Judge Geraci noted that New York’s public accommodation law forced Carpenter to perform services that should would not normally perform. The judge found that the photographer “demonstrated the sincerity of her opposition to same-sex marriage” and noted that the law would force her to violate her religious beliefs.    A federal judge has blocked the... Continue Reading

Whitefield might have had a lifelong allergic reaction to unapplied and abstract theology, decrying “letter-learned” professing Christians who wrote about the new birth but had experienced “no more of it than a blind man does of colours”; and yet, beneath this polemical rhetoric lurked a preacher who, when he arrived at Calvinistic convictions, was willing... Continue Reading

May God help our churches to glorify Him in its treatment of its pastors and one another. May we also thrive in every circumstance with joy, prayer, and gratitude. May we treasure the Word of God and trust God to glorify us when His Son comes again.   It is easy for pastors to say... Continue Reading

Modern palliative care furnishes many accounts that sound like the vast traditional literature on last words—a final communication at the point of death. The mind, sensing that the body is failing, rallies briefly for a purpose. Needless to say, such lucid episodes imply that the mind is more than the disjointed activities of a failing... Continue Reading

DeYoung earned his doctoral degree from University of Leicester. In addition to his pastoral responsibilities, he is associate professor of systematic theology at Reformed Theological Seminary Charlotte. He has also written, edited, or contributed to more than 25 books.   DeYoung is the senior pastor of Christ Covenant Church in Matthews, North Carolina, where he... Continue Reading

The Overtures Committee on Monday morning convened and elected Ruling Elder Mel Duncan to serve as chairman. Teaching Elder Stephen Spinnenweber was elected vice chairman. The committee made recommendations on the following 20 overtures: Overture 40, “Amend BCO 35-9 to Require Recording All Parts of a Trial,” in the affirmative. The vote was 119-0-1. Overture... Continue Reading

Children are learning about sex for the first time from social media algorithms designed to drag them toward ever-more degrading content. They are learning from sites like Pornhub, which use addictive tactics like infinite scrolling, variable rewards, autoplay features and subscription services to unlock more. This is the gamification of graphic porn.   Imagine you... Continue Reading

We will get the dust of the world upon us. We do need, every day and throughout the day, to come and ask for Jesus to cleanse us when sin has crept into our hearts and lives. Sin interrupts our fellowship with God and man and should be dealt with immediately.   It was one... Continue Reading

The progressive left is happy for American Christianity to be privatized. They are more than happy to subsidize the evangelicals’ tax-exempt irrelevance. It is the denominations they fear. That is why they have captured the major ones and are frustrated that the SBC still eludes them. To my friends in the SBC, I say: do... Continue Reading

The book, thankfully, doesn’t offer neat answers, tied up firmly like a shoelace. It doesn’t promise that darkness will lift, but what it does do is point to Christ. It points to Christ to declare that He is the one who truly understands what we may be going through.   Would it surprise you to... Continue Reading