A Simple Three-Pronged Approach to Youth Curriculum
Theology, apologetics and behavior. These were the three areas I repeatedly addressed as a youth pastor.
Ideas have consequences. In the end, what we believe ought to be apparent in the way we live and behave. I’ll be honest with you; most parents couldn’t care less what you teach their kids as long as you address the behavior issues. But if you make behavior your focus, you’ll likely fail in an... Continue Reading
Elon Musk Would Be Making a Disastrous Mistake to Allow Pornography on X
Turning X from the digital public square into a squalid pornography site would be a stunning collapse — and prove Musk’s critics right.
Some users have noted that pornography is already showing up more often on X, and that this new policy could open the floodgates. Musk has already responded to the backlash. When one user asked if there was an available function that could allow people to use X without being exposed to pornography, Musk personally replied,... Continue Reading
A People without Culture: What the End of Reading Truly Means
Words, written or spoken, are how we express our love for God and for other people. Without them, we lose not only culture, but our very humanity.
How do you communicate with other flesh and blood people with neither the ability to read nor listen deeply? This is a civilization-destroying kind of crisis. Without the possibility of deep, meaningful communication across society, there will be fewer deep friendships, fewer relationships, less healthy marriages, and more intergenerational strife as communication between parents and ... Continue Reading
Steered into Error by Those Closest to You
A lesson about faithfulness from Deuteronomy 13.
The cost of discipleship can be great, but Jesus told us that ahead of time. “If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple” (Luke 14:26). Jesus’s words are about allegiance. He... Continue Reading
Selina Hastings – the Means of Doing Much Good
Mrs. Cook’s account of Selina Hastings is an example of historical Christian biography at its very best.
Selina also heard of a soldier’s wife who had just given birth to twins and was not expected to live. The countess responded quickly by helping the young woman as much as she was able—physically, materially and spiritually. The dying mother wept as she began to understand her sinful state before God and begged Selina... Continue Reading
The PCA’s First Love
We need a moderation that is not a lukewarm Christianity or a Presbyterianism which compromises the Scripture or the Standards, but the moderation of Reformed pastors who understand the sovereignty of the Lord and the triumph of truth over falsehood.
The PCA would profit by constantly remembering the focus of its vision. What has been its call as a church and as a denomination? What has been my call as a pastor and elder during the time God, in His providence and mercy, has granted me to use and fight in this life? These questions... Continue Reading
Before Celebrating Pride Month, Please Read This
This month, instead of celebrating “Pride,” celebrate God’s love and forgiveness in your life.
We should have compassion for those who struggle with same-sex attraction and gender confusion because we all struggle with sin, but at the same time, we should not condone or excuse this type of sin any more than we condone or excuse any other sin. I’m convinced that the majority of American churches seek to please... Continue Reading
June Should Be Fatherhood Month
Replace the symbols of the gay regime.
Pastor Michael Foster has been showcasing the glories of fatherhood using #30DaysofFatherhood on X. He has posted a video of a father having a water balloon fight with his kids, demonstrating the importance of fathers being involved in the lives of their children. At a time when fathers, and masculinity overall, have been attacked from... Continue Reading
In Christ
Finding our identity in Christ is a lifelong process, but one well worth attaining—motivated best by the reality that Christ is not ashamed to identify with us.
In Christ, we are loved by God with an everlasting, never-failing love, because everything worthy of love in Christ is everlasting and never-failing. The thing that many people seek and never find has found us: true love, “with which [God] has blessed us in the Beloved” (Eph. 1:6). Our “in Christ” identity is also formed by... Continue Reading
Singing That Makes Disciples
O that we would recover a robust culture of disciple-making singing once again in our homes and churches.
We have unfortunately been so influenced in our churches today by the singing of pop music, which is breathy and unsupported—the very opposite of lustily and with good courage. Christians today have been taught by pop culture that if you really mean it, you’ll close your eyes, scrunch your face, sway a little, and sing... Continue Reading
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