In biblical times, names meant something…Adam was the first man. Eve was the mother of all living things. Abraham was the father of many nations. Benjamin was the son of his father’s right hand. Moses was drawn out of the water. Peter was the rock. Barnabas was the son of encouragement. Over the past two... Continue Reading

Reformed Churchmen Publications announced that The Aquila Report passed several milestones in May, with over 283,000 pageviews for May 2014 and over five million (5,000,000) pageviews since May of 2012. A recent Google Analytics report shows that over one million unique visitors have read The Aquila Report since it’s launch in May of 2008, with visitors reading... Continue Reading

The Bible affirms the importance of human relationship and provides wise guidance on how to we can be healthy and happy people here and in eternity. God as our creator made us as we are, knows what is best for us under all circumstances, and made the guidelines clear in his Word. He also knows... Continue Reading

I’ve been having conversations with GenX PCA pastors all over the denomination who are walking away from involvement in YRR (Young, Restless and Reformed) events and conferences because they want to invest the next season of life in building a better PCA-style Presbyterianism. They don’t care about the PCA being an “evangelical leader.” Boomers seem... Continue Reading

Standing there, I heard my preaching translated into their native Romanian language, and I marveled at what was happening. I felt a real kinship with them, a bond forged from nothing of this world. … We were all citizens of heaven, passing through this world in different geographies but with a profound union that resulted... Continue Reading

Me. … Traffic Cameras. … Christian Businesses. … Kirk Cameron and His Bible. … Female Modesty. … Personalized Vows.   Me. I am usually irritated with me. The reason, to use the language of The Book of Common Prayer, is that I have followed too much the devices and desires of my own heart, have left... Continue Reading

… I did an unscientific Twitter poll to find out what pastors really don’t like about their jobs. … I was surprised at the variety of responses. Pastors are certainly not monolithic. No one response was greater than 20 percent of the total. … Here are the top ten responses. They are listed in order... Continue Reading

Rather than holding this younger generation under a magnifying glass, I believe it is high time we boomers used that magnifying glass to take a closer look at ourselves. We are responsible for shaping the world in which this generation of young people must now live. We aren’t 100 percent to blame, of course. Like... Continue Reading

The response to the book has been remarkable. Several prominent blogs have highlighted it as “the best defense of Old Testament ethics.” Scot McKnight at Patheos.com has done a series on my book, and I continue to be interviewed on radio programs and by prominent bloggers. I am regularly speaking on this topic of Old Testament ethics—including... Continue Reading

The classical goals of education, eloquentia et sapientia, eloquence and wisdom, cannot be successfully realized without a persevering reference to the higher and integrative wisdom of Sacred Scripture. Today, I will suggest briefly at the end, we have found to our cost that the secular substitute, lacking transcendence, cannot ground and integrate the humanities. What... Continue Reading