The Church: Its Meaning, Members, and Means
Many professing Christians seek applications of the truths of Scripture for their own personal use without recognizing that God has first and foremost revealed everything in Scripture to the Church collectively.
Since the Church is the “body of Christ,” the “bride of Christ,” and the “children of God,” we should eagerly commit ourselves to the other members of Christ, recognizing that it is within the pale of the church that God is bringing His people to glory. Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones once made the following important... Continue Reading
Choosing God over College Basketball
Why one top player quit her team.
“When the coach came out with the list of causes the team would be supporting, I knew I wasn’t going to be able to compromise and go against biblical principles. I decided, in light of eternity, that basketball wasn’t worth it.” When Leah Church got into the University of North Carolina (UNC), she cried.... Continue Reading
Sexual Harassment Went Unchecked at Christianity Today
Women reported two top leaders’ inappropriate behavior for more than 12 years. Nothing happened.
More than half a dozen employees reported harassment from Galli or Olawoye to a manager or HR between the mid-2000s and 2019. But neither leader was written up, formally warned about their inappropriate behavior, suspended, or otherwise punished. There is no record that Christianity Today took any corrective action, even after repeated complaints of nearly... Continue Reading
The Offense of the Cross
Genuine Christianity is clearly offensive to the unregenerate mind.
Let us examine ourselves my brethren. Are we ashamed of the cross? Are we seeking to not offend the unregenerate all around us? Are we watering down the Gospel? For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything, but faith working through love. 7You were running well; who hindered you from obeying the... Continue Reading
You Don’t Have to Suffer Alone
We long for presence—both the presence of God, who draws near in our pain, and the presence of others who can minister his grace.
Suffering can be one of the loneliest experiences, making us feel estranged and isolated from our friends, from our community, and from God. Yet paradoxically, as we let the church minister to us in our pain, leaning into God and into our friends, letting them carry us when we are weak, we often will find... Continue Reading
The Thin Red Line
The "thin red line" between love and idolatry can be crossed when we give to another person the love that belongs uniquely to God.
There in the ICU room, with lines running into Tommy’s body, the beeping of monitors surrounding us, and the uncertainty of what lies ahead facing them, I had the incredible privilege of discussing with my dear daughter and dear son prioritizing Christ above all things. Two weeks ago last night, just before midnight, we... Continue Reading
A Review of “Still Time to Care,” by Greg Johnson
Book Review: Rev. Greg Johnson shows that religious gay celibacy mostly fails; why does he think it will work today?
Still Time to Care is an important work and teaches more than the author intended. Despite obvious theological and practical deficiencies (covered by other reviews), his book unwittingly reveals the cloudy future of the celibate gay movement. If pastors, elders, and laymen have time to care, they still have time to learn the right lessons from... Continue Reading
What Grieving Parents Wish You Knew
Parents who have lost a child to the world face different challenges than those who have lost children to death.
The church needs to understand this grief. We must understand in order to care for parents and families who are walking this hard road as well as for the children who are wandering. We need to understand in order to love well and pray well. Losing a child is a terrible thing. It strikes... Continue Reading
How David Brooks, Peter Wehner and Others Fail to Address Evangelical Divisions
Some recent careful articles have tried to analyze and illuminate this breakdown, but they are often one-sided, which means that they may simply exacerbate the very tensions they lament.
There is nothing to be gained and much to be lost by treating those with whom we differ as if they were tribal objects in a quasi-anthropological investigation. Are those who differ from us merely stupid, or perhaps venal, or even evil? Were they simply dropped on their heads as infants? Or do they have... Continue Reading
Is Every Sin the Same in God’s Eyes?
We all know instinctively that some transgressions are worse than others.
Too many Christians have flattened the moral contours of revelation such that we no longer distinguish between falling into sin and running headlong into sin. This means that some of us are too hard on ourselves…some of us are too easy on ourselves…and many of us give up striving after holiness because we will never... Continue Reading
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