It is ultimately hopeless. DiAngelo’s book ends with a vision for a better world, but it’s actually not much of an improvement. The world she would lead us into would still be defined by race, still be broken by white supremacy, still be scarred by whiteness, still see the deepest divisions between black and white.... Continue Reading

“The PC(USA) has come a long way but still has a long way to go to be a leader in prophetic love and celebration of all in the Queer community,” says Courtney Hoekstra, Associate for Advocacy Committee Support in the Presbyterian Mission Agency. “As Queer folx, we bring something powerful and essential to the table when... Continue Reading

The church’s confessions and catechisms are not lifeless documents; they are biblical truths summarized with the intention to give Christians help in their lives. Dear Christians, open your church’s confessions, for they are a treasury of resources that will help shape your piety and help you grow in love for God.   As a pastor,... Continue Reading

Almost every believer in your body will have questions, struggles, or need wisdom in at least one of these areas. As much as your congregation cares about your subtle knowledge of the Greek, they are likely more concerned with how to honor God with their work this next week. Or when to schedule dinner with... Continue Reading

The mere suggestion that a given proposition or circumstance be examined with clear evidence, analyzed by reason as has been decreed by Almighty God, is reviled as “white supremacy.” Instead, we are told that one’s “lived experience” interpreted through “standpoint epistemology”…is the standard by which truth is established.   Unless somebody has been living under... Continue Reading

“We absolutely need to have biblical faithfulness about this topic, but I also plead with leaders to not forget the people who are in the throes of working out their faith and repentance because of personal battles with same-sex desires.”   In recent years, there’s been a lot of online chatter and debate about homosexuality... Continue Reading

We find it harder to follow and understand the corporate aspects of Biblical teaching, because we’re mired in individualistic thinking and language. We must be aware of that and be more deliberate in finding and emphasising them.   While any sort of individualism is a product of Christianity, the form of individualism we currently have... Continue Reading

Neither prophecy (further messianic revelation) nor additional sacrifices (of the old covenant), nor a rebuilding of Jerusalem and its temple, are forthcoming. They are not needed. Once Christ has come, what remains yet to be accomplished? Even death has been defeated.   I’ve been reading through Athanasius’ classic text, On the Incarnation. In Section 39,... Continue Reading

Whether we are urban or rural, childless or fecund, conservative or liberal in our outlook, well-credentialed or not, the crucial question, empirically as well as morally, is this: What will we teach our children to associate with the true, the good, and the beautiful during their earliest and most impressionable years? The fate of our... Continue Reading

The teachable person is eager to change his doctrine and practice when it’s out of step with Scripture. He will also (and only) be “immoveable” if asked to move away from Scripture (1 Cor 15:58).    I spend most of my time teaching, but if there was one thing I wish I could teach people, it’s “teachability”!... Continue Reading