim Keller cannot make up for the presence that the likes of Jim Boice and R. C. Sproul projected and still project. It could be that associations with The Gospel Coalition so... Continue Reading
A Marxist Response to Evangelicalism
Is there such a thing as evangelicalism?
The assumption in this sentence is that there is such a thing as evangelicalism and that it is presently defined theologically. That seems to me to be a huge stretch. Given that evangelicals disagree on everything from God’s foreknowledge to the ordination of women, it is hard to use the word in the singular in... Continue Reading
Thou Shall Have More Kids
In defense of bigger families and smaller budgets
Regardless if yours is a small family or a big one, we need to ask ourselves: Do we continue to allow culture to shape our vision of the good life? Does the state of our bank account take priority over all things? It’s not often that a company asks you to “go make babies,”... Continue Reading
A Woman and Her Bible
Bible, Spirit, Church, Individual
In the case of the Christian and the Bible, most Protestants now believe that we, our Bibles open before us and the Spirit operating within us, not the church, must decide. This is not what Luther and Calvin had in mind. As I have written before, what has happened is that we got rid of... Continue Reading
Disagreeing with Owen Strachan: A Christian Woman Doesn’t have to be “Gentle and Quiet” in Society
Although wives are commanded to submit to their husbands (Eph. 5:22-24), and there is a distinct creation-order to the marriage relationship (Gen. 2:23-24; 1 Cor. 11:7-12), one must not blur the line between society and marriage. A woman is free to possess any vocation in society that a man can occupy so long as she... Continue Reading
Wisdom for Pastors: Being Regretful but Not Devastated
Isn't it wonderful that we can stare our deepest, darkest failures in the face and be unafraid?
Isn’t it comforting that we can honestly face our most regretful moments and not be devastated? Isn’t it amazing that we can confess that we really are sinners and be neither fearful nor depressed? We can do all of these things because, like David, we have learned that our hope in life is not in... Continue Reading
The Cost of Compromise
Compromised truth has no hope of rescuing the eternal souls of men and women
This is a battle we cannot wage effectively if we always try to come across to the world as merely nice, nonchalant, docile, agreeable, fun-loving people. We must not take our cues from others who are perfectly happy to compromise the truth whenever possible for “harmony’s” sake. Friendly dialog may sound affable and pleasant. But... Continue Reading
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