Bill C-10: Canada’s Internet Censorship Bill
Are our fundamental freedoms are subject to the rule of law?
Bill C-10 isn’t about protecting Canadian content online, it’s about restricting content Justin Trudeau and the Liberal Party do not approve of—it’s about restricting conservative and Christian content online. Yesterday, a judge ruled that James Coates’ rights and freedoms were not infringed on when the government of Alberta arrested and imprisoned him for over... Continue Reading
Prayers of Sorrow
We do not know what is in the sorrow for us; nor what would be lost if we failed to endure it.
We may listen at the gate of the Garden of Gethsemane, and learn how our Master prayed. He was facing a great sorrow and He pleaded with His Father. Where to go in sorrow is one of life’s great questions. For there are none to whom sorrow does not come at some time. The Master,... Continue Reading
Banning Critical Race Theory?
The only way to fight bad ideas is with better ones.
While threats and intimidation have no place and teachers need legal protection from legalized bullying, to simply counter-censor bad ideas is to fail students. Not only do we risk teaching them not to think for themselves, we undermine their confidence that truth can be known and defended. A video that made the rounds on... Continue Reading
The Lord Does Not Despise the Day of Small Things
Be still before the Lord and seek his heart for your small-place ministry.
Here is the truth that you and I need to see, fellow small-town pastor or ministry leader: even though God promised that a day of rejoicing would come when the work on the temple would be accomplished, that temple was so much smaller than the temple during Solomon’s splendor. It would be a great work,... Continue Reading
Little Screens and Corporate Worship
Cells and tablets distract you from the truth, fellowship, and service that should characterize corporate worship.
Technology is here to stay. And it will only grow more prevalent as time goes by. At what point does the use of technology morph the worship service into something else? Is a movie theater more sacred than the house of worship? My local theater has a new “Silence Your Cell Phones” announcement. It states that... Continue Reading
This Broken, Beautiful World
There are few joys, even in worship, that are not attended by some degree of sorrow.
Solomon, the builder of the first and greatest temple, once observed that “even in laughter the heart may ache, and the end of joy may be grief.” This world offers many joys, but those joys are never far from sorrows. For some it was a day of great rejoicing. For some it was a... Continue Reading
When Critical Theory Took on Race
The connections between Critical Race Theory and its philosophical parent Critical Theory.
A thorough reading of the historical development of both philosophical disciplines reveals a genealogy that is closer than simple intellectual similarities. Introduction Critical Race Theory (CRT) has been gaining traction in organizations throughout the Western world for over 50 years, but increasingly so for the past 5 years leading up to 2021. It is... Continue Reading
Work, Rest, Repeat
Work hard, rest, then go back at it.
When it comes to ministry, be diligent, work hard, and realize there are times when you’ll need to lose sleep (Mark 14:32–42; 2 Corinthians 11:27). But realize also that the body can only take so much, and it may need an extra dose of rest after an exceptionally busy time. This past Monday, I stayed... Continue Reading
The Problem With Dropping Standards in the Name of Racial Equity
By ending a requirement that classics majors learn Greek or Latin, Princeton risks amplifying racism instead of curing it.
The Princeton classics department’s new position is tantamount to saying that Latin and Greek are too hard to require Black students to learn. But W.E.B. Du Bois, who taught both Latin and Greek for a spell, would have been shocked to discover that a more enlightened America should have excused him from learning the classical languages... Continue Reading
Evangelicals Weighed and Wanting?
A world suffering from spiritual blindness will recognize only some of the Church’s blessings as blessings.
Let’s hope that in the days ahead, if the world finds us intolerable, it will be for all the right reasons. We witness to a kingdom that transcends the rancor of our times. We belong to a people who, worldwide, must learn to cross artificial categories and lines so that the world can’t quite figure... Continue Reading
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