A New and Rising Liberalism
Are our churches sturdy homes built on the rock, or are they breezy shacks built on the sand?
Modern Liberalism is just as heretical as was the theological liberalism of the early 20th century. It is heresy to deny the necessity of sanctification for believers as much as to deny the authority of scripture. To deny that Christ truly transforms his people in this life is as much heresy as it is to... Continue Reading
When Evil Is Unmasked
Andrea Long Chu’s New York essay reveals the true motivation behind trans activism.
From Ryan Anderson to Jesse Singal, all were guilty in Chu’s eyes of “compassion-mongering” and “gatekeeping,” disagreeing only on “how the gate is to be kept.” Maybe trans “affirmation” surgery would make some people happy, and maybe it wouldn’t, but for Chu, that wasn’t the point. The point was that “surgery’s only prerequisite should be... Continue Reading
What’s Driving “Deconstruction”?
New book helps us understand and respond to the phenomenon seeping into the Church.
This is a book to help readers understand what deconstruction is and what it isn’t—and understand common deconstructionist terms like “exvangelical.” It equips loved ones to identify the patterns of deceptive thought that lay underneath deconstruction and acquire wisdom for thoughtfully examining one’s own faith without merely punting to deconstruction. And it offers helpful tools... Continue Reading
Hope in a Time of Secular Despair
A new book examines the roots of our vicious, turned-in-on-itself times and offers our only hope—the transcendent made flesh.
As Snell admits, Christianity and Judaism, with their critique of paganism and rejection of idolatry, played a big part in banishing the “magic” and “enchantment” from nature. And yet, while God is transcendent, He is also immanent. Indeed, Christianity is all about how the transcendent God entered the “immanent frame.” The church would do well... Continue Reading
IVF, Killing the Preborn, and Christian Worship
Let us demand that Alabama lawmakers give equal protection under the law to the preborn.
Unbelievably, our legislature and governor have now provided “immunity” for IVF clinics. On March 6th, 2024, they passed a new IVF law which provides “civil and criminal immunity for death or damage to an embryo to any individual or entity when providing or receiving services related to in vitro fertilization.” All truly pro-life Alabamians agree that... Continue Reading
Listening Well to Preaching Is a Spiritual Discipline
Half-hearted listening to your pastor’s preaching signifies a half-hearted Christian faith.
We should go to church with an expectation that we will meet with God in the preaching of his word. All of us on occasion arrive tired and distracted, and when we are in that frame of mind, there is every chance the sermon will bounce off us. But if we are hungry, expectant, and... Continue Reading
Atomic Habits and Bible Intake: How Tiny Changes Add Up
James Clear notes that we become our habits. This is (largely) true both physically and spiritually.
It’d be silly and dangerous to give up on healthy eating if you didn’t feel happier or stronger as or right after you ate. The same is true of Scripture reading. We shouldn’t measure success entirely by whether or not we feel pleasure as we read. Not every Scripture passage should cause even the healthiest... Continue Reading
We Who Have Few Talents and Sparse Gifts
God is the giver of every gift and the gifts he gives to his people are only ever good.
I often think of the Garasene demoniac who had been miraculously delivered from a whole legion of demons. He begged to be able to go with Jesus and serve him, to be one of his disciples. Yet Jesus told him to return to his obscure hometown and to labor there. His calling was to be... Continue Reading
Different Kind of Glory: Jesus Is More than a New Moses
If they listened to Yahweh in the Old Testament, now they must listen to Yahweh in the New Testament through the Son.
There’s only one imperative in the transfiguration narrative. The voice from the heavens tells the disciples, “Listen to him” (Matt. 17:5; Mark 9:7; Luke 9:35). As many have rightly pointed out, this alludes to something told to Moses in Deuteronomy 18:15: “The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from... Continue Reading
Woeful Woke Wonders Weakening the West
Now even this classic pic is verboten.
In the 2005 interview, Zimmer said, “It was just somebody really celebrating. But it wasn’t a romantic event. It was just an event of ‘thank God the war is over’ kind of thing. It wasn’t that much of a kiss, it was more of a jubilant act that he didn’t have to go back, she... Continue Reading
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