The sinister and terrifying reality of self-deception, fueled by presumption, is a present danger for all of us in these polarized days. Since faith and presumption have similar qualities and self-deception is notoriously hard to recognize, how can we know if we’re living with genuine faith instead of presumption?   In Marilynne Robinson’s beautiful novel, Jack,... Continue Reading

God’s people must take care in how they worship God, for he has said, “Among those who are near me I will be sanctified, and before all the people I will be glorified” (Lev 10:3). May we be found faithful.   Communicators, especially those within the evangelical community, love to use alliteration. It can be... Continue Reading

Christ Jesus always fulfilled every moment with exactly who he was supposed to be, conducting himself in a manner worthy of God’s admiration. What a glorious, wonderful, and overwhelming reality, that Christ was all he could be and should be in every moment.   This isn’t really a “post” per say. This isn’t a thesis delivered... Continue Reading

As sure as lust distorts the world, purity reenchants it. As lust dims beauty and hides God’s face in night; purity cleanses our vision and dawns day upon the face of Christ for us to behold him. Our eyes cannot serve two masters.   The racing heart, the watering eyes, the abrupt disinterest withering the... Continue Reading

If our human dignity is given by God and that is recognized by our culture, then we have fundamental human rights that inform how we treat other people under the law and even one-on-one at the personal level.   Several years ago, the mother of a college student came to me wringing her hands, saying:... Continue Reading

Jesus said that God causes the rain to fall on the righteous and the unrighteous (Matthew 5:45). Both believers and non-believers all share this same sin-cursed planet, and there is nothing we can do of ourselves to save ourselves from the effects of it.   Most of us came to a harsh realization of our mortality,... Continue Reading

When we understand what was at stake in the covenant of works, when we contemplate communion with God, when we meditate on all that Jesus (the Last Adam; 1 Cor 15:45) did for us and has given to us, we are filled with joy and the Scriptures become not dull but alive with the story... Continue Reading

Fascism was all about “liquidating” the “Jewish elements” in Western civilization—that is to say, the influence of the Bible, specifically transcendent morality, objective truth, the value of the individual, etc.—in favor of reviving a neopagan worldview of power, constructivism, and collectivism.   In 1993, I published a book titled Modern Fascism: Liquidating the Judeo-Christian Worldview.1 In it,... Continue Reading

We must recognize that there are many moving parts to being “restored” to our brother or sister. The origin point of the problem is conflating all the parts into one single concept, or boiling it down to a single transaction, such as “I’m sorry.”   We’ve all been there: someone has done something to deeply... Continue Reading

After [teachers] Baraki and Caldeira angered parents by using an “anti-bullying” presentation to teach kids what it means to be gay or lesbian, they explained to conference attendees that “Next year, we’re going to do just a little mind-trick on our sixth graders.”   Members of California’s biggest teachers union plotted how to push LGBT... Continue Reading