The truth that each person is created in the image of God, regardless of color or status, appeared first in the Judeo-Christian tradition and became the bedrock of all human rights crusades.   God does not bodily descend into the world without changing it forever. Those who fear our culture is returning to paganism are... Continue Reading

When we view God in light of our circumstances we are self-focused and see God as either impotent to help us or aloof and not caring that we suffer. However, when we become focused on God and His glory we step away from the realm of intellectual reasoning into that of faith. It is as... Continue Reading

The memo was signed by the vice chancellor for diversity, equity, and community engagement, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Akirah Bradley, and Associate Vice Chancellor for the Office of Institutional Equity and Compliance and Title IX Coordinator Valerie Simons and described supporting the Black Lives Matter movement as a “non-negotiable condition of enrollment and employment.”... Continue Reading

Prayer changes things on earth. Prayer brings God’s presence near. Prayer moves God’s plan along. Prayer brings the judgments that have the power to awaken the spiritually dead. Prayer is the one thing you and I must not neglect.   Then the angel took the censer and filled it with fire from the altar and... Continue Reading

Let’s shine the camera on ourselves. 2020 is the year of cancelling. We might look at China with disgust and growing wariness of their geo-political agenda, but our own background is a growing mound of buried careers, reputations, and lives. We have long lost the will to disagree with other, even with passion. The mob... Continue Reading

Learning about theology comes in two parts. There’s the time in the classroom (or on the couch with a good book), and there’s the time of living it out. Theology isn’t something that only goes in our minds to make us smarter, but it’s meant to equip us for life.   Oh, if only I... Continue Reading

A number of high-profile thinkers (153 to be exact), many of whom would sit on the left of the spectrum, expressed their collective concern over cancel-culture. In a letter published by Harper’s Magazine, this group of authors, journalists, academics, and artists warn of cancel-culture’s “intolerant climate” and reaffirm the value of open and civil debate.... Continue Reading

Paul does not list out every item in the order of salvation in Romans 8:29–30. What he does list, however, are some of the key actions of God related to our salvation to explain how all things ultimately work together for our good (cf. Romans 8:28).   Romans 8:29–30 states, “For those whom he foreknew... Continue Reading

We are all dependent on parenting to wean us off of immature thinking. The world we are looking at right now, however, is in large degree a reflection of a major shift in parenting.   In The Coddling of the American Mind, Jonathan Haidt and Greg Lukianoff make a compelling case that callout culture—the punitive... Continue Reading

In the midst of the normal brokenness and trials that characterize the groanings of creation (Rom. 8:20–22) there will emerge seasons of unusual peril, which Paul calls “times of difficulty.” Christians should expect them, take note of them, and respond appropriately to them.   Sometimes Christians must live and minister through unusually difficult seasons. But... Continue Reading