Barna declared that “Churches that fail to persistently teach reasons why the Bible can be trusted, what moral truth is, why it must be understood as absolute rather than situational, and facilitate accountability for the application of biblical truth in our personal lives are not churches with biblical purpose and power, but merely pawns of... Continue Reading

To define or quantify evil is to try to contain and control it. Yet evil is insidious and shape-shifting. If you think you’re exempt, you’re vulnerable. The lessons of Reserve Police Battalion 101, the Stanford Prison Experiment, and the Milgram experiments—in each, ordinary people, placed under particular social pressures, engaged in actions they might otherwise... Continue Reading

The Overture bears the burden of showing why the PCA’s Constitution must be changed to permit sessions to admit young persons to the Lord’s Supper and to prevent them from voting in the congregational election of church officers. The Overture has not met this burden. Neither the biblical nor the constitutional-historical arguments proposed in the... Continue Reading

David is completely alone—exhausted, blamed, and betrayed. But right there, in the depths of despair, comes one of the most hope-filled statements in Scripture: “But David strengthened himself in the Lord his God.” Let’s look at the five steps David took to strengthen himself in the Lord.   “And David was greatly distressed, for the... Continue Reading

What does wisdom look like? We could use simple definitions like “skill in living” or “knowledge applied,” but it’s also helpful to get the full picture. Wisdom is skill, yes, but this skill comes from being disciplined, that is, corrected when we go wrong. It’s the ability to make discerning choices by selecting the best... Continue Reading

I’m glad for the minor inconveniences that expose my sin and begin to take off the rough edges of my character. May He continue to do this, and may we all turn our eyes to Him in major and minor troubles.   I wish I could say I was more like Christ. I wish I... Continue Reading

[Dr. Coffin,] “since the libel was public, I am publicly asking you for a public apology and retraction. If I do not receive one, then I regret to inform you, I will be sending a letter to your presbytery asking that they begin a 31-2 investigation into this matter.”   This morning, Dr. David Coffin,... Continue Reading

“The PCA is on the verge of a catastrophic misjudgment. We will wrongly demean a longstanding servant of Christ, do significant harm to the office of the State[d] Clerk, and thus to the health and peace of our denomination.”   Fathers and brothers (and others), Over the last few days I have been deeply engaged... Continue Reading

Seizing those opportunities [currently available to the PCA] will require organizational competence, high character from our leadership, and a recovery of relational trust across the denomination. If we can address these problems, the potential good that might be accomplished through the PCA is significant. We should labor toward those ends. Should we fail, it will... Continue Reading

The very first Pope Leo served as bishop of Rome all the way back in the middle of the fifth century. However, few of those commenting on Leo XIV made the obvious connection to one of the most important, if not infamous, of all popes, Leo X, whose place in history is tied not so... Continue Reading