Words as Weapons: Why We Must Stand Our Ground over Pronouns
Language is the first domino in the war over reality—and pronouns have nothing to do with politeness and everything to do with ideological submission.
Words are everything. Words shape how we understand and perceive reality. Trans activists trying to transform our society understand that, and we should too. “Pronoun courtesy” is nothing more than a public surrender to a poisonous ideology—and that is precisely how it looks to those demanding our verbal submission. In the autumn of 2016,... Continue Reading
Truthfulness Is Not Optional
Fairness and generosity make justice and good judgment possible.
In the war of the mind, students need to master the tools of grammar, logic, and rhetoric that have been painstakingly developed since antiquity. They need the intellectual courage developed through real engagement with minds better than their own. In a time when crime and inflation are rising together, when independent nations are threatened... Continue Reading
The Gospel Has Many Political Implications for a Nation
Those who tell other Christians they should not be concerned with the political implications of the Gospel are denigrating the great legacy of societal change that the Gospel has achieved in the West.
A generation that refuses to apply the political implications of the Gospel to their society will be a generation that quickly watches their nation return to its pagan roots. It’s not a coincidence that we are seeing this happen in our day, because many people have forgotten just how the Gospel affected change in the... Continue Reading
A Theology of Nature
It seems that reformed theologians don’t talk as much about nature anymore.
We have a responsibility to be good stewards of nature. And, I think we are called to have a certain conviction to enjoy nature. Some of us may enjoy it more than others and that’s ok—just as long as we enjoy what God has given us and surrounds us with. One of the first... Continue Reading
Scripture Is the Sufficient Standard (1689 1:1)
All things pertaining to the Christian faith are found in the canon of Scripture.
Everyone wants to hear directly from God. Everyone wants the comfort of having a message from the all-powerful creator of the universe. The good news is that God’s words have been preserved for you. God has committed His words “wholly into writing.” “The Holy Scripture is the only sufficient, certain, and infallible rule of... Continue Reading
We Should Have Heeded Schaeffer’s Prophetic Warnings
"We need a new, young generation who will stand and be counted as radicals for truth and for Christ."
What Schaeffer wrote there nearly 40 years ago was prophetic in nature. But as is so often the case, such prophetic words are ignored and rejected. As we look around the West today we see the sad fulfilment of what he had warned against. On May 15, 1984, the great evangelical thinker, Presbyterian pastor, and noted... Continue Reading
What Does Paul Say about Spiritual Warfare?
Spiritual warfare is integral to Christian discipleship.
Spiritual warfare cannot be an elective in the curriculum of Christian discipleship; nor can it be neglected by those appointed to lead Christ’s church in kingdom mission. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual... Continue Reading
Laughter 101: Why Humor Matters for the Christian Life
The capacity for humor is both a gift from God and a unique characteristic of humanity.
The redemption theory holds that humor’s essence is found in humanity’s amused perception of ambiguity and incongruence, but also in God’s provision of humor as something that helps us deal with disorder, ambiguity, and pain that exist in a fallen world. How many philosophers does it take to explain a joke? Quite a few,... Continue Reading
The Difference between the Apple and the Worm
The debate about EFS is an important question in its own right and deserves our serious attention. It’s just not definitional of complementarianism.
Complementarianism neither stands nor falls on EFS. Those who think it does have confused the essence with an accident and raise questions whether they even know what the doctrine is. As I have observed popular debates about complementarianism over the years, I have noticed how people often confuse what the doctrine is with other... Continue Reading
“Anti-racism” vs. Opposing Racism
Some progressives are trying to co-opt the moral consensus against racism to serve their own ideology.
“Anti-racism” intentionally perpetuates discrimination–against the white “race,” in favor of the black “race”–even though doing so brings back judging people on racial grounds and keeps alive discrimination on that basis. Most people agree that hating, mistreating, or discriminating against people because of their race is morally wrong. But some progressives are trying to co-opt... Continue Reading
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