We need those with an uncompromising backbone who are willing and able to zealously contend for biblical doctrine, worship, and godliness. Men who fight for the honor bestowed by God alone. But they also need to have enough reluctance to avoid, in the fight, everything unbecoming of one enlisted under the banner of Jesus Christ, and whose... Continue Reading

Francis Schaeffer’s apologetic method places great stress on coherence as a test for truth. “The Christian system (what is taught in the whole Bible) is a unity of thought. Christianity is not just a lot of bits and pieces—there is a beginning and an end, a whole system of truth, and this system is the... Continue Reading

Challenges to religious freedom which attack Judeo-Christian morality in the name of moral autonomy continue in the West. The objective of making state-defined morality into a permanent regime remains in the sights of its advocates. Those who would defend religious freedom and liberty of conscience must be vigilant and continue to respond to attacks, as... Continue Reading

The group ordination ceremony—the first of its kind—is one of the more public signs of an ongoing split in the Christian Reformed Church on the part of churches no longer willing to abide the CRC’s increasingly rigid stance on sexuality. Most of the disaffiliated churches have declared themselves open and affirming of LGBTQ+ members.   ... Continue Reading

When the big idea of a book is located, it helps you connect the biblical passages in the book to one another because you can see how they are all relating to—or expanding on—the overall theme of the book. Passages in a biblical book change from being random stories, arguments, or poems to being important... Continue Reading

Take heart. The trials that test us today will one day become the trophies of grace that adorn us in glory. Our King goes before us, His Spirit strengthens us within, and His angels surround us on every side. The arrows may fly, but our shield is stronger. The wounds may sting, but our Healer... Continue Reading

Our hope, as Christians, is not in “the West.” It’s not in Holland’s secularized version of Christendom, but in the one, eternally true God, who is love, and who historically lived, died, and resurrected. The power of that message will never lose its draw, for it truly is “good news” and will prove true when... Continue Reading

The women who donate eggs or allow their wombs to carry someone else’s child have voluntarily allowed their own bodies, and thus their own selves, to become objects. As individuals they may have done this with good intentions—to help an infertile couple, for example. But the means by which they have done so reinforces a... Continue Reading

Many who have dedicated their lives to the lie that it is possible to transition to the opposite sex will also persist in this falsehood to the bitter end. This is tragic, but it is not a kindness to affirm these lies, for doing so only perpetuates them and creates new victims.   The New... Continue Reading

We’re going to have to start resisting the impulse to believe every breathless narrative that circulates online. And church leaders will have to be more mindful of what they put into the digital world—because there will always be those who care nothing for the health and unity of a local congregation but are more than... Continue Reading